If you are a member of the media
tomorrow will be a frenzy with two major events being held in
Seattle. The first in the morning Seattle based Amazon will announce
a still mysterious device. Then, not long after CEO Jeff Bezos and
Amazon are done it will be T-Mobile's CEO John Legere turn to hold
his press conference.
First up is Amazon's presentation and
even though Mr. Bezos has not confirmed it there has been much
speculation that the will be the long rumored Kindle smartphone. Over
ten last week and a half Mr. Bezos has been sending out teasers to
build up the aura of mystery. First up was a video
that seemed to confirm that it is indeed the Kindle smartphone
without actually showing us what is being talk about by customers.
The second was a book
and letter he sent out to members of the press a couple of days
ago that hinted at something that will stand out from the crowd. If
it is the rumored smartphone it will reportedly have a 3D feature and
possibly the mayday button that was introduced on the Kindle Fire
HDX.
"Using retina-tracking technology,
images on the smartphone would seem to float above the screen like a
hologram and appear three-dimensional at all angles," the Wall
Street Journal reported last year, citing anonymous sources.
Leaks reported by local tech blog
GeekWire would seem to confirm that it will indeed be the Kindle
smartphone and AT&T will be its cellular provider. If this
leaks are actually proof the there will be a smartphone it only makes
sense that AT&T would be the service provide since Amazon has a
long working history with them to provide service to the Kindle
tablets & e-readers.
The second of the two media events is
even more mysterious. Mr. Legere has give no indication as to what he
will be announcing tomorrow. Since there have been talks of a merger
between Sprint and T-Mobile it could be an announcement on a new
development in these talks. It could very well also be a new phase of
their un-carrier
campaign that started over a year ago. It is also possible that
the announcement will be something completely different such as a
campaign strategy, music streaming venture or spokesperson.
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