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At a press event on Thursday, Amazon is widely expected to launch both an updated Kindle Fire tablet as well as a new e-ink reader. Those may only prepare the stage for an Amazon smartphone, however. Sources tell The Verge that Amazon will show off a smartphone of its own that follows the same strategy as the Kindle Fire: Use Google’s Android platform as a software base and build your own interface to sell goods on it. Alleged details are slim, but what has surfaced makes sense: Android 4.0 and Nokia Maps for location services. Read the full story at Giga OM.
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