Amazon: Next, A Smart Phone?

Eric Savitz, Forbes
Fri, 11/18/2011 - 9:46am

Amazon: Next, A Smart Phone?

Could the next big move from Amazon.com be a smartphone? analyst Mark Mahaney asserted in a research note this morning that the company could follow up its recent launch of the Kindle Fire tablet with a smartphone that would launch in time for the 2012 holiday season. Video: Watch me unbox my brand new Fire.

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