Amazon plans for 'five or six' new tablets, will include 10-inch model, says Staples president

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While we expect Amazon to refresh its Kindle Fire tablet [sooner rather than later][2], Demos Parneros, president of US retail for Staples, has told _Reuters_ that the online book-seller has bigger plans, and aims to introduce five or six new devices. According to the exec, the tablets will come in a range of sizes and would include a new ten-inch device -- going directly against [another popular 10-inch slab][3]. No word on whether these five or six device would include a [smartphone][4], as screen sizes get increasingly closer. Amazon has also announced that it'll be creating a new R&D hub in London, focusing on its services and APIs for TVs, consoles, smartphones and PCs, aimed squarely at rolling these out across the globe. The original Kindle Fire -- and its Android app store -- is still not available outside of America. However, public plans for the new Amazon base currently center on relocating both Lovefilm and Pushbutton to this new hub. However, it's been about a year; about time for Europe to get a taste of Amazon's wallet-friendly tab.

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