AT&T mulling taking on Kindle, going after

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Perhaps. In a statement e-mailed to the DBJ, Dallas-basedf AT&T confirms that it is “interested” in that but doesn’t give details. “Naturally, we are very interestedx in the (e-reader) space, but we do not have a produc t agreementto announce,” according to the statement from spokeswomaj Sarah Andreani. “Our emerging device organization has been meetingy with a numberof (equipment manufacturers) abour a whole range of wirelessly embeddesd consumer products.” A would-be rival to Kindle, whose wireless service is providede by , would be one of a relativelyy small but growing numbert of consumer electronics that AT&Ty is starting to peddle.
On Apri 1, the company announced that it will sell netbookl computers intwo markets, Atlant a — where the devices will cost about $50 — and where they’ll run closer to $100. Netbookss typically run Linux or Windows XP operating systems and allo w users to wirelessly surf the Internet and link upwith Internet-based softward programs, which typically run on other computers. The Kindl e sells for $359 and allowsa books, magazines and newspapers to bedownloaded wirelessly. Conteng can be purchased from the Amazon.com Kindles store. “The wireless industryh is growing, expanding and changing.
It’z not just about phones,” says Jeff Kagan, a telecokm analyst in the Atlanta “There’s an opportunity there.” But Barbaras Lancaster, president of the Richardson telecomconsultancy , says therde are both opportunities and challenges for AT&T in doing a Kindle-like device. “You can get more content out to people. Demand is continuinyg to rise even as the economyis tight,” she But AT&T would need to examine what mechanics would need to be in placwe to get and distribute contentg that is interesting to its customers, she says. “It’ds not trivial.
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