The Seattle-based company is also expected to follow the success of its Kindle e-reader by introducing a multipurpose tablet this fall.
Interestingly, on Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it was introducing a tablet, the Surface, that will compete in the strong and growing market dominated by Apple's iPad.
Siemens, the German electronics and transportation giant, is introducing a tablet for medical settings.
BlackBerry hoped to augment its own operating-system expertise — but in April of 2011, when the company introduced a tablet powered by a QNX-based operating system, the PlayBook, it flopped.
Would Apple introduce a tablet that might hurt its laptop line?
Tesco, a supermarket chain in Britain, introduced a tablet this week for its customers.
And you probably know that Apple is likely to introduce a tablet computer this year.
If Apple were to introduce a tablet, the kids might not understand it.
In Britain, where Unilever introduced a laundry tablet in 1998, followed by Procter & Gamble roughly a year later, tablets make up more than 20percentt of the $1.5 billion laundry market; together, the companies' tablets command more than 50percentt of the tablet market.
Then there is the looming presence of Apple, which seems likely to introduce a multipurpose tablet computer later this year, according to rumor and speculation by Apple observers.
