The Wall Street Journal has a little further insight into Amazon's upcoming Kindle and tablet lineup:

Amazon.com Inc. plans to introduce a tablet computer before October, said people familiar with the matter, in a move that will heighten the online retailer's rivalry with Apple Inc.

The Seattle-based company will also release two updated versions of its popular Kindle electronic reader in the third quarter of the year, the people said. One will be a touch-screen device. The other won't have a touch screen, but will be an improved and cheaper adaptation of the current Kindle, said people who have seen the device.

They do say that the Amazon tablet won't have a camera, which means it will probably be pitched primarily as a media consumption device. People are going to be looking at Amazon differently this fall; they're going to be a content gatekeeper. It's going to be Amazon and Apple, with everyone else struggling to catch up.