Amazon’s 7″ tablet said to run $250, arrive in November, with fully-custom Android

If there was ever a chance to give a true competitor to the iPad, it is in the hands of Amazon. According to what we’re seeing about Amazon’s upcoming 7-inch tablet, it could be just the thing to do that.

TechCrunch reports that the 7-inch tablet will launch in November, running a fully custom version of Android. In fact, it’s reported that it’s obvious that Amazon is “not working with Google on this. At all.”

So a 7-inch, Android-powered tablet, put out by somewhere that sells books. Sound familiar? It should. This isn’t Amazon’s iPad competitor, it’s the company’s Nook-killer.

Siegler reports that Google is nowhere to be found