Asked about the possibility of Amazon launching a multipurpose tablet device, the company’s president and CEO Jeff Bezos said to “stay tuned” on the company’s plans. In an interview at Consumer Reports’ offices, Bezos also signaled that any such device, should it come, is more likely to supplement than to supplant the Kindle, which he calls Amazon’s “purpose-built e-reading device.”

Bezos also responded to a question from a visiting retail reporter about a possible Amazon tablet in a way that also seemed to suggest the possible co-existence of the Kindle and other Amazon devices: “I hate the term ‘killer,’ as in one device killing another in the marketplace.”

Who knows what will happen with the Kindle if Amazon does put out a tablet. Will there just be integration of the tablet and the Kindle or will things change with a new tablet and maybe a focus dropped off the Kindle and put on this tablet.