As you probably know, the word is that Amazon is expected to deliver the next generation Kindle Fire slate sometime in August, however, it appears that there could possibly be more than one Amazon Kindle Fire 2 coming out to play. The latest rumour is that there could be three variants of the Amazon slate arriving.

According to the guys over at Ubergizmo by way of Cnet who report that NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim claims the information comes from sources in the supply chain, that Amazon is to deliver a minimum of three models of the Amazon Kindle Fire 2 tablet to the mobile space.

So what are the three Amazon Kindle Fire 2 variants? Well firstly all three and 7-inch slates with the first being the Kindle Fire 2 with a 1024 x 600 display and lacking a camera, with an August production. The second is a with a 1280 x 800 display with a camera, again with an August production, and third is with that same 1280 x 800 display with camera and 4G with a September production.

Furthermore apparently there will be a fourth Amazon Kindle Fire 2, but an 8.9-inch slate with a 1920 x 1200 display with a Q4 production. However, according to the analyst, it is unlikely that Amazon will deliver a 10-inch Amazon Kindle Fire 2, at least not any time soon.

So there you go, if the rumour turns out to be spot on, one can expect at least three Kindle Fire 2 tablets to arrive this year.