Amazon plans Kindle Fire subscription service for children’s books, apps, shows

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Look out, iPad? Amazon hopes to win the hearts of parents, and their kids, with a new subscription service called FreeTime Unlimited for children’s books, shows and apps on Kindle Fire tablets. Working in conjunction with the FreeTime parental controls on Kindle Fire devices, the service provides access to content from some of the top… Read More…

Kindle sales reach new record, whatever that means

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Amazon announced this morning that Cyber Monday was the biggest day on record for Kindle sales, and sales of the devices over the holiday shopping weekend were more than double the record set during the same weekend last year. However, the company is sticking to its tradition of not disclosing actual Kindle sales numbers in… Read More…

iPad mini, Surface, Kindle Fire: Which one really belongs on your holiday list?

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Yes, the holidays are almost here, and anyone looking to buy a tablet will be faced with a dizzying array of options. File this one under first-world problems, but we’re here to help. Our guest on the GeekWire radio show this week is Andru Edwards of GearLive.com and the Ask Andru tech advice column here on… Read More…

Ahead of schedule: 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD ships today, already backordered until December 3rd

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Well, that was fast. The 8.9-inch version of the Kindle Fire HD is already shipping today and is backordered to Dec. 3rd. The arrival is a little ahead of schedule. Amazon originally planned a Nov. 20 debut, but began shipping the $299 WiFi version of the tablet today. The tablet will be available tomorrow in Best Buy and… Read More…

Amazon grabs 9% of tablet market, as iPad slips to 50%

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Apple lost market share in the worldwide tablet market in the third quarter, as potential buyers waited for the company’s iPad mini announcement, while Amazon and Samsung gained ground with their Android-based tablets, according to numbers released this morning by the IDC research firm. Shipments of the iPad rose to 14 million in the quarter,… Read More…

Amazon jabs at iPad with high-profile home page ad

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Amazon’s special messages to customers on its home page are usually very upbeat, touting the latest products and services from the company in positive tones. But the message appearing right now on Amazon.com is anything but polite, starting off with a quote from Gizmodo calling Apple “ballsy” for “cramming a worse screen screen in [the… Read More…

Amazon says goodbye to the Kindle DX

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The big Kindle is going bye-bye. It appears that after slashing prices of the e-book reader, Amazon has decided to stop selling its Kindle DX altogether. No longer is the DX listed side-by-side with the Kindle family and it’s only available to buy from third-party sellers. The DX and its 9.7″ screen is about two… Read More…

Amazon to let you buy real stuff inside Kindle Fire apps

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At the Kindle launch event last week, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos spoke briefly about an effort to allow consumers to purchase physical goods from within applications. Now, we’re getting the first look at how this can work on the Kindle Fire HD. Activision today said that players of the its Skylanders Cloud Patrol game will… Read More…

Live: Amazon unveils new Kindles and ‘Kindle Fire HD’

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at the Kindle Fire HD launch. Amazon announced Monday that the tablet is the best-selling product across all of Amazon worldwide.

Posting from Santa Monica, Calif.: I’m here this morning for Amazon’s big press event at an airplane hangar, where the company is expected to unveil a new lineup of Kindle readers, plus the next version of the Kindle Fire tablet, and possibly a surprise or two. Amazon provided a sneak peek at the new products… Read More…