Here’s an important story to note, in the category of news you may have missed over the holiday. The Wall Street Journal, quoting anonymous sources, reported over the weekend that Amazon is preparing to launch an ad-supported tablet — presumably as part of the next wave of Kindle Fire devices — aiming to appeal even more… Read More…
Amazon.com has reportedly chosen Nokia to provide the mapping technology on the next-generation Kindle Fire, a device that is expected to be launched at an event in Santa Monica, California next Thursday. This may appear to be a minor development. However, in the fast-moving and ever-changing world of tech, where alliances and partnerships change frequently, the… Read More…
Amazon has sold out of its Kindle Fire one week before a news conference where the company is expected to unveil a follow-up to the tablet and other Kindle devices. The company has “an exciting roadmap ahead,” teases Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in a news release this morning touting the growth of Kindle Fire over… Read More…
We’re still waiting to see how Amazon will upgrade its Kindle lineup, but at least now we know when we’ll know. Amazon sent out invites a short time ago for a press conference to be held the morning of Sept. 6 in Santa Monica, Calif. The invitation we received doesn’t provide any details or hints… Read More…
Here’s some new evidence to support the theory that Amazon is coming out with a (roughly) 10-inch Kindle Fire to compete with Apple’s iPad. A device that could very well be the larger Amazon tablet has surfaced in a Federal Communications Commission filing, reports Nate Hoffelder of the Digital Reader blog. He notes that the… Read More…
Summer must be ending soon. Not only are the daylight hours shrinking, but so are the prices on many soon-to-be-out-of-date consumer electronics devices in the buildup to the launch of new products. Barnes & Noble this morning joined in the pre-fall price-cutting trend by dropping the starting price of the Nook Tablet to $179 and… Read More…
Is Amazon almost ready to unveil this year’s Kindle lineup? Gizmodo believes the answer is yes — pointing to a steep one-day discount on the Kindle DX at the end of the week, plus the lack of availability of the Kindle Touch 3G, among other clues. It’s common practice for Amazon to take steps to clear… Read More…
Hey, Big Spender! Your iPad would probably like to spend some more time with you… According to a new report by comScore, iPad users tend to be younger (44.5 percent under age 35), wealthier (46.3 percent in households with income greater than $100,000) and male (52.9 percent), as opposed to its nearest rival, the Kindle… Read More…
What is a “personal computer” in 2012? Do tablets count? Most of the major technology research firms say no. As reflected in the chart above, they count PCs and tablets separately when reporting their data. “Media tablets” such as the iPad and Kindle Fire are separate from traditional desktop and notebook computers. But increasingly it’s becoming… Read More…
Amazon shipped more than 1.2 million Kindle Fire tablets worldwide in the second quarter, up significantly from the first quarter, but strong sales of Apple’s iPad left the Amazon device with a relatively modest slice of the overall market, about 5 percent. Those are the latest numbers from the IDC research firm, released this morning…. Read More…
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