Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets are already among the most affordable tablets around. But Amazon is knocking $30 to $40 off the prices of several models to sweeten the deal in case you feel like picking one up as a Valentine’s Day present — because there’s nothing as romantic as huddling around an 8.9 inch or […]
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Deals of the Day (1-09-2013)
Amazon is offering $30 off the price of all Kindle Fire tablets, including the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HDX tablets with 7 and 8.9 inch displays. That means you can pick up a Fire HD for as little as $109 or a Fire HDX with a faster processor and higher-resolution display for prices […]
Amazon offers 20% off select Kindles (starting at $55)
It’s not quite a Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal, but Amazon is offering 20 percent discounts on select Kindle eReaders and tablets for a limited time. Starting prices run from $55 to $184. Kindle ($55) The entry-level Kindle eReader normally sells for $69, but today you can pick one up for $55.20, That price gets you […]
Lilbits (12-03-2013): Attack of the (delivery) drones
Amazon surprised a lot of folks when the company unveiled plans to develop a fleet of flying drones that could deliver packages weighing 5 pounds or less to customer’s doors in a matter of minutes. But Amazon is hardly alone in this endeavor. TacoCopter wants to deliver Mexican food by air (but probably won’t be […]
Amazon offers Kindle Fire tablets for $119 and up through Cyber Monday
Amazon is offering all WiFi Kindle Fire HDX 7 inch tablets for $50 off through the end of Cyber Monday, December 2nd, 2013. That means you can get a 16GB model for $179. Or if you don’t need a full HD display, you can also save on the Kindle Fire HD. Amazon’s offering the 16GB […]
Now you can root the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX tablets
Amazon’s Kindle Fire HDX 7 and 8.9 inch tablets ship with a custom version of Android 4.2 called Fire OS. It includes Amazon’s custom user interface for interacting with books, media, and apps and it’s tightly tied to Amazon’s app and digital music, movie, and book stores. If you want to change the way the […]
Amazon launches Fire OS 3.1 for the Kindle Fire HDX, Kindle Fire HD
Amazon has released a software update for its latest tablets, offering tighter integration with the Goodreads social reading platform, better support for corporate environments, and voice dictation, and more. The Fire OS 3.1 update is available for the 2013 Kindle Fire HD, and the 7 and 10 inch Kindle Fire HDX tablets. Fire OS is […]
Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 now shipping for $379 and up
Amazon’s 8.9 inch tablet with a 2560 x 1600 pixel display is now shipping. The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 has a great display, a speedy Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor, 2GB Of RAM, at least 16GB of storage, and a pretty svelte design: It measures 0.31 inches thick and weighs just over 13 ounces. But […]
Running Google Apps on the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX (Gmail, Play Music, etc)
Amazon’s Kindle Fire HDX 7 and HDX 8.9 tablets have high-resolution displays, fast processors, and tight integration with Amazon’s app, music, book, and video stores. But they also let you side-load third party apps that don’t come from the Amazon Appstore, and Android Cowboy has figured out how to use that feature to give Amazon’s […]
Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 now shipping for $229 and up
The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 is a tablet with a 7 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and Amazon’s custom version of Google Android. It supports thousands of apps, offers up to 11 hours of battery life (or 17 hours in reading mode), and it’s […]