Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Tablet will come pre-loaded with a number of media apps including Netflix and Hulu Plus for streaming videos, and Pandora for streaming music. But Amazon wants to make it clear that you can choose to download most of those apps on the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet too… plus many others. The […]
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Amazon’s latest Kindles will be available at 16,000 US retail stores
Amazon may have just given you one less reason to consider a NOOK Tablet or NOOK Simple Touch over a Kindle Fire or Kindle Touch. During yesterday’s launch event for the new NOOK Tablet, Barnes & Noble pointed out that you could walk into a bricks and mortar store to try out a NOOK before […]
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Next-gen Amazon Kindle Fire could have an 8.9 inch screen
Amazon’s first media tablet hasn’t even started shipping yet, but details about the company’s next tablet are already starting to leak. According to DigiTimes, the next-generation Amazon Kindle Fire could have an 8.9 inch display. DigiTimes tends to get its information from parts suppliers and manufacturers in Taiwain, who also say that future models could have […]
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Amazon launches Lending Library for Kindle owners
Amazon really wants you to pay $79 per year to become an Amazon Prime member. Initially that subscription fee only entitled customers to free 2-day shipping on all packages. But earlier this year the company started letting Prime members stream thousands of TV shows and movies for free. Now Amazon is adding free eBook loans to […]
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Amazon building “millions more” Kindle Fire tablets due to strong pre-orders
Clearly Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was hoping he had a hit on his hands when he introduced the $199 Amazon Kindle Fire tablet last month. But pre-orders for the device have been far better than anticipated, and as part of today’s third quarter earnings report, Bezos says the company has already increased capacity and is […]
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Amazon’s 10 inch Kindle Fire tablet coming in time for the Holidays?
Sure, Amazon just finished introducing the world to its shiny new 7 inch tablet for reading eBooks, watching movies, listening to music, and running Android apps. But there’s a rumor going around that the Kindle Fire is just the first color Android tablet from Amazon. The folks at DigiTimes report that Taiwanese equipment maker Foxconn […]
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Will Amazon buy Palm/webOS from HP?
Less than a year and a half after HP acquired Palm for $1.2 billion, it looks like HP may be ready to sell — and Amazon may be first in line to buy what’s left of Palm. VentureBeat reports that HP is looking to sell off its Palm assets and that Amazon is the company […]
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Amazon: Sure, you can root the Kindle Fire tablet
The Amazon Kindle Fire is different from any other Android tablet on the market because while it runs Android under the hood, it’s designed to be an Amazon device first and foremost. When you turn it on, you’re greeted with a bookshelf with your books, music, movies, and apps — not with customizeable Android home screens. […]
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Amazon introduces the Kindle Fire tablet
Amazon has officially unveiled the Kindle Fire — its new 7 inch tablet. As expected, it basically looks like a BlackBerry PlayBook — you know, if the BlackBerry PlayBook ran a customized version of Android and tied into Amazon’s app store, movie store, music store, eBook store, and digital newsstand. The Kindle Fire will be […]
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Amazon unveils next-gen Kindle eReaders for $79 and up
The Android-toting Kindle Fire tablet with a full color screen isn’t the only new member of the Amazon Kindle family. Today Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos took to the stage to introduce several new devices including a model with an E Ink, touchscreen display and a dirt cheap eReader which will sell for just $79. Kindle […]