By Sean P. Aune |
Amazon announced today it will be launching its own currency this spring entitled “Amazon Coins.” In its latest offensive to become one of the major tablet companies on the market, Amazon will be launching its own virtual currency this May dubbed Amazon Coins. The new…
By Brandon Russell |
You have to hand it to Amazon. Instead of tackling the almighty iPad head on, the company bravely introduced a device that, while not necessarily wowing on specs or features, made an enormous impression with its bottom-dollar price. The impact is still being felt, and…
By Brandon Russell |
Amazon’s newest Kindle Fire HD is an all-around better product over last year’s model. The screen is sharper, the design is more refined, and the OS has been revamped for a more streamlined experience. At just $200, it’s a fantastic value, and boasts an impressive…
By Brandon Russell |
In just four days, Apple will probably, likely, maybe unveil a pint-sized version of its immensely popular iPad. And despite a steady flow of rumors, there’s still quite a bit of intrigue surrounding the device — more so than with Apple’s iPhone 5, which we…
By Brandon Russell |
A leaked internal memo suggests Wal-Mart is ditching Amazon’s Kindle lineup, meaning you can’t just waltz into the big-box retailer and pick up a Fire HD. Nope, sorry. The move is apparently part of the company’s merchandising strategy, similar to the move Target pulled earlier this…
By Jon Rettinger |
The original Kindle Fire didn’t dazzle with its specs or design. Rather, the headlining feature was its price. For just $199, it undercut Apple’s iPad by double while offering a rival ecosystem to boot. But the tablet market has changed a lot in a year,…
By Brandon Russell |
Kindle Fire HD While our boots were strapped tight in anticipation of Amazon’s Sept. 6 Kindle-ganza, we were still left a bit floored by the one-two Fire HD combo. Amazon is aligning itself to become one of the true tablet powerhouses of the market, buoyed…
By Brandon Russell |
Amazon’s brand new 4G 8.9-inch Fire HD is still simmering from Thursday’s unveil, yet it’s already snagged up in an approval maze. It seems the tab has yet to receive sale clearance from the FCC — probably why the device wasn’t ready for press hands-on…
By Brandon Russell |
Amazon brought a gang of Tommy Gun-equipped Fires to an Old West high-noon duel with Google’s Nexus 7. It’s simple, really. Rather than approaching the search giant one-for-one, Amazon pounced with three different tablets in the hopes of snuffing out Google’s momentum. The Fire Gang.…
By Brandon Russell |
Amazon’s trio of new Kindle Fires are cheeeeeap. Like, your bank account won’t even notice after purchasing one of the upcoming models. But, unfortunately, such low price points are coming with a slight caveat — it may even turn some potential buyers away. What Amazon…
By Brandon Russell |
We’ve already said our goodbyes to this generation’s Kindle Touch; now it’s time for something new, something better. Meet the new Kindle Touch with Paperwhite, Amazon’s answer to the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight. Amazon’s clever turn of phrase quite obviously refers to the Kindle’s…
By Brandon Russell |
The above photo is allegedly what Amazon’s new Kindle Fire will look like. Mere hours after last year’s device was found to be sold out at Amazon’s retail jungle, up pops the Seattle company’s next big tablet effort. A year of engineering and refinements and…
By Brandon Russell |
Amazon really, really wants its employees to avoid talking to the tech media. Thus, the above propaganda poster was born. It reads, “A Secure Amazon Begins With You.” With the online retail giant’s Sept. 6 event in such close proximity, it seems Amazon wanted to…
By Brandon Russell |
Press invites on Thursday went out for a mysterious Amazon event being held in California. New Kindle Fire(s)? Smartphones? The rumors have certainly suggested as much over the past several months. Of course, rumors suggest a lot of things that don’t always turn out to…
By Brandon Russell |
The picture you see above is thought to be an FCC filing for the 10-inch Kindle Fire. It just looks like a blank rectangle to me, but maybe it’s one of those autostereograms and I’m just not seeing it. In any case, the filing apparently…
By Brandon Russell |
As the popularity of the Nexus 7 increases, sales forecasts for the Kindle Fire are decreasing. In fact, Cowen analyst Kevin Kopelman on Tuesday cut his Kindle Fire sales prediction from 14 million units to 12 million units for the entirety of 2012. Amazon better…
By Brandon Russell |
The iPad Mini doesn’t exist. Not yet. It could, possibly as soon as this fall — despite the best wishes of Steve Jobs — and it will certainly be a punch right to the gut of every Android tablet manufacturer out there. Manufacturers have effectively…
By Brandon Russell |
Months of anticipation and hype has culminated in the Nexus 7. At Google’s I/O conference on Wednesday, the Mountain View company finally unveiled its fabled Tegra 3 tablet, and we couldn’t be more excited to see how the “Made for Google Play” device handles. Without…
By Brandon Russell |
The Kindle Fire is dead. The almost eight-month-old tablet, which still runs on Android 2.3 by the way, was just thoroughly outclassed by Google. From today on, Amazon’s $199 device will merely exist in our collective memories; it’s a blueprint and an example of how…
By Jon Rettinger |
The decision of which tablet to buy just got that much harder, or maybe easier. At Google’s I/O event today, the search giant finally unveiled its Tegra 3-equipped Nexus 7 tab, a device that has immediately shot straight to the top our must-buy list. The…
By Brandon Russell |
Microsoft said its Surface for Windows RT will be priced competitively with other current devices. Like, maybe, Kindle Fire cheap? While we fully expect Amazon to introduce a new Fire or two by the end of this year, many folks will be wondering how the diminutive Android…
By Brandon Russell |
HBO is giving you one more reason to call in sick to work. The company on Wednesday announced the availability of HBO GO on Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Ugh, just ignore the cheesy promo video, though. “Get Ready… To Play With Fire.” Good one, HBO. I’ll…
By Brandon Russell |
Figures like this never cease to amaze me. According to ad network and data analytics firm Chitika, Apple’s iPad accounts for 94.64 percent of all tablet Web traffic. The second closest, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, represented only 1.22 percent. That’s like going to a buffet but…
By Mark Hearn |
Amazon’s Kindle Fire may have gotten off to a hot start, but a recent report from the International Data Corporation (IDC) suggests that this once roaring blaze is now near containment. Amazon’s budget friendly tablet’s shipments tumbled from 4.8 million in the fourth quarter of…
