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AT&T’s Samsung Focus 2 with 4G LTE Now Just $.99 From Amazon Wireless

If AT&T is the carrier printing your wireless bill and you’re in search of a 4G LTE Windows Phone, and a bargain, Amazon Wireless’s latest offering just might be too tempting to pass up. The e-tailer is offering the Samsung Focus 2 for the ultra-low price of $.99 on a new two-year service agreement for

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Amazon Adds Hundreds of Paramount Movies to its Streaming Service

Amazon has announced a new deal with Paramount that will see hundreds of its hit movies coming to Prime Instant Video for free. This newest deal for Amazon will see them once again increasing the size of the catalog the company offers as a free perk to its Amazon Prime members.  What started off as

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U.S. Cellular Now Offering Specialized Recommendations in Amazon Appstore

U.S. Cellular’s Android customers using Amazon’s Appstore will now be treated to recommendations from the carrier via a specially “curated app menu.” This new feature will add a U.S. Cellular tab to the Amazon Appstore, which will offer pre-selected and approved applications by the carrier in a wide variety of categories such as games, social

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Amazon Said to be Trying to Fly with Pan Am

Amazon may be joining the ranks of Netflix and Hulu as rumors circulate that the company is in talks to save ABC’s canceled drama series, Pan Am. Hulu is in the process of launching more original content, and Netflix has been going around discussing saving canceled series from Terra Nova to The River, and now

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NVIDIA’s New Kai Platform Hopes to Spawn New Generation of Quad-Core Tablets Priced at $199

If you’re looking for a respectable Android tablet for less than $200, you’re best option right now is likely to be the Amazon Kindle Fire. It’s not the fastest, most advanced tablet there is, but it’s from a reputable brand and it’s a terrific entry-level device. However, NVIDIA has been working on a new platform

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AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 Upgrade Just $9.99 From Amazon; $39.99 for New Customers

The Nokia Lumia 900 has already exceeded AT&T’s expectations and now Amazon is offering a deal that will no doubt help pull in extra customers. Eligible AT&T customers can pick up Nokia’s flagship phone for the low upgrade price of $9.99 with a new two-year contract. New customers, or those adding a line of service, can grab

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Amazon Appstore Now Allows You To ‘Test Drive’ Apps on Your Android Handset

If you’re an Android user and you’re yet to try out the Amazon Appstore, now is the perfect time to sign up. Thanks to its new ‘Test Drive’ feature, you can now use over 5,000 Android applications on your handset before you commit to making a purchase. The best part is, you don’t even have

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Amazon Now Taking Pre-Orders for Unlocked U.S. Samsung Galaxy S III

The Samsung Galaxy S III has had its share of pre-order options abroad, but now thanks to Amazon, you can put your early bid in for a U.S. friendly unlocked version of Samsung’s Exynos 4 Quad packing slugger. Available on June 1st, Amazon lists both the Pebble Blue  and Marble White color options of the 16GB

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Amazon Offering $40 Credit With Verizon 4G LTE Phones

Amazon just started offering a $40 credit for anyone who purchases any of Verizon Wireless’s 4G LTE smartphones. The deal applies from handsets priced at just $0.01, such as the DROID RAZR or DROID BIONIC 4G, which means you’ll basically be paid to purchase the device, and even high-end best-sellers such as the Samsung Galaxy

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U.K.’s Waterstones Scraps Plans to Release Own E-Reader, Will Sell Kindles Instead

Waterstones, the U.K.’s biggest bookseller, has scrapped plans to launch its own e-reader lineup and decided to partner up with Amazon to sell Kindle devices instead. The move will see Kindle e-readers introduced to over 300 Waterstones stores throughout the U.K. as part of the retailer’s big refurbishment. In many stores, Amazon’s device will get a

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Amazon Will Suspend 8.9-inch Kindle, 10.1-inch Kindle Fire Due in Q3, Report Suggests

Amazon’s Kindle Fire has been an incredibly successful product, at least from a consumer standpoint, and Amazon is largely expected to launch a larger version in the future to keep the coals burning.  A new report from DigiTimes on Friday suggests the online retailer has ditched plans for a larger 8.9-inch model and is on its way

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Amazon to Begin Selling Kindle Fire Welcome Screen Ads for $600,000

By offering up its Kindle Fire tablet at a measly $199, Amazon loses nearly $3 on every single unit it sells. However, the retail giant is looking to claw some of that money back by selling advertising space on the tablet’s welcome screen. The price of a “prime” advert on the 7-inch slate? Just $600,000. That money

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New Kindle Fire With 8.9-Inch Display Expected to Launch Before Christmas

Last November, Amazon’s first ever tablet — the Kindle Fire — made its debut in the United States and was well received as the best budget Android slate priced under $200. Just five months on and the company is reportedly preparing a second-generation device with a larger, 8.9-inch display that will launch in time for

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Amazon Reportedly Planning to Release a Front-Lit Kindle in July

Amazon is reportedly working on a new front-lit Kindle e-reader, which the company plans to release in July. The unannounced device is said to feature an E ink display, Reuters said Monday, and will carry a price tag close to Amazon’s existing Kindle e-reader. Amazon’s Kindle has become a very popular item among consumers but readers currently

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Diablo III Becomes Amazon’s Most Pre-Ordered Title of All Time

May 15th can’t come soon enough for those who’ve pre-ordered Blizzard’s upcoming blockbuster, Diablo III. Trust me, that’s a lot of antsy people. Diablo III has officially become Amazon’s most pre-ordered PC title in history. Amazon is, and has always been, a huge market for pre-ordering and buying games. But, we can’t forget that it’s not the

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Amazon Looks Set to Launch a Color Kindle This Year

According to reports, the regular old Kindle from Amazon is going to be getting a splash of color this year. It seems that Amazon may finally be ready to launch color e-ink technology in the second half of this year.  According to industry sources speaking with DigiTimes, the e-commerce giant has placed orders for components

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Nokia Reading App to Debut on Lumia Devices in Europe This Week

The Nokia Reading app for Windows Phone is finally set to get its debut in Europe this week, with exclusivity to the Finnish firm’s own family of Lumia handsets. It will arrive in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, and the U.K. first, with a rollout planned for other countries in the coming weeks. Reading got

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Harry Potter Books for Free Coming to the Kindle Amazon Prime Customers

Own a Kindle from Amazon? Are you a member of the Amazon Prime program? Then prepare to enter the world of Harry Potter for free. Amazon announced this morning that beginning June 19 all seven of the Harry Potter books will be available for free from the Kindle Lending Library.  Under this system, Kindle owners

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Create Your Perfect Atmosphere With Ambiance, Now Available On Android [Video]

Ambiance is an incredible “environment enhancer” for smartphones that was named one of the most downloaded iPad apps of all time back in January 2011. It made its debut on iOS, but today it has arrived on Android, and I highly recommend you check it out. If you have trouble sleeping or you simply want to relax,

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Kindle Fire Sales Not so Hot Anymore

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 2011 to under 700,000 this past quarter. Amazon’s global market

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5 Mother’s Day Tech Gifts She’ll Love (Under $100)

She wiped our noses, put smiley faces on our lunches, and kissed our boo-boos when we fell down. Now that Mother’s Day is coming, we get another chance to say, “Thank you, Mom. (And, er, sorry for putting your nice makeup and clothes on the dog all those years ago.)” Yes, it’s time to put

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Amazon Starts Accepting Comedy and Children’s Series Proposals

As of today, hopeful show creators of comedies and children’s shows can submit their proposals to Amazon Studios. First hinted at back in February thanks to some job listings on Amazon for content creative executives, it was pretty obvious that the site best known for its monolithic ecommerce brand was going to get into original

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Ice Cream Sandwich Distribution Climbs to 4.4 Percent in April

I’m going to avoid lamenting on Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich roll out, or lack thereof, and instead just let the numbers do the talking. The OS, which launched back in October of 2011, is now on 4.9 percent of devices — an improvement from a month earlier. The latest data collected during a 14-day period

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Target to Discontinue Selling All Kindle-Branded Products This Spring

If you find yourself perusing your local Target in the coming months and fail to uncover any Amazon hardware, no need to alert the authorities — the mystery has already been solved. Target confirmed to The Verge on Wednesday it will discontinue sales of Amazon’s Kindle-branded products effective this spring, citing “the continuous process of

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Refurbished Amazon Kindle Fire Now Just $139 … Again

If you missed the last time Amazon marked refurbished Kindle Fires down to $139, you’re getting another shot at it.  In the Gold Box deals today on the site, you can pick up a certified refurbished Kindle Fire for just $139, that’s $60 less than a brand new one will set you back.  The deal

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