2012 is in the past… We have the entire of 2013 to look forward to. For our last DroidDog DogGone Best post, the order has been chosen by you. The votes are in, and the DroidDog Reader’s DogGone Best Tablet goes to the Nexus 7 which is exactly what I would’ve chosen on top. I think it’s great balance of form factor, performance, and price make… Read more
If you’ve looked for a reason to pick up Amazon’s 8.9″ Kindle Fire HD tablet, their holiday deal this morning is a can’t miss. The online giant is offering the 8.9″ Kindle Fire HD tablet for $50 off its regular $299 price tag. The deal appears to only be good for today, and requires the use of “FIREHD89″ code upon checkout. Amazon warns… Read more
Traditionally, many companies haven’t done a whole lot to try and help visually impaired consumers use their electronics but Amazon is one of the exceptions. They originally started by incorporating text-to-speech into the original Kindle e-reader and now they’ve informed us all that they will be bringing Voice Guide and Explore By Touch to the… Read more
At this point I don’t think anyone disputes that Amazon is selling a lot of their Kindle product line, but every time they issue a press release that says “biggest day ever” or “sales doubled” we’re getting annoyed. Amazon’s press release issued early this morning says that Cyber Monday was the company’s “biggest day ever” for Kindle sales worldwide,… Read more
Amazon just announced via press release that the Kindle Fire 8.9″ HD tablet will begin shipping today, two months after it was announced by Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos. The $299 tablet which features a beautiful 1920×1200 HD display with 254ppi will be available from Amazon’s website today, and available in Best Buy stores tomorrow. The $449 LTE… Read more
ASUS, the Taiwanese manufacturer behind the Nexus 7 tablet has revealed the company is closing in on one million sales per month. Following the company’s earnings call yesterday, ASUS revealed they were at 500k per month, then 600k, then approached 700k per month with their most recent estimates now approaching one million per month. “At the… Read more
As Amazon indicates sales of the Kindle Fire HD tripled the week-on-week of the iPad mini announcement, they continue their full court press with a brand new ad on their homepage. Type Amazon.com into your browser and you are presented with the above image, smack dab right in the center of the page. It won’t come as any surprise that Amazon clearly… Read more
Earlier today, Amazon announced that it’s Kindle Fire HD has become the online retailer’s best selling product since its launch. Specific sales numbers were not released, but the company did reveal that a fresh OTA update would be arriving soon. This update brings with it a new feature entitled “FreeTime”. The new FreeTime feature allows parents… Read more
Well friends, here is our first hands-on look at the newly released Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7″. You know the drill. I open the box, show you what’s inside, and give you a little tour of the device. I misspoke in the video. It has a micro USB and micro HDMI, as well as pointing out the ports backwards. I tried correcting myself in the video but… Read more
Amazon said they were working on a way to opt out of the Kindle Fire HD ad model and they worked fast, offering a $15 one-time fee to remove the ads. Amazon received widespread criticism for the placement of ads in the first place, or “special offers” as their commonly known in Amazon’s world. Amazon’s current model of Kindle e-readers provides a… Read more
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