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
Revealed at a press event earlier this month, Amazon’s new Kindle models go on sale today. The Fire HD 7 is now available for $199 from Amazon.com. The 7-inch tablet includes a 1280 x 800 7-inch IPS screen, HD webcam for Skype and 16GB of storage. Amazon will also be shipping a 32GB version on October 25th, however only the 16GB version is available… 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
Not content with receiving your brand new Kindle Fire HD tablet in the mail and a smiling Amazon box? Best Buy says that’s ok as they launch their very own pre-orders for the updated Kindle Fire ($159), and 7″ Kindle Fire HD ($199) available September 14th. The 8.9″ Kindle Fire HD ($299) and Kindle Fire HD 4G LTE ($499) will be in stores before… Read more
There is little question that Amazon’s announcement yesterday opened up the race to the top of the Android tablet pile, offering the Nexus 7 a strong competitor. It’s hard to argue that Amazon’s ecosystem full of Music, Books, Movies and Shopping makes for an appealing tablet offer and all eyes will be on Amazon as the devices launch in the next few… Read more
At its Worldwide Developer Conference in June, Apple announced it was moving to its own mapping solution in lieu of Google Maps —a platform the company has used since 2007. Now according to a report by Reuters this evening, Amazon looks to make a similar move for its upcoming 2nd generation Kindle Fire. Moving away from Google Maps, Amazon will… Read more
In a move likely signaling an approaching launch of a new Kindle Fire in Europe, Amazon announced on Thursday it’s launching the Amazon Appstore for Android in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. We don’t know for sure that Amazon is planning to introduce the Kindle Fire internationally, but opening app stores abroad is a critical step toward… Read more
With Amazon’s September 6th event quickly approaching, with what is believed to be an unveiling of a new Kindle Fire, Amazon has made that even more likely with the announcement that the Kindle Fire is now sold out. This comes after several weeks of diminishing Kindle stock on Amazon’s site, with the Kindle Touch completely unavailable as of a few days… Read more
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