Wait, Now Amazon is Launching Three Kindle Tablets on Wednesday?
Everyone’s talking Amazon’s nifty new watch-out-Apple tablet, supposedly an Android derivative dubbed the “Kindle Fire,” but have you heard about the other two? Yes, the other two. As we head into the...
View ArticleAmazon Anounces $199 Kindle Fire Tablet, Clutch of New Kindle E-Readers
Amazon Kindle Fire tabletAfter months of hype, Amazon today announced the Kindle Fire, a 7-inch tablet with a $199 price tag. Amazon also refreshed its line of e-readers with a $149 Kindle Touch 3G, a...
View ArticleNook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: A Guide to Decide
If it’s a cheap tablet you’re after, Barnes & Noble and Amazon want your business. Amazon’s $199 Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble’s $249 Nook Tablet both look promising on paper—the former with...
View ArticleKindle Cloud Reader and Vudu: The Promise and Pitfalls of iPad Web Apps
iPhone to Support Third-Party Web 2.0 Applications Innovative New Way to Create Applications for iPhone WWDC 2007, SAN FRANCISCO—June 11, 2007—Apple® today announced that its revolutionary iPhone will...
View ArticleReport: “Kindle Scribe” Could Be Amazon’s Next E-Reader
Amazon’s next Kindle might not just be for bookworms. The company has registered the “kindlescribe.com” and “kindlescribes.com” domains, leading to speculation that the next Kindle will include a...
View ArticleHere’s Yesterday’s Amazon Kindle Fire Event
I was lucky enough to be at Amazon’s press event yesterday in person. (I enjoyed the company of about 16,500 of you who attended our liveblog, cohosted by Macworld’s Jason Snell.) Amazon has now posted...
View ArticleThe Kindle Fire: It’s Unique! And It Has Lots of Competition!
Over at my Challengers blog on Cnet News, I took a look at Amazon’s Kindle Fire vs. everything else that looks sort of like it. I came to the conclusion that it’s a new take on tablets that’s not...
View ArticleAmazon Prime Members Now Get Free Kindle E-Book Rentals
Amazon’s bringing free Kindle e-book rentals to Amazon Prime members, but a bunch of restrictions make the service less attractive than it could be. The Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, as it’s...
View ArticleBooksellers Beat the Tech Companies
GigaOm’s Kevin C. Tofel on why Amazon and Barnes & Noble’s rather modest Android tablets have a shot at succeeding when more ambitious ones from other companies have not: Surprisingly, it took two...
View ArticleOnce Again, the Kindle is Selling Like an Unspecified Number of Hotcakes
The new Amazon.com Kindles–the Fire and Touch–are out, and Black Friday has come and gone. Amazon is delighted with how well they sold: “Even before the busy holiday shopping weekend, we’d already...
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