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Amazon drops price of Kindle Fire HD 8.9'' to $269

Posted March 13, 2013 - 3:01 pm

Amazon on Wednesday lowered the starting price of its large-screen Kindle Fire HD 8.9" tablet in the U.S. to $269 for the Wi-Fi version and $399 for the 4G version.
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The coolest tools of 2012

Posted December 14, 2012 - 11:54 am

If you still haven't completed your holiday shopping, there's still some time left to try and grab one of these.
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Kindle Fire tablet for the holidays? GameStop is the place

Posted December 10, 2012 - 4:45 pm

An alliance between Amazon and GameStop comes as big-box chains question the slim margins on Amazon's hardware.
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Amazon lops $50 off Kindle Fire HD for Monday only

Posted December 10, 2012 - 12:24 pm

Amazon is offering its Kindle Fire HD tablet, an 8.9-inch Android device that competes with the Apple iPad, for $50 less on Monday only as a Deal of the Day.
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iPad Mini vs. Google Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire

Posted October 23, 2012 - 3:29 pm

Here's how the iPad Mini's announced tech specs stack up against popular 7-inch tablets from Google and Amazon.
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Kindle Fire HD teardown shows it's easy to fix, except for display

Posted September 18, 2012 - 12:01 pm

The new 7-in. Kindle Fire HD tablet by Amazon, starting at $199, scored a 7 out of 10 rating from iFixit for its repairability by do-it-yourselfers.
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Kindle Fire sold out in less than a year

Posted September 1, 2012 - 7:25 am

The Kindle Fire has been snuffed out -- in a good way.
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10-Inch Kindle Fire may be delayed

Posted August 27, 2012 - 2:41 pm

Amazon may hold off on announcing a 10-inch Kindle Fire at a press event next week, instead focusing on tablets that are smaller than Apple's iPad.
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New Amazon Kindle Fire models coming Sept. 6?

Posted August 23, 2012 - 8:07 pm

Amazon Thursday issued media invitations to a Sept. 6 event that is widely believed to be a Kindle Fire tablet announcement.
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The new Kindle Fire: What we know

Posted July 30, 2012 - 10:37 am

With Microsoft and Google taking turns grabbing the spotlight on the tablet stage, when will it be Amazon's turn to create some sizzle?
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Android 4.1 Jelly Bean port now available to Kindle Fire owners

Posted July 14, 2012 - 7:00 am

Okay, this is kind of awesome. A developer by the nickname Hashcode on the XDA-Developers forum recently succeeded in porting Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to the Amazon Kindle Fire.
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How to install Ice Cream Sandwich on your Kindle Fire

Posted July 7, 2012 - 7:43 am

With a vibrant 7-inch IPS display and a 1GHz dual-core processor, the $199 Kindle Fire can make for one lovely tablet. With a bit of work--but no hardware modifications--you can set up Android 4.0 on your Kindle Fire and thenceforth use the device as a powerful general-purpose tablet despite its incredibly low price. Email, games, Web browsing (with Chrome for Android or any other browser)--the Kindle Fire can do it all.
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Apple's 7-inch iPad: more possible than ever

Posted July 7, 2012 - 7:38 am

Fresh reports that Apple is prepping a launch of a 7- or 8-inch version of its' iPad have surfaced once again. Claims, from the Bloomberg news agency, come about a week after Google launched a $200 7-inch tablet, the Nexus 7. Apple's smaller iPad, nicknamed by Apple watchers as the iPad Mini, would launch in October and sell for around $200 just like Google's new device and Amazon's Kindle Fire. To help it hit that low price, the purported iPad Mini would come without the current iPad's popular high definition Retina display, according to [<a
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Nexus 7 kills Kindle Fire, but isn't up to iPad, analysts say

Posted June 28, 2012 - 2:18 pm

Google's $199 Nexus 7 tablet is a device that's more than a competitor to Amazon's Kindle Fire, but is not on the same scale as the Apple iPad -- at least not yet, analysts said Wednesday.
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Kindle Fire for $149? Seems reasonable

Posted June 23, 2012 - 7:43 am

Amazon is reportedly planning to launch a new Kindle Fire later this year and drop the price of the existing tablet to $149 -- moves that wouldn't be much of a surprise given the need for a refresh and to guard against competition from Google, Apple and Barnes & Noble.
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Amazon upgrades Kindle apps for comics, children's books

Posted June 17, 2012 - 7:11 am

Amazon announced updates to its Kindle for iOS, Kindle Cloud Reader and Kindle for Android apps on Thursday. The three apps now support children's books, comics and graphic novels, a spokeswoman said.
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Has the Apple iPad snuffed the Kindle Fire?

Posted May 9, 2012 - 10:50 am

The Kindle Fire burned hot during the holidays, shipping 3.9 million units. But Kindle Fire sales dropped to 750,000 for the first quarter of 2012.
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Kindle Fire now accounts for more than half of U.S. Android tablets

Posted April 26, 2012 - 9:10 pm

When people refer to "Android tablets" they may soon just be referring to the Amazon Kindle Fire.
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IDC increases forecast for 2012 tablet sales

Posted March 13, 2012 - 3:32 pm

A strong fourth quarter has prompted technology research firm IDC to increase its forecast for 2012 global tablet shipments.
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Apple hands iPad rivals an opportunity, but who will take it?

Posted March 8, 2012 - 2:35 pm

Now that the third-generation iPad is out, rivals have a year to get closer to the new bar. Can anyone do it?
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iPad share of tablet OS market falls below 50%

Posted March 6, 2012 - 3:42 pm

Apple's iPad tablet falls below the 50% share of monthly tablet traffic for the first time, a mobile ad firm says.
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Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: Battle of the cheap tablets

Posted February 25, 2012 - 8:40 am

Barnes & Noble's new Nook Tablet is pretty similar to Amazon's Kindle Fire and you suspect that B&N took a look at the Fire's success and said to their Nook e-reader engineers, "We need a $199 Android tablet, stat!"
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PlayBook 2.0 update is here, and does it really matter?

Posted February 21, 2012 - 2:26 pm

Research in Motion finally releases its long-promised update of its PlayBook tablet OS, but will it matter to anyone not already an RIM fanboy?
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iPad 2 and Kindle Fire share many common complaints

Posted February 19, 2012 - 8:36 am

Tablets are great for a wide variety of mobile computing tasks. The Apple iPad 2 isn’t just an awesome device; it’s “magical” if you believe the Apple marketing hype. As astounding as tablets are, though, they are not without their issues. A recent survey from FixYa uncovers the most common complaints from iPad 2 and Kindle Fire users.
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Kindle Fire goes from zero to 14% tablet market share

Posted February 16, 2012 - 3:58 pm

Amazon.com ships 3.89 million Kindle Fires in the fourth quarter, second only to Apple's iPad.
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