Amazon is planning to refresh all three of its Kindle tablets in the near future, according to a BGR report that cites anonymous sources familiar with the company’s plans. Last year, Amazon dropped the price of its original Kindle Fire to $159 and introduced a new Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire …
Comfort. That’s what the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 has over everything else. It’s by far the most comfortable tablet to hold, and to read and watch movies on. But to be the full-fledged iPad and Nexus competitor we’re hoping for, it needs to be more than just another pretty face. …
It must be great to be an architecture critic. You write about a building once, and your review remains basically fresh forever. When you’re a tech critic, though, the state of the art changes monthly, if not hourly. You toil over writing a masterpiece, and it winds up having the …
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Amazon announced a barrage of new tablets and e-readers on Thursday that makes its challenge to Apple’s iPad a little more serious. Amazon announced updates to its line of Kindle e-readers, including the Kindle Fire HD, a tablet computer that comes in two sizes, one that …
Amazon next week will announce two 7-inch Kindle Fire models, one with new hardware and the other an updated version of the original, CNET has learned. That’s counter to rumors it would launch a larger version. Amazon plans to double down on the 7-inch tablet market with two new Kindle …
Amazon is widely expected to introduce new Kindles at its event next week and it looks like we might be getting a sneak peek at the goods early. Here’s an image that supposedly shows a new Kindle Touch with Paperwhite. Yep, it looks like the Kindle is finally getting a …
If you want to know if Amazon’s new Kindles are coming out—and what they’ll be—don’t listen to analysts or supply chains or, yes, blogs. One trip to Amazon today will tell you nearly everything you need to know about when, and what, Amazon’s about to unleash on the world. Out …
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is expected to set up a digital bookstore in Brazil in the fourth quarter, as it seeks to get a piece of the fast-growing online retail market in the country that inspired its name. The e-commerce powerhouse, named after Brazil’s longest river, wants to elbow …
Amazon.com Inc will launch new versions of its Kindle e-reader and tablet, including a monochrome e-reader with front lighting, a source who has seen the prototype told Reuters. The world’s largest Internet retailer is aiming to have the new e-reader in stores in July, said the source, who has direct …
Amazon.com is big. It’s a huge online seller of everything, and in the world of publishing it looms particularly large. It’s credited with changing the way people buy books — online! and cheaper! And it also is handed the blame for the crumbling of brick-and-mortar bookstores, including the once-powerful, now-defunct …
(CNN) — Technology is not like wine. Electronics almost never gain value after they’ve been sitting around for a while, but some stand the test of time better than others. As Apple is reportedly readying a third-generation iPad to be unveiled in the next month or so, owners of previous …
The Kindle e-reader allows you to carry around entire bookshelves worth of titles with you, but what if you want to share one of those titles with a friend? Unlike handing over a trusty paperback, just because you bought the electronic version of a book doesn’t mean you have to …