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iPad most popular tablet this holiday season
Barrons reports: R.W. Baird’s William Power this morning offers his weekly roundup of sales checks at retail regarding mobile device sales, in this case, tablet computers. Power writes that he spoke with reps at Best Buy and Staples stores about which tablet computers they’re recommending and which ones seem to be moving units. Apple‘s iPad […]
Continue reading...Amazon takes swipe at iPad in new ad
Monday, February 20, 2012
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Amazon last week released a new ad taking a clever swipe at Apple’s iPad. Whereas previous Kindle ads centered exclusively on the Kindle’s readability in sunlight (yawn), Amazon’s latest effort is more balanced and not too shabby. Of course, things kick off with a guy toting around what is clearly an iPad and lamenting his […]
Continue reading...Apple blew away sales records on Black Friday
Monday, November 28, 2011
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Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year and Apple was an active participant with attractive deals across its entire product line, save for the iPhone of course. And so the start of the busiest holiday shopping period began with a bang for Apple who, according to Seth Weintraub of 9to5Mac, recorded its […]
Continue reading...Amazon introduces $199 Kindle Fire
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
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Bloomberg broke the news this morning regarding Amazon’s upcoming Kindle Fire Tablet. With a surprisingly low pricepoint of just $199, the Kindle Fire may prove to be the first real competitor to the iPad we’ve seen in the marketplace. Sporting a 7-inch display and running Android underneath the hood, Amazon is hoping to leverage their […]
Continue reading...Amazon prepping $250 7-inch Kindle tablet with color, multitouch support, and a whole lot more
Saturday, September 3, 2011
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Amazon has been rumored to be working on a tablet version of the Kindle for some time now and we can now say with certainty that it’s 100% real and is coming sooner rather than later. While initial reports claimed Amazon was working on a family of Android-based tablets in time for a 2011 holiday […]
Continue reading...Amazon expected to sell 8 million Kindles this year
Thursday, December 23, 2010
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Bloomberg reports that Amazon may very well sell as many as 8 million Kindles this year, an exceptional figures that easily dwarfs analyst estimates by upwards of 60%. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg estimated, on average, that the company would sell 5 million Kindles in 2010. Last year, Amazon sold about 2.4 million Kindles, said one […]
Continue reading...New Kindle Ad takes shot at the iPad [Video]
Monday, September 13, 2010
Check out this great ad from Amazon touting the Kindle over the iPad and its ever so annoying reflective screen. The lady in the bikini ain’t half bad either. Job well done, Amazon.. and central casting.
Continue reading...Amazon planning to release thinner Kindle this Summer; multitouch and color not on the agenda
Thursday, June 3, 2010
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Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that Amazon is eyeing August as a launch window for the next iteration of its Kindle e-book reader. The device will be thinner and have a more responsive screen with a sharper picture, the people said, who didn’t want to be identified because the plans aren’t public. […]
Continue reading...Amazon prepares refreshed Kindle app for upcoming iPad
Monday, March 22, 2010
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Amazon may be looking to compete with the iPad by making serious improvements to its Kindle device, but it’s smart enough to know that it better get on the iPad bandwagon before getting left behind. That being said, Amazon today unveiled a new preview page on its website highlighting their forthcoming Kindle app for the […]
Continue reading...Amazon looking to upgrade the Kindle’s web browser
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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A new job listing for Lab126, Amazon’s Kindle division, suggests that Amazon is looking to implement some serious changes to the browsing experience on the Kindle.
Continue reading...As Steve Jobs stood on stage unveiling the iPad, Amazon was frantically calling publishers
Saturday, February 27, 2010
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As Steve Jobs still stood on stage unveiling the iPad on January 27th, Amazon executives frantically began calling a slew of publishers looking to glean as much information as possible about the type of content deals they struck with Apple. According to a recent report in the New York Times, Amazon recently began trying to […]
Continue reading...Amazon buys multitouch company, looks to make Kindle more appealing
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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It looks like Amazon won’t be taking Apple’s iPad lightly. The New York Times reports that Amazon recently purchased a New York based company named Touchco that specializes in touchscreen technology, a feature which the Kindle obviously lacks. Amazon will reportedly merge Touchco’s employees and technology into its Kindle hardware division, a move which is an obvious […]
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Friday, December 28, 2012
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