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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...iPad gains marketshare as Kindle Fire sales plummet
Thursday, May 3, 2012
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New data from IDC indicates that Apple’s iPad continues to best the competition, with its market share rising from 54.7% in the last quarter to 68% in the current quarter. And as Apple’s iPad continues to surge, Android tablet sales are trending downward with the Kindle Fire in particular seeing a drop in shipments from […]
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...Kindle Fire sells for $199, while bill of materials cost about $202
Friday, November 18, 2011
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The Amazon Kindle Fire is an interesting beast. Set to take on the iPad and other tablets, the Fire is able to leverage the media content of Amazon to give it a leg up on the competition. But it takes more than just a robust media content delivery system to compete with Apple as the […]
Continue reading...Amazon Kindle Fire debuts to scathing reviews
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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Amazon, more than any other company, is uniquely positioned to give Apple’s iPad a real fight. Not only can Amazon leverage the popularity of the Amazon.com homepage to drive sales, it has a vast sea of media content at its disposal. From books and movies to music and apps, Amazon can distribute media to consumers […]
Continue reading...Apple executives not worried about the Kindle Fire, welcome more fragmentation
Friday, November 4, 2011
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With its cheap $199 pricepoint, Amazon isn’t making too much money with every Kindle Fire unit they sell. But that’s not the point, really. Amazon is playing catchup in the tablet space and if they can flood the market with cheap Kindles then all the better. Now Amazon’s Kindle Fire is based on Android, though […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook not worried about the Kindle Fire, says tablet market may eclipse the PC market
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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With competitors still trying every which way to take on the iPad, Apple is just rolling on ahead and racking up sale after sale. Yesterday Apple reported 11.2 million iPad sales in the September quarter, representing an astounding 166% increase from the same quarter last year. The most recent entrant into the tablet market is […]
Continue reading...SNL’s Seth Meyers makes crack against Kindle Fire
Thursday, October 13, 2011
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I was watching an episode of Lockup: Raw on MSNBC the other day – you know, the show that profiles inmates in prisons across the globe – and they happened to ask one prisoner what he’d do if he could do anything once released. Looking deadpan into the camera, the inmate said, “I’d make Saturday […]
Continue reading...Amazon ad – “From Kindle, the Fire is born”
Sunday, October 2, 2011
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Amazon’s ad for the Kindle Fire states in part: “A Fire is born! A Kindle for movies, music, web, games, and reading.” To a certain extent, the Kindle Fire is essentially a $199 iPod Touch. No 3G, no microphone, and merely a media consumption device. As such, comparing the Kindle Fire to the iPad might […]
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 […]
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Friday, December 28, 2012
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