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Kindle Fire rooted and splayed, source code released
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The Kindle Fire — it's just a BlackBerry PlayBook with a big Kindle logo imprinted on its back, right? To help you answer that burning question, iFixit has taken Amazon's brand new Android tablet into the lab and subjected it to the usual teardown treatment. The first major difference between the Fire and the PlayBook is in the port selection: Amazon offers just a 3.5mm headphone jack and a MicroUSB port that doubles up as both a data connector and power intake. There's also a power button sitting next to them and that's all the intrigue you'll find on the outside. No volume controls like on the PlayBook or any other portable device.
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Amazon Kindle Fire catches the eye of Android developers
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Amazon's new Kindle Fire tablet hasn't quite yet hit the hands of would-be buyers, but that hasn't stopped developers from saying that it is the most desired of all Android tablets to create apps for. Appcelerator and IDC polled almost 2,200 developers this month, and the Kindle Fire edged out the Samsung Galaxy Tab as the most attractive Android tablet to target their efforts at.
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus shipping delayed by Amazon UK
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We are still waiting for proper information about the release dates, locations and carriers for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and in some bad news it seems that Amazon UK has delayed the shipping date of the phone to December 2nd.
This obviously doesn't indicate a wider delay with the Galaxy Nexus, but it certainly isn't good news. The pre-order page for the Galaxy Nexus on Amazon UK has recently changed the shipping date of the phone to December 2nd. O2 still has the release of the Galaxy Nexus listed as "Soon: November", so this may just be an issue with Amazon UK.
We'll bring you more as we get it.
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Verizon's Motorola Droid Bionic now available for $119 at Amazon
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Amazon has once again lowered the price of Verizon’s Motorola Droid Bionic, now selling it for $119. Of course, a new two-year contract is required but that’s like given these days. And that’s still much lower than $249, which is the phone’s price at Verizon’s website.
Now, we all know Verizon will soon start selling the Droid RAZR that we also know as the “world’s thinnest smartphone” as well as the Nexus Galaxy, both of which are better in some ways than the Droid Bionic. Actually, RAZR is only thinner than the Bionic, while the rest of the specs are pretty much identical. That said, the Bionic is still one of the best smartphones in the Big Red’s portfolio and grabbing it for 120 bucks ma...
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Barnes & Noble launches Nook Tablet, lights a fire under Amazon
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Yep, we had a feeling this one was coming. As expected, bookstore mega-chain Barnes & Noble has launched its answer to Amazon's Kindle Fire (and to a lesser extent, Kobo's multimedia Vox slate) -- also as expected, the thing looks an awful lot like its predecessor, the recently discounted Nook Color, right down to the metal bar on the bottom corner. Granted, B&N did already make the leap into the tablet space, when the Nook Color was upgraded earlier this year -- but the Nook Tablet brings more than just a new name, of course.
Barnes & Noble makes $199 Nook Color, $99 Nook Simple Touch official
Nook Color goes multimedia with Hulu Plus, Pandora, Rhapsody, more
Barnes & Noble launches in-stor...
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Apple says Kindle Fire is actually good for them
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When the Amazon Kindle Fire was announced a couple of weeks ago carrying a price tag of only $200, for the first time we thought that the iPad really has gotten some competition.
The Kindle Fire is smaller at 7 inches, but offers a dual-core processor and a heavily modified Android that make it desirable.
Now, you might expect Apple to be challenged, but CFO Peter Oppenheimer actually said the Fire was good for the iPad. How come? Here's what Barclays published based on an interview with Oppenheimer:
“While the pricing at $199 looks disruptive for what seems to be the iPad’s most important rising challenge, the Amazon Fire – it is important to note that it could fuel further fragmentation ...
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus now available from Amazon for $400
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Samsung’s brand new Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus tablet is now available from Amazon for $400. The tablet was originally expected to make its U.S. debut on November 13th. This successor to the original 7-inch Galaxy Tab is equipped with a 7-inch display with a better 1024 x 600-pixel resolution, 16GB of storage and a dual-core 1.2GHz Samsung Exynos processor. Samsung also said it will ship with built-in infrared capabilities that will allow consumers to control a home theater or TV set directly from the tablet. It will soon be offered by Best Buy, Tiger Direct and Fry’s as well.
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Win one of ten Amazon Kindle Fire tablets and a $250 gift card from the online retailer
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Want to win an Amazon Kindle Fire and a $250 Gift Card? Amazon is giving away 10 tablets and a gift card to each of ten winners selected from a group that clicks on the button to "Like" the Kindle Fire Facebook page. You can even increase your chances of winning by "Liking" other Facebook pages related to Amazon like Amazon MP3, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Appstore for Android and Amazon Instant Video.
The contest ends on Friday and winners can use their gift card to buy content and apps for their new Amazon Kindle Fire. After all, Amazon is taking a $10 hit on each tablet sold at the $199.99 retail price level, as we told you. But after taking into account the content, cloud services and applicat...
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Amazon Countdown to Black Friday Deals Week 2011 Sale has launched
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Amazon has just launched their massive Countdown to Black Friday Deals Week Sale. Shop early Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, with low prices and sales on electronics, video games, DVDs, and more on Amazon.
Amazon is traditionally hosting a week long Black Friday sale in the Thanksgiving week. The Amazon Black Friday Deals Week has Black Friday, November 25 as climax, but will continue on to Cyber Monday. As mentioned in our Amazon Black Friday 2011 Deals predictions, Amazon has a history of matching advertised Black Friday deals from other major retailers. Keep this in mind, if you see a hot deal sold out elsewhere. Amazon likely offers it at the same price.
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Sprint's HTC EVO Design 4G now just $29.99 on Amazon
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Good ol’ Amazon is offering the brand new HTC EVO Design 4G for just $29.99. That’s full 70% off (or “$70 less” whatever sounds better) Sprint’s price of $99.99. Needless to say, you’ll also have to put your signature on a new two-year contract to get the phone. On the other hand, if you’re upgrading or adding a new line, Amazon will take $79.99 out of your pocket. Finally, if you don’t want to commit on a two-year contract with Sprint, there’s the phone-only option, which costs $479.99.
As a reminder, the EVO Design 4G comes with a single-core 1.2GHz processor, 4-inch qHD (540×960 pixels) capacitive touchscreen, WiMAX, EV-DO Rev. A (used in areas where there’s no WiMAX signal around), Wi-Fi...
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Amazon UK has vendor with Samsung GALAXY Nexus in stock November 7th for $930
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According to Verizon's latest MAP listings, we expect to see the Samsung GALAXY Nexus launch in the States on November 10th. But if the listing for the phone spotted on Amazon's UK site is correct, we might see it released a few days earlier overseas and maybe-just maybe-in the U.S. as well. The listing comes from someone with the name "KingofGadgets" which might put a bit of a damper on this whole thing.
The version of the Samsung GALAXY Nexus on the Amazon UK site is SIM free and unlocked which means in the U.S., it will be running over AT&T's 3G pipelines. The price is 539.99 GBP which is approximately $930 USD. Of course, if you are a Verizon customer, and have an update to burn, you wi....
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Amazon profit falls 73% in Q3 despite record Kindle launch
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Amazon reported third-quarter earnings on Tuesday, noting net sales increased 44% from the same quarter last year to $10.88 billion. That figure is on a par with Wall Street’s revenue expectations of $10.93 billion. Amazon reported EPS of $0.14, which missed the Street’s estimates of $0.24 per share. Net income fell 73% quarter-over-quarter, however. Amazon reported net income of $63 million during the third quarter, down from $231 million in the second quarter. The online retailer said September 28th was its biggest day ever for Kindle sales, including during the previous peak holiday season. “In the three weeks since launch, orders for electronic ink Kindles are double the previous launch,...
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Amazon Announces HTML5-Based Kindle Format 8
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Amazon has made small tweaks to its Kindle e-book format over the years, but now the retailer has surprised the industry again by announcing a new HTML5 version of the Kindle format called Format 8. This approach leverages a toolset that already has wide support and allows a richer experience -- perfect for magazines and comics.
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Foxconn gets orders for the next Kindle Fire
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It's looking more and more like if it's good enough for Apple, it's good enough for Amazon. Not only has Amazon taken a note from Apple in building up content stores for music, video and books, but also in bringing those stores together in the ultimate content consumption device: a tablet. Granted, Amazon is using the hardware as a loss leader to sell content, whereas Apple uses the content to sell hardware, but the parallels are still there. Amazon also took a cue from Apple in making said tablet into a closed ecosystem (albeit build upon an open source project,) with content reviews and controls, in order to create a very specific experience for the user. Now, Amazon is going another step ...
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Amazon pursues authors, cuts out the publisher middleman
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If you needed any more evidence that Amazon is building its own digital media empire, here it is. The New York Times reports that the online retail giant will publish over 120 books this quarter alone, both on its Kindle e-book platform and traditional physical copies. That puts it in the odd position of competing with some of its biggest suppliers, the traditional publishing houses that have been around for decades.
These aren’t self-publishing hobbyists or first-time authors, either – Timothy Ferriss, best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek is among them. A memoir by Penny Marshall is rumored to have cost $800,000 in rights alone, a sum that Amazon paid happily. Reports from the industr...
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