Microsoft is bringing its Xbox SmartGlass application to Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD tablets. Us folks in the United States get first dibs, while our friends across the Atlantic in the United Kingdom will have to wait a bit longer. Now owners of the Kindle Fire family of tablets can indulge in SmartGlass’…
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Available in Japan and Europe, U.S. Price Drops
Amazon is bringing their Kindle Fire HD 8.9 to Europe and Japan, offering the tablet for sale in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy and Spain, as well as dropping the price of units in the U.S. The Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is now priced $269 for the 16GB Wi-Fi version, and $399 for the The 4G version…
Rumor: Amazon Kindle Smartphone to Face Delays?
It looks as though Amazon’s rumored Kindle phone is facing some delays, according to Digitimes. The smartphone, which was slated to be released in the second quarter of 2013, is facing holdups due to its partnership with Foxconn International Holdings, who have not been able to meet the supply demand for manufacture of the device.…
Amazon positions itself as second most desired tablet
Amazon is slowly moving in on Apple’s tablet market share. According to a recent Yankee Group survey, Amazon is the second most desirable vendor among consumers planning to buy a tablet. Of course Apple still remains the tablet leader by a wide margin, with 47 percent of U.S. consumers citing the brand. Amazon, however, is…
Google CEO: Heated competition between Apple, Amazon, Google bad for users
In an interview with Fortune, Google CEO Larry Page had a few interesting remarks to say about its biggest competitors, Apple and Amazon. He says that the intense competition between the three companies is ultimately harmful to consumers, calling it “a shame.” “All the big technology companies are big because they did something great. I’d…
Amazon rumored to buy Texas Instruments’ OMAP chip division
There’s word going around on the interwebs, that claim Amazon is in “advanced negotiations” with Texas Instruments, in trying to buy its popular smartphone and tablet OMAP chip division. The man who wrote the news story, Assaf Gilad of Calcalist.co.il, has a good track record when it comes to reporting company buyouts. He believes Amazon…
Amazon announces Device Targeting to help developers create Kindle Fire apps
Amazon announced a new initiative called Device Targeting, which is a feature tailored for helping developers create apps across all of its Kindle Fire tablets. This new program allows devs who make applications the ability to use APKs for specific devices such as all the Kindle Fire’s, no matter the screen size. It’s a good…
Walmart to stop selling Amazon’s Kindle line
If for some reason you want to buy a Kindle or Kindle Fire tablet from Walmart, your time may soon be running out. Walmart announced today their intentions to stop selling Amazon’s line of Kindle devices once its commitments and inventory run out, a move the retailer chalks up to its “merchandising strategy.” What’s unclear at…
Kindle Fire HD 7″ rooted despite locked bootloader and extra security
After the Kindle Fire HD 7″ was released, it was discovered that Amazon detracted from the company’s previous developer-friendly attitude towards the original Kindle Fire. Amazon allowed developers to root the Kindle Fire, which was done fairly easily. This time around, however, Amazon not only locked down the bootloader on the Kindle Fire HD, they…
Nokia confirms its Location Platform will power Amazon Maps API
Earlier we wrote about Amazon ditching Google Maps in favor of its own Map tool. Many speculated that the giant ecommerce company formed a partnership with Nokia, but no one knew for sure if this was in fact the case. Now we have gotten confirmation that this is really going on. The Finnish based manufacturer…