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Amazon's New Kindle Line: Kindle Fire HD Emerges As Worthy iPad Challenger, At $200 Less
In a major event on Thursday, Sept. 6, Amazon announced its new tablet lineup in a bid to pose a more serious challenge to the dominance of Apple's market-leading iPad. The retail giant announced updates to its line of Kindle e-readers, unveiling faster, better, and more competitively priced offerings.
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Wikipad: $499 Android-Powered Gaming Tablet With Tegra 3 Processor Now Available For Pre-Order
The Android-powered Wikipad gaming tablet is now available for pre-order starting Friday, Sept. 7, at GameStop stores and the retailer's Web site, and will be available at retail on Oct. 31, with a $499 price tag. It sports a 10-inch display, a Tegra 3 processor and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and it is the first tablet with an attachable gamepad controller for console quality.
Rayman Jungle Run Brings Everything We Loved About Origins To Mobile
Ubisoft's Rayman Origins, released in 2011, saw a unanimously positive reception from the media and consumers. The game was praised for its hand-drawn, 60 frames-per-second art style courtesy of the Ubisoft Framework engine, its varied level design, and its consistently challenging platform. That experience is going mobile with Rayman Jungle Run, a game based around speed running levels from the original game.
Original Kindle Fire vs. New Kindle Fire HD 7: Wait Or Buy?
With Amazon launching a slew of new tablets on Sept. 6, the million-dollar question is whether the new 7-inch Kindle Fire HD can better the original Kindle Fire's success. Here is a look at how the two tablets measure up against each other.
HTC To Launch 7-Inch Flyer 2 Tablet With Jelly Bean
The tablet wars seem to be intensifying as players like Google, Apple, and Amazon up the ante with a range of new 7-inch devices. Taiwan-based HTC is now looking to challenge rivals with its Android-powered Flyer 2 tablet offering.
Nvidia's Miss in Kindle Fire Surprises Some Investors
Amazon.com Inc's decision to use a processor made by Texas Instruments Inc for its newest Kindle Fire tablets has surprised some investors and experts who thought Nvidia Inc's Tegra 3 chip would be tapped for the high-profile device.
Staples to Carry New Kindle Fire Models as Early as This Month
No. 1 U.S. office supply chain Staples Inc said its U.S. stores will carry some of the larger, faster, aggressively priced Kindle Fire tablets that Amazon.com Inc unveiled on Thursday, starting as early as later this month.
Pandora Shares Down 14 Percent on Reports of Rival Apple Service
Shares of Pandora Media Inc fell 14 percent in premarket trading on Friday following media reports that Apple Inc was in talks to license music for a radio service like the one Pandora operates.
Amazon Takes on Apple with Larger, Cheaper Kindle Fires
Amazon.com Inc unveiled larger Kindle Fire tablets on Thursday, challenging Apple Inc's dominant iPad with lower prices and a trove of digital content that Amazon hopes will win it a bigger share of the booming tablet market.
Ready For The New Kindles? – High Anticipation Ahead Of The Big Announcement
Thursday is Amazon's turn in a busy week for the tech industry. The company is holding an event on Thursday, Sept. 6, in Santa Monica, California, where it is expected to unveil its new Kindle e-reader and Kindle Fire 2 tablet. An ad aired last night during the NFL season kickoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants, which dedicated a full minute of prime time to a pair of new devices that are most likely the highly-anticipated Kindles.
Google Chrome: iOS App Gets Update to Bring Bug Fixes, Issues Continue to Linger
Google announced on its blog that a second update for Google Chrome, the company's popular browser, is availble for iOS and mainly focuses on bug fixes.
Popstar Leaks iPhone 5: Taller, Thinner, With Aluminum Backplate
The build-up to the iPhone 5 Sept.12 alleged debut is awash with leaks. Jimmy Lin, a Taiwanese popstar turned race car driver, has spilled the beans on the next-generation Apple smartphone.
Kobo to Launch New Tablet Device, More Compact E-Reader
Kobo is launching a new tablet device and a more compact e-reader as it seeks to expand its market share and battle with Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc in the ultra-competitive mobile device marketplace.
