September 28, 2011

Amazon Unveils New Android Based Tablet For $200: Kindle Fire

September 28, 2011/ Jordan Fox

Rumors of an Amazon tablet have been circulating since last year but Amazon finally went public today at its 10:00 AM invitation only news conference. Its name, Fire, is no surprise following the Amazon Kindle. After watching many Android tablets fail to upend the Apple iPad, Amazon came right out with a knockout punch offering the Fire at only $200, $300 dollars less than Apple's cheapest iPad.

The 7 inch tablet offers a dual core CPU, 512 MB of RAM, and 8GB of internal storage. Strangely, Google's Android Market is not offered but the Android App Store is offered. The Fire does not have a microphone nor a front or rear facing camera but does have WiFi (no 3G) and comes with a 30 day free trial of Amazon Prime.

Catch the Kindle Fire commercial after the break!

September 23, 2011

Amazon Holding Major Press Event On Wednesday, Tablets Arriving?

September 23, 2011/ Nir Schneider

Amazon will officially be holding a press conference in New York for a grand product announcement and unveiling. We highly anticipate Amazon to release the much rumored Amazon Tablets running the Android OS and special Amazon perks will be included like a built-in Kindle. Amazon's press conference is scheduled to set place on Wednesday, September 28 at 10AM. Amazon's Kindle just doesn't look all that appetising in the sea of powerful all-can-do tablets. Amazon's expertise with its Kindle paints high hopes for a solid tablet competitor.

May 16, 2011

Amazon Branded Tablets Coming Soon?

May 16, 2011/ Nir Schneider

Everyone but my mother has jumped onto the tablet bandwagon and now it's the online retail giant, Amazon, is said to begin releasing a few tablets of its own this year. Amazon will release at least two tablets this year under the Amazon brand name running Nvidia's Tegra 2 as well as an ultra-fast quad-core Nvidia T30 processor with a 500% increase over the dual-core Tegra 2 processor. No details further then this have been leaked out at the moment except for the two tablet codenames, dubbed "Coyote" and "Hollywood". Amazon already has the Kindle on its side so bringing a few tablets into the market does seem very plausible.