Amazon today announced a refreshed Kindle Fire lineup that replaces the original Kindle Fire tablet with an upgraded model and introduces the Kindle Fire HD family of tablets. At the high end is the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD 4G with 4G LTE connectivity and 32GB of onboard storage. Below are the 16GB 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD without LTE connectivity, and […]
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Rumour: Amazon to launch next-generation Kindle Fire 2 on July 31st
Amazon could launch a successor to its Kindle Fire tablet as early as July 31st according to CNET, possibly as the Kindle Fire 2. The original Kindle Fire was announced last September and began to ship last November. The earlier announcement would likely allow Amazon to have its new tablet available in time for the back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons. […]
Amazon to drop rumoured 8.9-inch Kindle Fire in favour of 10.1-inch model?
Rumours have resurfaced that Amazon has suspended development of its rumoured 8.9-inch Kindle Fire tablet to focus on its larger sibling, a 10.1-inch model set to launch in the third quarter. Rumours about Amazon’s 8.9-inch tablet have often contradicted themselves. Originally rumoured to launch in Q2, it was then axed before being resurrected along with two new 7-inch models. It […]
Amazon to launch three more Kindle Fire models by year’s end?
Kindle Fire rumours so far have suggested that Amazon is likely to follow up its 7-inch model with either a 8.9-inch or a 10.1-inch model. A Taiwan Economic News report now indicates that Amazon may launch three new models by the end of the year. Rather than three different sizes though, Amazon will launch two 7-inch models as well as […]
Amazon working on colour e-ink reader and 10-inch Kindle Fire?
According to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News, Amazon could launch a 6-inch colour e-ink reader later this year. Such a device would be the company’s first to use a colour e-ink display. The report indicates that E Ink Holdings (EIH) has received an order from Amazon to supply it with three million ePaper modules per month starting in March. This […]
Amazon now selling over 1 million Kindles a week
Amazon, which has so far provided little information on just how well its Kindle devices have sold, issued a press release this week to finally shed a bit of light on this. It reports that it is now selling over a million Kindle devices (Kindle ebook readers and the Kindle Fire tablet) a week. The Kindle Fire in particular has […]
Rumour: Amazon 8.9-inch Kindle tablet coming in Q2 2012
Rumours of Amazon launching a slightly larger Kindle tablet continue to gather steam. Digitimes is again reporting that Amazon will launch an 8.9-inch Kindle Fire tablet by the end of Q2 2012. An oft-rumoured 10.1-inch tablet remains in development but appears set for a later launch. Part of the decision is attributed to Amazon’s decision to avoid competition with 9.7-inch […]
Amazon increases Kindle Fire orders due to strong pre-orders
Strong pre-orders for its upcoming Kindle Fire tablet have apparently prompted Amazon to increase its orders for 2011 to five million units. Digitimes adds that this is the second time that the retailer has increased orders since announcing it in late September. While Amazon has not provided pre-order numbers, it apparently took about 95,000 on the first day of pre-orders. […]