Kindle

Amazon’s Tablet the Kindle Fire Designed After the PlayBook?

by Jeff Weisbein September 26, 2011

According to Ryan Block over at gdgt, Amazon’s new tablet set to be announced this Wednesday is in fact built by the same people who built the RIM PlayBook. How is that the case you ask? According to Block’s sources, RIM originally outsourced a substantial amount of the hardware design and production of the PlayBook to [...]

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Why the Possibility of an Amazon Tablet Intrigues Me

by Mike Mansell March 21, 2011

Last week I discussed Amazon’s rumored entry into the mobile software field and how the Internet giant’s involvement with the Android OS hinted at the possibility of the company releasing their own Android-powered device in the near future. While Amazon has yet to publicly confirm anything, recent actions seem to at very least back all [...]

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What is Amazon’s Future in Mobile?

by Mike Mansell March 18, 2011

When it comes to online merchants, Amazon is easily the largest and most well-known store out there; selling everything from books to high-end consumer electronics. In the last few years however, we have seen Amazon adapt from being your run of the mill online storefront to becoming a “Jack of all trades” per se. The [...]

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The Amazon Kindle is the Next Chapter in Literature

by Mike Mansell January 31, 2011

Amazon has always been one of the largest – if not the largest – online stores to ever take grasp upon the Internet. In fact, Amazon was among the first to pioneer the concept of online storefronts. However, many people aren’t aware that Amazon originally opened their doors (or their servers, rather) as an online bookstore. That [...]

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Amazon Launches Kindle for Tablets: If You Can’t Beat ‘em Join Them.

by Jeff Weisbein March 22, 2010

Amazon announced today their Kindle for Tablets application which will be available on the iPad. This follows their recent announcement of Kindle for Mac just last week. I personally couldn’t help but think, “if you can’t beat ‘em, join them” – I think that is the approach Amazon is taking here and it is a [...]

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Amazon Kindle Publishing System Flaw

by Jeff Weisbein May 14, 2009

Earlier this week Amazon opened its Kindle publishing platform to all blogs allowing bloggers to create a feed for their blog in the Amazon system. This allows bloggers to setup a RSS feed which they can charge Kindle subscribers to download and read. However, there within lies one small problem – anyone can claim your [...]

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