Media Tablet Shipments Miss Third Quarter Targets, fourth quarter growth expected

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Worldwide media tablet shipments into sales channels rose by 23.9% on a sequential basis in the third calendar quarter of 2011 (3Q11) to 18.1 million units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker. Compared to last year, that is an increase of 264.5% from the same quarter, but lower than expectations Highlights: Apple … [Read more...]

Amazon Kindle Fire and Kindle – 1 Million sales per week for 3 weeks in a row

The Amazon Kindle Fire - Released November 15, just in time for the Holiday Season

Amazons budget tablet pc offerings the newly released Kindle Fire and the Kindle continue to sell like hot cakes with a reported 3 million sales in 3 weeks, or a million sales per week for the last three weeks. Are consumers telling us less is best?  It would seem that the Apple juggernaut may have a real challenger on their hands in the battle for Tablet Supremacy. As reported previously … [Read more...]

Amazon Kindle Fire running CyanogenMod 7 Android – video

The Amazon Kindle Fire - Released November 15, just in time for the Holiday Season

It didn't take the crew at CyanogenMod (http://www.cyanogenmod.com/), too long to start playing with the Amazon Kindle Fire.  If you haven't heard of them, CyanogenModis a customized, aftermarket firmware distribution for several Android devices.  The team brought us the MOd for HP Touchpads allows HP Touchpad owners to port a version of Android onto the device. Now the team have done it … [Read more...]

Kindle Fire Released November 15 – Mixed reviews

The Amazon Kindle Fire - Released November 15, just in time for the Holiday Season

The Kindle Fire has now been released, with only a handful of weeks remaining until years end.  Just in time for Christmas may have been the ploy from Amazon, with many analysts estimating the Kindle Fire will sell between 3-5 Million units before years end. With a price tag of around $200 it becomes a new player in the 7" Tablet Market, although many will state that it is just an e-reader.  … [Read more...]

Amazon New Kindle Fire and New Kindle Touch – Release Date November 15

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Amazon have finally announced their two new Kindles going on the market November 15, 2011. Named the Kindle Fire and Kindle Touch, the devices are set to shake up the tablet pc wars between Apple and everyone else. Pre Order the Kindle Fire, Full Color 7" Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi - Click here The Kindle Fire will retail for $199 USDand the new Kindle Touch 3G is priced at $149.  Amazon … [Read more...]