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by Victoria Ho
Nov 15, 2012
Amazon this morning announced that its users in Japan now have access to its Cloud Drive service.
The company is inviting users to store their files on the Amazon cloud and is dangling 5 gigabytes ...
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by Sean Brunett
Nov 15, 2012
Amazon has announced that their new tablet, the Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch (see our Hands-On), starts shipping today. This is the WiFi-only version, with the LTE option set to ship next week.
In case ...
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by Richard Devine
Nov 12, 2012
We're starting to get to that time of year. Holiday sales, Christmas gift shopping, and everyone likes a deal, right? If you're in the market for a cheap tablet, the Google Nexus 7 will alwa...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 05, 2012
IDC's quarterly research of the tablet market revealed that Samsung and Amazon have done really well lately at the expense of the iPad. As you might expect, Apple still holds about 50% of t...
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by Sean Brunett
Nov 01, 2012
Amazon has released a new app into the Google Play Store called Amazon Cloud Drive Photos. It allows you to view and download to your device photos that you have stored on your Amazon Cloud Drive. A...
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by Simon Sage
Nov 01, 2012
Amazon Game Studios launched their first Android game today called Air Patriots. It's basically Flight Control with a tower defense spin. Surprisingly, the game isn't being held back as an A...
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by Richard Devine
Oct 31, 2012
Despite the Amazon Kindle Fire in the UK coming with Amazon's own LOVEFiLM service baked in, that hasn't stopped rivals Netflix trying to muscle in. Netflix is now available to download from...
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by Richard Devine
Oct 31, 2012
Looking for a fun way to entertain the kids -- or big kids -- in your house this fine Halloween? Amazon has you covered, as their free app of the day today is "It's the Great Pumpkin Charli...
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by Richard Devine
Oct 26, 2012
It's been a long time coming, but this week finally sees the release of the Amazon Kindle Fire in the UK and selected markets across Europe. With prices starting at just £129 for the cheap...
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by Chris Parsons
Oct 25, 2012
With Amazon having recently announced the sale of the Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD tablets in Japan, they're complimenting their launch by updating the Kindle for Android app. The new version ...
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by Richard Devine
Oct 25, 2012
For Europeans waiting -- patiently we might add -- for the release of the Amazon Kindle Fire, today the waiting can finally end. Right on cue, the Kindle Fire, and Kindle Fire HD is shipping today f...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 24, 2012
Amazon's Kindle Fire range continues to spread, with today's news that Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD tablets will be heading to Japan in time for the holidays. Both devices are av...
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by Richard Devine
Oct 18, 2012
The arrival of the Kindle Fire in the UK is hotly anticipated. The combination of an affordable tablet device, with Amazon's huge content libraries is extremely enticing. We've recently seen...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 08, 2012
While AT&T's version of the HTC One X has been $99.99 on contract for a while, new customers signing up via Amazon can now pick up the device for just a shiny penny. It's the same One X ...
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by Simon Sage
Oct 04, 2012
Amazon's remote storage service, Cloud Drive, has recently been updated to allow users to quickly share photos with friends and family through the web interface. This update also allows ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 04, 2012
Amazon today announced that it is accepting app submissions for distribution in its Appstore later this year in Japan. That'll bring a strong alternative source of Android applications to millio...
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by Richard Devine
Sep 18, 2012
The Amazon ecosystem may well be pretty established in the United States, but in the rest of the world it still remains distinctly lacking. One such service is the Amazon Cloud Player, that today ha...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 17, 2012
It looks as if Amazon did not patch the standard method to root ICS devices discovered by SparkyM over at XDA, and the Kindle Fire HD can be rooted in mere minutes. In fact, the most difficult part ...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 17, 2012
The good people over at iFixit have done what they do best to the new 7-inch Kindle Fire HD, they took it apart. Their first observation was that the guts of the HD version differ pretty greatly fro...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 17, 2012
Yeah, yeah. We've heard it all before. Android and its mostly open application ecosystem in Google Play is a haven for smut. The Android Phone is for Porn, and all that. Of course, so is any dev...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 15, 2012
If you grabbed an Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7, or have one on it's way, keep an eye on the lockscreen offers for a chance to get $5 free credit at the Amazon mp3 store. I ran across this one last ni...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 14, 2012
UPS just dropped off our Amazon Kindle Fire HD, and we wanted to share a look at the first new Kindle to be released. It's a 7-inch tablet that sort of runs Android -- Amazon has forked off the ...
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by Simon Sage
Sep 14, 2012
Conan O'Brien did a bit on the Kindle Fire HD earlier this week, taking a jab at how Amazon is willing to lose out on device profits in order to undercut the iPad. To that end, he mocked up an a...
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by Simon Sage
Sep 14, 2012
Classic puzzle game Tetris is available today for free on the Amazon Appstore for today only. You know the drill: shaped blocks come down from the top of the screen, and you have to guide them down ...
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by Simon Sage
Sep 14, 2012
The 7-inch version of the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and the refreshed version of the previous Kindle Fire are both available for sale and currently shipping to those who preordered. Unfortunately, the 3...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 08, 2012
The Internet has been in a tizzy since we heard that Amazon would not be allowing the removal of the "special offers" package from the new Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD units. If you were...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 07, 2012
Amongst the slew of hardware announcements at Amazon's event yesterday was the confirmation that Whispersync was expanding to more of Amazon's services, such as Audible. The new feature, dub...
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by Chris Parsons
Sep 06, 2012
If you want to get updated on the events but don't feel like doing a bunch of reading at the moment, you can now kick back and watch the video. Amazon has posted the video of the event in its en...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 06, 2012
Whew -- there's been a lot of news from Amazon today, and plenty of folks are excited about the Kindle Fire HD 7-inch and the Kindle Fire 8.9-inch. Make sure you see the hands-on videos (click h...
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by Chris Parsons
Sep 06, 2012
For the Amazon event in Santa Monica, we had our very own Kevin Michaluk and Ashley Esqueda on the ground taking in the all news and sending it back for us. Amazon kept them both pretty busy with pl...
