Ep. 66: Amazon's Kindle may start a Fire

Release Date 29 Sep, 2011 in CNET

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Android media tablets outpace Apple's iPad growth in Q2 in Australia The Australian - Stuart Kennedy - 29 Sep, 2011 Android tablets outpaced Apple's iPad in growth in the second quarter in Australia. Source: The Advertiser GOOGLE Android based tablets are starting to sneak up on Apple's dominant market share with local Android shipments tripling during the second ...
	Amazon enters the tablet fray euronews - 29 Sep, 2011 Online retailer Amazon is taking on Apple in the computer tablet market with the introduction of the Kindle Fire. On the old Kindle you could just download and read books but on the Fire model you can watch movies, TV shows, listen to music and access ...
	Can Amazon's new Kindle Fire hold a candle to the iPad? The Hindu - Dominic Rushe - 29 Sep, 2011 Jeff Bezos has been reading The Remains of the Day. A novel of quiet subtlety. Or so the Amazon boss told the audience at a press conference in Manhattan on Wednesday. From his actions, it seems more likely that he has been at the Sun Tzu. ...
Kindle Fire vs Apple iPad 2: 10 things to know Times of India - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon.com Inc has taken the wraps off its long-awaited "Kindle Fire" tacking on a mass market-friendly $199 price tag. Dotcom-entrepreneur and billionaire-CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled to a packed audience the gadget he hopes will wed Amazon's books, ...
	Kindle Fire may force Android tablet makers to cut prices Reuters India - Anshuman Daga - 29 Sep, 2011 Graphics of the new Amazon Kindle tablets are seen at a news conference during the launch of Amazon's new tablets in New York, September 28, 2011. By Miyoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Asian technology companies came under pressure on Thursday to slash ...
Kindle Fire may force Android tablet makers to cut prices Reuters Canada - Miyoung Kim - 29 Sep, 2011 SEOUL (Reuters) - Asian technology companies came under pressure on Thursday to slash prices of their tablet computers after Amazon.com launched its Kindle Fire at a mass market-friendly $199. From Samsung Electronics to Sony Corp, ...
Amazon versus Apple: Which tack will be more successful? Economic Times - Robert Cyran - 29 Sep, 2011 NEW YORK: The recent histories of technology giants Amazon and Apple are colliding. The online retailer's cheap new Kindle Fire tablet reflects the company's roots, it's a tool for the sale of content. Apple, by contrast, used music and ...
Kindle Fire will force Android users to choose ZDNet Asia - Eileen Yu - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon positioning own services above Google's, creating compatibility issues for developers building for the Android device and forcing consumers to choose between the two players, ...
	Kindle Fire may force Android tablet makers to cut prices Reuters - Shannon Stapleton, Anshuman Daga - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos holds up the new Kindle Fire at a news conference during the launch of Amazon's new tablets in New York, September 28, 2011. By Miyoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Asian technology companies came under pressure on Thursday to slash ...
	BlackBerry PlayBook on sale at Best Buy for $299 CNET - Brooke Crothers - 29 Sep, 2011 That was fast. Best Buy on Wednesday knocked the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet down to $299, apparently in response to the market-upending price of the Amazon's Kindle Fire. Is RIM feeling the Amazon Kindle Fire heat? The BlackBerry PlayBook went on sale ...
Kindle Fire a credible iPad contender at $199 Detroit Free Press - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduces the Kindle Fire tablet Wednesday in New York. The Kindle Fire will cost $199 and will be available on Nov. 15. / EMMANUEL DUNAND/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images BY PETER SVENSSON ASSOCIATED PRESS Price: The Kindle ...
Amazon enters tablet battle with Fire and Silk The Seattle Times (blog) - Brier Dudley - 29 Sep, 2011 NEW YORK -- It was widely known that Amazon.com was working on a color, touch-screen version of its popular Kindle, the gadget that established the market for e-readers. But founder Jeff Bezos still surprised the world Wednesday by unveiling the Kindle ...
[headline] San Francisco Chronicle - 29 Sep, 2011 Price: The Kindle Fire, which connects to the Web over Wi-Fi networks, will cost $199 when it begins selling on Nov. 15. The iPad costs $499 to $829, depending on storage capacity and its wireless and 3G capabilities. Screen size: The Kindle Fire's ...
	Amazon Kindle lights Fire under Android, RIM CNET (blog) - Brooke Crothers - 29 Sep, 2011 On a bang-for-the-buck index, the Amazon Kindle Fire rates high compared to similar tablets like the BlackBerry PlayBook that are hundreds of dollars more. The $199 Amazon Kindle Fire is expected to put pricing heat on tablet market. ...
Amazon's New Kindles Will Explode the E-Book Market Forbes - 29 Sep, 2011 I'm a freelance writer and blogger who writes about pretty much everything under the sun, including politics, art, religion, philosophy, sports, music, culture, and science. Here at Forbes, I focus on futurism, cutting edge technology, and breaking ...
	Amazon's new tablet takes aim at the iPad Sydney Morning Herald - Jenna Wortham, David Streitfeld - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduces the new Kindle Fire tablet in New York. Photo: AFP New York: With a glossy 7-inch colour touch screen and a dual-core processor, the Kindle Fire, a new mobile device introduced by ...
Amazon's Kindle Fire takes shot at Apple iPad San Francisco Chronicle - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon.com unveiled its Kindle Fire tablet computer Wednesday, taking aim at Apple's bestselling iPad with a device that's smaller and less than half the price. The Kindle Fire will sell for only $199, compared with $499 for the least-expensive iPad. ...
Q&A: Amazon Kindle exec on Fire, iPad and more The Seattle Times (blog) - Brier Dudley - 29 Sep, 2011 NEW YORK -- Amid a mob of camera-wielding reporters and bloggers crowding around his Kindle Fire, Amazon.com Kindle Vice President Dave Limp answered a few questions about the new device at the company's launch event Wednesday. ...
Amazon ignites tablet war with Kindle Fire, takes on Apple Economic Times - 29 Sep, 2011 NEW YORK: Amazon.com Inc took the wraps off its long-awaited "Kindle Fire" on Wednesday, tacking on a mass market-friendly $199 price tag that poses a serious threat to the dominance of Apple Inc's two-year-old iPad. The eagerly anticipated gadget, ...
Dear Amazon: About that new Kindle Fire tablet Washington Post (blog) - Alexandra Petri - 29 Sep, 2011 Sign-up for e-mail newsletters and alerts and get the news you need delivered directly to your inbox. By Alexandra Petri Fire! Fire! Fire! (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (Mark Lennihan - AP) Amazon, I have a complaint. It's not that I dislike you. ...
Amazon Bargain Tablet to Grow Market Without Being 'IPad Killer' BusinessWeek - Danielle Kucera, Sarah Frier - 29 Sep, 2011 Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire is poised to help Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos lure bargain tablet-computer shoppers. It's unlikely to dislodge Apple Inc. from its perch at the top of the ...
	Amazon targets the iPad: Ready, aim, Fire NDTV.com - 29 Sep, 2011 AP, September 29, 2011, Amazon is taking on the untouchable iPad with a touch-screen tablet of its own. The company on Wednesday introduced its entry in the rapidly expanding market for handheld computers - a device called Kindle Fire that connects to ...
Amazon's Fire Device Reignites Tablet Wars Wall Street Journal - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos travelled to New York's Hell's Kitchen to unveil the Kindle Fire tablet on Wednesday, marking the most high-profile challenge yet to Apple Inc.'s dominant iPad, which has beaten back other rival makers such as ...
Amazon Bargain Tablet to Grow Market Without Being 'IPad Killer' Bloomberg - Danielle Kucera, Sarah Frier - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)'s Kindle Fire is poised to help Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos lure bargain tablet-computer shoppers. It's unlikely to dislodge Apple Inc. (AAPL) from its ...
Will tablets soon be free? Let's start with the Kindle Fire ZDNet (blog) - Joel Evans - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon finally unveiled its tablet offering: the Kindle Fire. The Fire is selling for $199 and comes with access to over 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, apps, games, books, magazines, and the web. ...
The Kindle Fire's real threat is to Microsoft ZDNet Asia - Jay Greene - 29 Sep, 2011 With plenty of early buzz, the Kindle Fire may well become the first legitimate tablet alternative to Apple's iPad. That could pose challenges for tablets running Microsoft's Windows 8. ...
Amazon's iPad killer? Ninemsn - Susan Hely - 29 Sep, 2011 Tax Time 2011Doing your tax doesn't need to be daunting! Check out ninemsn Finance's Tax Time for tips and advice on how to make your 2011/12 tax return work for you. If you take one thing away from the unveiling of Amazon.com's new tablet it should be ...
	Amazon's Tablet Leads to Its Store New York Times - Jenna Wortham, David Streitfeld - 29 Sep, 2011 With a glossy 7-inch color touch screen and a dual-core processor, the Kindle Fire, a new mobile device introduced by Amazon on Wednesday, sure looks like a tablet, and one not so different from the Apple iPad. ...
Bezos Portrays Pocket-Sized Fire as Service, Not Tablet, in IPad Challenge Bloomberg - Brad Stone - 29 Sep, 2011 Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., introduces the new Kindle Fire tablet computer at a news conference in New York on Sept. 28, 2011. Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com ...