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Acer to launch low cost Android and Windows tablets next year

Acer has been a prime contender in the Android tablet sector. Now they are planning to release Android devices starting from $99 next year.

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The future of mobile payments using Google Wallet and NFC

The future of NFC (Near Field Communication) looks bright as engineers at Google now claim that NFC chips will eventually replace bar codes and make mobile payments a lot easier.

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Amazon updates Kindle app to 3.0, adds support for new iPad’s Retina display

There is not much time left for the commercial release of the New iPad from Apple, and Amazon has announced the release fo its Kindle app, which is among the many apps to be updated recently to support the new iPad’s high resolution retina display.

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Amazon celebrates one year of Appstore with a week full of discounted apps

It’s one year since Amazon appstore for Android was launched and they are celebrating it with style by not only sharing the statistics of their app store till now but also by giving out discounted top paid apps from the Appstore.

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8GB NOOK tablet from Barnes and Noble in the making?

Barnes and Noble with their NOOK tablets were the heroes of the low cost tablet generation before Amazon came up with it’s Kindle Fire and took away the Nook’s potential customers, well Barnes and Noble have decided to fight back by introducing an 8GB version of Nook Color which is rumored to be cheaper than the Kindle fire or match the price. Continue reading “8GB NOOK tablet from Barnes and Noble in the making?”

Apple iPad gets pulled from China Amazon service

We all know that the iPad 3 is on it’s way, but there has also been loads of news going around about Apple fighting a case against a company called Proview. Proview here is saying that the rights for the brand “iPad” was reserved for them and Apple has no right to sell or take any products named iPad out of China. And because of all these problems Apple has asked Amazon to pull out iPad from the Amazon product listing in China.

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Amazon setting up fulfillment center at Mumbai in India

Reuters is reporting that the world’s largest e-commerce site Amazon.com is in the process of setting up it’s first fulfillment center at Mumbai in India. Reuters is stating this based on certain job openings on Amazon India’s career portal. Amazon already has a presence in India in Chennai , Bangalore and Hyderabad but these centers only handle R&D and customer service.

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Amazon updates its Android app to support ICS

Amazon Mobile application for Android devices gets updated to version 1.4 which not only brings Android 4.0 support but also fixes some bugs for the Galaxy Nexus.

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Amazon Selling Over 1 Million Kindles Per Week

Amazon has just revealed that they have managed t sell over a million Kindle e-books per week. Amazon do not usually disclose their sales figures particularly ones relating to their Kindle devices.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus up for pre-order on Amazon

Yes, you read that right. The US version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus is attainable and now available for pre-order on Amazon; pre-orders for Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy Tab Plus went live inEurope sometime last week. Be that as it may, there is still no statement on a specific release date. The Samsung news just keeps pouring in.

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HTC Flyer gets a major price cut : Just $299 at Best Buy

Following the announcement of the Amazon Fire , major tablet manufacturers have started dropping prices on their offerings. The latest in this line of price drops is HTC.

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Amazon announced trio of Kindle e-readers

Amazon today announced a handful of new Kindle e-reader products, including the first ever Kindle with a colour display – the Kindle Fire.

Firstly, Amazon has lowered the barrier of entry once again with a new entry level Kindle. For $79, the WiFi-powered Kindle Button features a none-touch 6″ e-ink display. It will be the first Kindle without a built-in QWERTY keyboard. The new Kindle Button will be available from today.

Next up is the $99 Kindle Touch. Like the Kindle Button, the Kindle Touch will not have a QWERTY keyboard.  Instead text entry will rely on the infrared touchscreen similar to the technology used by Sony on their PRS e-readers.  WiFi is included as standard. A 3G version is priced at $149. Both versions will be available from November.

Finally, Android has announced that it will be making its entry to the tablet market with the Kindle Fire. Priced at $199, the Kindle Fire will feature a  7″ IPS display and dual core CPU. It will run on a fork of Android, and thus will be compatible with Android apps. The Kindle Fire will be compatible with a few Amazon services announced today, including the multimedia orientated Whispersync and Amazon Cloud Storage. It will ship from November.

The new Kindle devices are available for pre-order today.

Amazon’s tablet to be named Fire and showcased tomorrow?

Amazon had announced a press conference tomorrow a few days back, well we all know that Amazon is coming up with an Android based tablet which will be directly competing against the iPad, and we are sure that they are going to talk about this device and show it tomorrow in their press event, but now Techcrunch is reporting that it will be a 7″ tablet which will be named Fire.

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WSJ: Amazon Android tablet coming out in October

Amazon is one of the leading online retailers in the world and they are offering a lot of good stuff on their store. They are also offering their very own products like the Amazon Kindle which is their best selling product. Last year in September, we reported that Amazon will launch their first ever Android tablet this year. And in May, we told you that the tablet has entered production and it’s coming out later this summer. Continue reading “WSJ: Amazon Android tablet coming out in October”