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Amazon Fire TV is a Roku, Chromecast, Apple TV killer

Chromecast kicked off the inexpensive TV streaming revolution, but it wasn’t the definitive device. Sneaking in under the radar and packed with every feature…

Amazon’s ‘Project Smith’: budget phone with FireOS, premium device with 3D

Amazon’s had a busy year. Last week, we got new a few new Kindles and today, there’s an interesting update about 3D phones. Amazon…

Amazon readies 3 new Kindle Fire tablets, one with ‘retina display’

Amazon is planning not one, but three new Kindles for the “holiday shopping season” according to an exclusive report from BGR. The site’s “trusted sources”…

PS4 pre-orders popup on Amazon, is US$0.03 cheaper

Right now, you can pre-order Sony’s PS4 from Amazon.com for the bargain price of US$399.96. That’s a US$0.03 saving so you better act now…

Amazon’s future smartphone could have 3D displays

Using retina-tracking technology, ecommerce giant Amazon is rumoured to feature 3D display with its up and coming smartphone. Without the need to wear 3D…

Amazon Instant Video app comes to the Wii U, 140k+ videos included

Nintendo’s latest console, the Wii U, is designed not only for games, but as a multimedia hub. One of the strongest features the Wii…

Amazon starts shipping 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD

Amazon has begun delivery of online orders for its new Kindle Fire HD tablet a full week ahead of the original date. Amazons flagship…

Kindle Fire firmware update out soon

Amazon will have a software update out within two weeks to improve the performance of its Kindle Fire tablets. Users had been complaining about…

Nook Tablet vs Kindle Fire — the experts weigh in

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Tablet is bold, competitive and, at US$250, reasonably priced. But is it worth snatching up in a post-Kindle Fire world?…

Amazon maybe making smartphone, speculation rages

Evidence is thin, but it’s enough to have the tech analysts in a tizzy. Decide for yourself: “Based on our supply chain channel checks…

Kindle Fire: The reviews are in

Reviews for Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet are trickling in. The US$200 “iPad Killer”, unveiled on 28 September, is seven inches of Android-powered goodness combined…

‘PlayBook death pure fiction’ — RIM

Rumours that Blackberry was discontinuing its line of PlayBook tablets have been dismissed by Research in Motion (RIM). Research in Motion has assured its…

Rumour mill: Amazon Android tablet soon

It’s a lot of “sources familiar with the matter” reporting, but both Wall Street Journal and New York Post are predicting that Amazon will…

Amazon selling more Kindle books than print books

Online retail giant Amazon said Thursday that sales of digital books for the Kindle electronic reader have surpassed sales of print books. “Customers are…

The tablet: A fringe gadget

Tablets are fringe gadgets. Once we acknowledge this simple truth, Apple’s dominance with the iPad makes perfect sense. In 2011, we still tend to…

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