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Tablets

Will a $199 Google tablet hurt or help the Kindle Fire?

Next to politics, perhaps no industry loves speculation more than tech. We may couch it as “analysis” or — if… Read More

Chart: The iPad is making inroads with corporate buyers

There’s been a lot of chatter recently about whether we’re living in a post-PC era dominated by tablet computers and… Read More

By the numbers: Amazon’s Kindle Fire vs. Apple’s iPad

Apple CEO Tim Cook noted at a conference in San Francisco this week that he wasn’t too concerned about rising… Read More

Still think tablets are a fad? This comScore stat will convince you otherwise

ComScore’s new report — U.S. Digital Future in Focus 2012 — spells out just how powerful of a force the… Read More

Estimates: Amazon sells six million Kindle Fires, drives 36% of Android tablet market

One of the key things we’ll be closely tracking on Tuesday during Amazon.com’s earnings call will be the overall performance… Read More

Gadgets galore: More than a quarter of Americans now own an e-reader or tablet computer

Nooks. iPads. Kindles. PlayBooks. Kobos. Americans are getting more familiar with tablet computers and e-readers, with a new study out… Read More

Analyst report: Amazon sold 5.5 million Kindle Fires last quarter

It’s always a guessing game trying to figure out how many Kindle devices Amazon.com has sold during a selected period.… Read More

CES Video: Lenovo’s Android notebook splits into a tablet

During a Consumer Electronics preview event tonight, Lenovo showed an array of new products, including several running Google’s Android operating… Read More

Amazon.com settles patent dispute over Kindle Fire

Amazon.com has settled a patent infringement suit brought against the online retailer by Smartphone Technologies, a subsidiary of Acacia Research,… Read More

Amazon could sell six million Kindle Fires this year, even as complaints mount

Amazon.com is addressing complaints about its new Kindle Fire device, with plans to roll out a new software update in… Read More

Consumers losing patience with Microsoft on tablets

With all the buzz over the iPad and Kindle Fire lately, we don’t need a study to tell us that… Read More

Analyst: Amazon will control 15% of the tablet market next year

Have you purchased a Kindle Fire yet? Priced at $199 and released just a few weeks before the holiday rush,… Read More

Kindle Fire sparks mixed reviews, from dud to delight

On the GeekWire podcast this past weekend, we discussed how Amazon.com’s new Kindle Fire tablet was coming on the scene… Read More

Amazon said to boost Kindle Fire production as launch approaches

The Kindle Fire has yet to arrive on the doorsteps of customers. (Release date is set for November 14th). Yet,… Read More

Foxconn reportedly set to produce next-generation Kindle Fire in 2012

This has the makings of the perfect Mike Daisey monologue. Foxconn, the giant Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, has reportedly entered into… Read More

Apple’s Cook confident vs. Kindle Fire, sees tablet market eventually bigger than PCs

Apple CEO Tim Cook was just asked on the company’s earnings call to offer his thoughts on Amazon’s upcoming Kindle… Read More

The name Kindle Fire: Hot or not?

At first glance, Kindle Fire seems like a pretty good name. It uses a thematically coherent naming strategy, similar to the… Read More

Report: Amazon to release 7-inch tablet in October, followed by a 10.1-inch tablet early next year

We thought there might be a chance that Jeff Bezos showed off Amazon.com’s mysterious new tablet computers at the company… Read More

Tech vets look to transform how you pay restaurant bills, raise cash for Viableware

Dishonest waiters have been ripping off restaurant goers for years using a technique known as credit card “skimming.” Now, a… Read More

How The New York Times is reinventing your morning read with Microsoft Surface

I’d love to get this in my kitchen nook. Megan Garber of the Nieman Journalism Lab gets an inside look… Read More

In the world of eReaders, women dominate

Women are increasingly using electronic reading devices like the Kindle, while men still own more tablet computers like the iPad.… Read More

Report: Amazon’s tablet will disrupt the ‘status quo’ (That means you Apple)

Amazon.com hasn’t even announced its tablet computer. But that’s not stopping the big research firms from projecting what the device… Read More

Tablets changing video habits, playing into Amazon’s strategy

It might seem like the market for television shows and movies has already been turned upside down, with many of… Read More

Amazon’s IMDb targets Android tablets with app update

Will this be one of the showcase apps for Amazon.com’s long-rumored Android tablet? Internet Movie Database, the Amazon.com service better… Read More

Amazon tablet to shake up holiday shopping season?

A report from DigiTimes out of Taiwan overnight offers the latest clues about rumored plans by Amazon.com to launch its… Read More

Report: Amazon’s upcoming tablet will feature free movie streaming

Amazon.com’s plans for a new color-screen tablet computer has got to be one of the worst kept secrets in the tech… Read More

Analyst: Microsoft can still be a player in tablets

Microsoft is certainly playing a tough game of catch-up against Apple’s iPad. But the software giant can make a comeback… Read More

Goodbye paper flight manuals: Alaska Airlines to outfit pilots with iPads

Last fall, I reported that Alaska Airlines planned to provide pilots with iPads, speculating that the touchscreen devices could be… Read More

Study: Microsoft’s Windows Phone losing developer interest at slower rate than BlackBerry

Life is tough when you’re trying to come from behind against Android and iPhone in the mobile market, which means… Read More

Survey: More Americans now consume their news online than in newspapers

The news business has been undergoing radical shifts and changes over the past 10 years, brought on by advances in… Read More

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