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Kindle Fire on its way early, reviews come in

Nov 14, 2011
Amazon’s sub-$200 goes into boxes and trucks and airplanes and should reach pre-order customers a little earlier than expected. Reviewers have already received theirs...

Amazon ramps up production on Kindle Fire

Nov 10, 2011
DigiTimes is reporting that Amazon.com has increased its production of Kindle Fire from 4 million units to 5 million units. This follows an earlier...

"We'll have Netflix and Pandora too, you guys, just like Nook Tablet" - Amazon.com

Nov 9, 2011
That might not be a verbatim quote but it's the basic message of a statement put out yesterday by Amazon, presumably in response to the...

Nook Tablet launches

Nov 7, 2011
As expected, Barnes & Noble (motto: The Chain Book Store That Still Exists For Now) has debuted the next generation of its Nook reader. And as...

Amazon sweetens the Prime pot

Nov 3, 2011
Amazon has added another enticement to sign up for the Amazon Prime service. Now, when you pay your $79 annual fee, you get access to a lending...

Disney/ABC re-ups with Netflix, signs with Amazon

Oct 31, 2011
The big news in my house: all those Disney live action shows with loud mouthed sassy kids and their idiot parents are going to keep beaming into my...

Use your Kindle for kindling

Oct 21, 2011
Amazon just announced it will accept your old Kindle as a trade in for anything on their site (a Fire mayhaps?). So now all you e-Ink-ers who are...

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