Chris Buffa (Modojo): Amazon officially entered the crowded tablet market with Kindle Fire, a light weight, inexpensive and sexy device that is bound to be a hot seller when it debuts November 15.
Although it lacks some of the iPad 2's features, most notably a camera and microphone, there's a lot to love about this new gadget that goes far beyond its $199 MSRP. Users will have access to 17 million songs, scores of books and well over 100,000 movies and TV shows. They can also check their email and surf the web.
In fact, this scratches the surface of what Kindle Fire can do.
On that note, here's a list of things we're most excited about.
If you own an Amazon Fire tablet (we know you’re out there), we have some news for you. The company recently introduced the Show Mode Charging Dock for select Fire tablets. With it, you can turn your device into something closer to an Echo Show. For us that have a random Fire tablet lying around, this is a great update to give it more functionality.
CNET: The e-commerce giant marks the launch by disbursing 500 free Amazon Coins -- which buys as much as does a $5 bill -- into the Amazon accounts of existing and new Kindle Fire customers in the U.S.
Geek: After an image was uploaded to a Chinese forum site, rumors are swirling that Sony may be working on a 6.44-inch phablet to take on devices like the Galaxy Note and Huawei’s new 6-inch Ascend Mate. But at a half inch larger than the Huawei and just a half inch short of the Nexus 7, Galaxy Tab 7, and Kindle Fire, it’s quite possible Sony isn’t building this device to get in on the phablet action.
why would they set themselves up for this...
Nexus pretty much locked that tablet sizing option down and then sony is in critical condition ...
I want that.Never been interested in tablets until I saw the Kindle Fire
Dead before arrival.