Gigaom: In the months leading up to the press conference earlier this week, speculation about the prospects for Amazon’s new tablet reached a crescendo. Would the new tablet be a worthy competitor? Might it even dethrone the iPad?
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 expected this, like i said in the other story, $200 price can't be ignored, everyone looking for a Tablet will consider it at least once.
It's a Tablet, cheaper then a Cellphone.
ba-dum-tsss
This is gonna fail like mad in the UK if they release it. The only two Amazon services here are mp3 downloads and Kindle books. We have no movies or games at all rendering this pretty useless if they don't bring the services here at the same time.
Although in fairness, there's not even a UK release date anyway so not gonna hold my breath.
I'm just waiting on the next iPad iteration..
And reading elsewhere - no UK release. Smart move.