Amazon Develop Smartphone, Ready to Compete with Apple

Successfully create a 7-inch tablet format, dubbed as the Fire Kindle, Amazon is now reported to be developing a smartphone again. It's as revealed by a reliable source, as reported by Bloomberg.

Detailed reports related to smartphone is indeed yet to be revealed for now. It's just like the anonymous source said, Amazon touted collaboration with Foxconn that a Chinese handset manufacturer.

The source also revealed that smartphones are being developed Amazon, it says will compete with Apple's smartphone, iPhone, and other Android phones.

Amazon expected to apply the same strategy on his smartphone, as it did when making the tablet. Where there will be many modifications, especially in the software sector and of course special access to his own application store.

A source at the site of The Verge has even got a confirmation from the CEO of Skyhook Wireless, Ted Morgan, related to the presence of the device will be Android ‘Main' play outside the Google ecosystem. Smartphone is said to be going to slide this year.

Is Amazon going to be a smartphone made ​​by one of them, it is not certain. It is known that Amazon already has its own application store called the AppStore for Android that offers a variety of applications for the tablet Kindle Fire as well as some other manufacturers' s Android software.

When a smartphone made ​​by Amazon will be released to the public is not yet indicated. Amazon currently it is reportedly developing a portfolio of wireless patents that can be used without fear of being accused of breaking the patent.

Amazon Kindle Fire 2 already in production at Quanta, on sale from August 7

Even Amazon is almost time to unveil the second generation of its Kindle Fire, author of many rumors and speculation in recent months, after the announcement of the Nexus 7 moved the waters a bit for everyone, including Apple, which should unofficially become part of this market segment with an alleged iPad Mini . This time, however, is the China Times to know it a bit longer, according to Chinese newspaper Amazon is preparing 2 million Kindle Fire 2 Fire commissioned at the factories of Quanta Computer to be ship by August 7.

The presentation would be anticipated at the end of the current month in line with the latest rumors, while for the first news about the specifics of the tablet whole still remains under strict confidence to the exclusion of material that seems to be formed from plastic and metal for the body , manufactured by LG and display panels provided by TPK even though the diagonal has been revealed is adopted presumed expected size not too different from those of the Nexus 7.

This autumn will be very interesting for the tablet market with a real price war with high-performance products but also economic.

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Rumor: The New Amazon Kindle Fire will have a 10-inch display and Tegra 3 chip

Continue to occur the rumors about what will be the next Amazon Kindle 2 Fire .   This time, BGR is to say that the next generation of tablet sample sales, will arrive during the second quarter of this year, will adopt the Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset  and mount a 10-inch display , even burying the previous rumors about a diagonal of 8.9.

Although we know nothing yet of this tablet, DigiTimes reported on Thursday that Amazon has commissioned an order imposing components and chassis Catcher Technologies, a consequence which would produce the device, thereby complying development time to prepare for the exit in Q2 .

In the coming months so it is reasonable to expect the release of a flagship model as in this case and is an update of the first Kindle Fire remained the same size but offering upgraded hardware and therefore a lower price for the first-generation model. One strategy that could lead to further strong sales and focus even more on the manufacturer to new markets.

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Amazon Appstore celebrates first birthday, now hosts 31K apps

A year ago Amazon boldly launched a direct competitor to what was then known as the Android Market with a modest selection of around 4,000 apps. Twelve months later the service is celebrating its first birthday and solid growth to what now amounts to over 31,000 applications and games, driven by the excellent sales success of the Kindle Fire , was able to grow fast and carve out a small part of success among developers.

Speaking of numbers, the debut of the original store had about 4000 applications and we are now well in the past 31,000 games and programs offering deep discounts and promotions every week. For the occasion, Amazon has also released a ranking of the most downloaded titles during those 12 months between those paid and free services.

Top Paid Apps (over the last 12 months)

1. Cut the Rope
2. Angry Birds (Ad-Free)
3. Where's My Water?
4. Angry Birds Rio (Ad-Free)
5. Angry Birds Seasons (Ad-Free)
6. Plants Vs. Zombies (Kindle Edition Fire)
7. Fruit Ninja
8. SCRABBLE (Kindle Edition Fire)
9. A (Fire Kindle Edition)
10. TETRIS

Top Free Apps (over the last 12 months)

1. Angry Birds Free
2. Netflix
3. Solitaire
4. Fruit Ninja Free
5. Angry Birds Seasons Free
6. Bubble Buster
7. Little Piano Free
8. Roller Lite
9. Jewels
10. Free Hangman

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Amazon Kindle 2 Fire in stores as early as May

It is hardly news that Amazon is already working on the second generation Kindle Fire in the weeks past, in fact, had already emerged the first rumors about a 9-inch model and a Kindle 2 Fire  with 7 inch display.

According to China Times from next May we can already see them in stores and even the manufacturers Quanta and Foxconn expect to receive the first orders of components in large quantities for the month of March, respecting the timing of mid-2012 which was mentioned in previous rumors.

Probably in future Amazon will going to cover the range of 10 inches. Therefore expect to find out if we see something already at the Mobile World Congress 2012.

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SlingPlayer app for Kindle Fire has just been released,it will cost you $30

SlingPlayer for Kindle Fire has just been released.You can pick this app up for $30 and take your media with you will on the go.

Most Kindle Fire owners use their device for media consumption and SlingPlayer is a welcome addition to help add a ton of new content.

SlingPlayer allows you to view and control videos sources such as cable set-top box and DVR, satellite set-top box and DVR, Telco/IPTV set-top box and DVR, basic cable, digital over-the-air broadcasts (Slingbox PRO-HD only), Tivo, Apple TV, and home security cameras.

SlingPlayer is available for purchase at Amazon

Kindle Fire is on Fire, has become the most popular Android tablet

Few may have envisioned that an ultra-cheap tablet sold by the most popular online retailer in the world would be successful.And yet Amazon's Kindle Fire finds itself in just such a situation, according to estimates from analysts Kindle Fire’s share at 35.7%, a margin of a percentage point above the Samsung Galaxy Tab which accounted for 35.6% of the market.


Also analyst estimate that 6 million Kindle Fire tablets have been sold, which puts it right on par with the rate of sales of Apple's first iPad. That is a pretty good level to match.

More info at Flurry

16GB unlocked Nokia Lumia 800 available on Amazon at discounted price

Nokia Lumia 800  is available online at Amazon for a lesser rate. The online retailer is selling the 16GB unlocked version of the sleek device for a price that is almost $371 cheaper.

The discounted price is applicable only for the black colored variant of the Lumia 800. This is the first handset from Nokia to run on the Windows Phone 7 platform and was released along with the Nokia Lumia 710 a few months back. It comes embedded with a 3.7-inch toughened WVGA 800 x 480p AMOLED capacitive ClearBlack touchscreen display with pinch to zoom and 2.5D curved glass.


Just go here at Amazon to buy the smartphone (they don’t seem to have too many units in stock, so hurry up)


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Amazon celebrates the Christmas season with 4 million Kindle devices shipped!

Amazon has spent this Christmas season really with bows and announces that the whole series of devices have reached the Kindle over 4 million units shipped worldwide, including e-ink devices and the Kindle Fire.


Thanks to the affordable price (as the eReaders that starts from $ 79 and the Kindle Fire proposed $ 149) for the American producer demand was high throughout the remainder of the year, ending 2011 with the results that although tax have not yet been declared can be expected also excellent thanks to the phenomenon Kindle Fire .

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Amazon reduces the price to $535.87 of its unlocked Nokia Lumia 800

Amazon reduces the price to $535.87 of its unlocked Nokia Lumia 800.You can place your order through Amazon for this highly prized and gorgeous looking Windows Phone. Naturally, free shipping is included with the purchase – so your main priority is to pay for the device and nothing more. On top of that, it’s an unlocked version that’s compatible to work with the various GSM networks littered around the world.

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DEAL: Amazon Selling Off Contract New Samsung Focus For $240; Surround $195; Quantum $160

Interesting deal over at Amazon. They’re selling an off-contract Samsung Focus for $240. For those of you not looking to get tied up for another 2 years that’s not a bad price. 

The Craigslist price for a used Focus is around $200 so the extra $40 for ‘new’ isn’t too much. Of course, it’s a year old phone with a first gen CPU so this is probably for people that need to fill a gap before their contract renewal comes up but a deal is a deal.

While we’re at it, the Surround is $195 (only 4 left) directly from HTC which is pretty solid and the Quantum is $160

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