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Amazon fixed rate SIM card introduced in Japan
05/31/2012, Nikkei reported that Amazon was working on selling prepaid 500MB SIM cards in Japan earlier this week, and it is said that those cards are now available on Amazon Japan for 1980 yen each month – which roughly translates to [...]
Amazon could purchase Jumptap, goes aboard mobile ad business?
05/31/2012, Advertising is where the money is, although whenever there is an economic downturn, the first budget cuts to be introduced would be in the world of advertising. Still, advertisers do look out for different ways and methods to pick up [...]
Amazon’s Instant Video arrives on the Xbox 360
05/30/2012, Earlier last month, Amazon’s Instant Video arrived on Sony’s PlayStation 3 platform, and given the PS3’s fierce rivalry with Microsoft’s Xbox 360, we had to wonder if the Xbox might go for a rival service or come up with something [...]
Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S3 available for pre-order on Amazon for $799.99
05/22/2012, If you’d rather not wait for your carrier to bring in the Samsung Galaxy S3, or if you’d like the bragging rights to be one of the first people in the US to own the Galaxy S3, you might be [...]
Amazon Appstore update comes with test drive feature
05/21/2012, Any application update tends to bring along with it its fair share of changes and updates, more often than not for the better. Well, the same can be said for the Amazon Appstore update, where it will now feature a [...]
Amazon rumored to launch 10.1″ Kindle Fire in Q3 2012
05/18/2012, Rumors of a new Amazon Kindle Fire arriving this year have been running rampant. Granted it’s not out of the question for Amazon to refresh the Kindle Fire’s hardware for 2012, but so far based on the rumors, it seems [...]
Amazon reportedly looking to sell ad space on the Kindle Fire’s home screen [Rumor]
05/18/2012, If you’re looking to get your hands on an Amazon Kindle Fire, you could be looking at advertisements on your home screen in the future. According to reports (via Adage), it seems that Amazon has approached several ad agencies and [...]
Amazon Kindle Fire resembles a Game Boy with new skin
05/17/2012, Now here is a skin that will definitely bring back fond memories for those who grew up with the classic Nintendo Game Boy as their primary mode of portable entertainment. Sure, you have ended up as more cerebral these days, [...]
Kindle Fire 8.9-inch and Front-lit Kindle eReader launching soon?
05/14/2012, A few days ago, we wrote about the possibility for Amazon to release color e-book Kindles this year. Today, Reuters is backing up the rumor by saying that Amazon will indeed launch new versions of its Kindle e-reader and Kindle [...]
Amazon color e-book Kindles coming this year?
05/11/2012, Word on the street has it that Amazon will be introducing color e-book readers (no doubt from their Kindle family) to the world sometime in the second half of this year, as manufacturers in the supply chain are already starting [...]
Harry Potter e-books hinted for Amazon’s Kindle [Updated]
05/10/2012, If you own an Amazon Kindle and you’d love nothing better than to be able to read the entire Harry Potter collection while on the go, you’re probably painfully aware that Harry Potter’s author, J.K. Rowling, has been holding out [...]
Kindle Fire 6.3.1 update is better and safer
05/03/2012, Following the release of version 6.3 software update for the Kindle Fire last month that included moving rental timing tweaks, increased sharing options, and Wi-Fi reconnect, Amazon will be launching a second update to the device line-up with version 6.3.1 [...]
Apple Hits 68% of Tablet Market; Kindle Fire Plummets
05/03/2012, Today, IDC released its data on worldwide tablet shipments for the first quarter of 2012 and it revealed that Apple’s share of the tablet market had risen to 68% from 54.7% in Q4 last year despite a drop in its [...]
