Featured comment by Udimion:
"Oh yeah....sorry, misread the article and Amazon. But at least we get a fire even if they haven't given us US prime or the bigger device." More »
Amazon's new Kindle Fire HD is hot. But the real question isn't whether you're going to go for the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD, which seems destined to stay stateside for now anyway—It's whether consumers will go after the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD or Google's rad Nexus 7. Which sick £159 Android tablet would you buy? Read More >>
Featured comment by Southern:
""Custom Dolby Audio" means very little to me, especially when I'm using a crappy £10 pair of headphones to use my tablet.
I've not yet had an iss..." More »
The Kindle Fire HD is staggering on paper. In person, it's... pleasant. Which would be an equation for disappointment if you forgot for a second just how cheap this thing is. Read More >>
Like being read to? You'll dig Amazon's new Kindle feature, Whispersync for audio. Announced today at its shindig in L.A., it allows that going forward, audiobooks will sync up with your words-books, meaning you can read and listen along at the same time. Read More >>
Today, Amazon lifts the veil on its all-new Kindle lineup. We're anticipating new Kindle Fires in a bunch of different flavours, Kindle Touches that light up the night, and maybe even our very first glimpse at an Amazon phone. So what's the full rundown on today's goodies? Read More >>
Featured comment by William Palmer:
""If we ever get it over here, it’d be closer to £200, thanks to taxes etc."
Why? The difference in price between other Kindles once 'taxes etc' ..." More »
We have a vague idea of what Amazon will announce today — a new Kindle Fire is very likely, a front-lit Kindle too — but what if Amazon had a surprise in store for us? What if it was going to announce a smartphone? There are reports that Amazon will do just that. Read More >>
Featured comment by Will.King.London:
"All of the top four (I'm including RIM/Blackberry) players in the smartphone ecosystem game tout productivity and creativity as two of the main reason..." More »
Featured comment by chuffnose:
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noun
a feeling of having already experienced the present situation.
• tediously familiar." More »
Featured comment by chuffnose:
"I agree with you. I'm getting fed up with this country being treated like the ginger haired stepchild at the gadget party. Okay, I realise we're not t..." More »
Monster stuff-seller Amazon has scheduled a big, global press event for September 6th, which we're hoping it'll be using to launch the Kindle Fire 2 and bring us news of a UK release for its Android tablet. Read More >>
Featured comment by ollypercival:
"It's crazy how long the Kindle has taken (is taking) to reach the UK. Surely the UK is one of it's biggest markets, possibly even their second bigges..." More »
Barnes & Noble, which has about the only serious competitor in the US to Amazon and its Kindle Fire, is firing two of its Nook ereaders into the UK. Hopefully it'll find our waters nice and toasty and send over its bigger brother the Nook Tablet, sooner rather than later. Read More >>
Featured comment by tsjmcgrath:
"You're quite right. I was going to buy a Nook Simple Touch, as ThatSnazzyiPhoneGuy on YouTube recommended it, saying it was better than the Kindle (I ..." More »
Amazon is often keen to roll out design updates to the main flagship US site and leave the other regions behind in the dust, but in the wake of the rumour that a couple of Kindle tablets may be on their way, Amazon has updated the UK site to accommodate a fetching new design and plenty of room for expansion. Read More >>
Featured comment by spudhed:
"oh so they may finally release the kindle fire here then, just in time for no one to care because they can get a nexus 7" More »
There's a Reuters report out there this morning saying there will be "five or six" new Kindle Fire models, according Demos Parneros, president of U.S. Retail for Staples. That doesn't mean what you think it means, exactly. Read More >>