Tablet Crunch

Rumors are popping up today that Amazon has plans in the making to open a local retail shop in their hometown of Seattle, Washington.  The Amazon retail store is expected to not ...

Amazon has been quietly posting jobs for game developers.  This new interest in developer has, up to now, flown under the radar.  It seems as though Amazon is trying to position ...

Amazon's entire Kindle Fire strategy is (or was) to sell the tablet at a loss, which will help get the tablet into more customer's hands, which in turn will facilitate the consumption ...

Buy SlingPlay on Amazon now The new SlingPlayer app allows you to watch live tv, and record DVR, right from your Kindle Fire Amazon tablet. Just in case you don't already ...

When it comes to Android based tablets, developers are really only saying one thing... "SHOW ME THE MONEY!"  So if I'm a developer working on the Android platform, it's only natural ...

Amazon was initially expected to sell between 3 - 4 million Kindle Fire tablets leading into the holiday season.  Then, just after the Christmas holiday's, analysts started to ...

It's always interesting to me when another CEO comments on competitors in a direct manner.  And that's exactly what Tim Cook, new CEO of Apple, did when talking about the iPad ...

Las Vegas isn't typically branded as the city where you can get something for nothing.  In fact, it's quite the opposite.  But when Capel Rugs showed up at the manufacturer and ...

Amazon's angle with the Kindle Fire tablet is much different than most other tablet manufacturers.  While tablet competitors are promoting specs as their platform to profitability, ...

In Q4 2011, it's estimated that Amazon sold nearly 6 million Kindle Fire tablets.  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been quoted saying that the "Kindle Fire is the most successful product ...

Amazon released the 6.2.2 update for the Kindle Fire tablet.   The update focuses on two main areas:  a full screen browser window option and easier email application. How To Full ...

The tablet market is filling up fast with its share of competitors.  Tablet growth is expected to continue at a blazing pace as the total number of tablet users is expected to reach ...

Business Insider released a chart today that graphs out the way Kindle Fire users interact with the tablet, i.e. what are users doing more on the Kindle Fire.  The graph (see below) ...

It's becoming obvious to me that a line is forming in the sands of the tablet market. You know, that line in the sand that separates the men from the boys. The line that says, ...

Amazon is reportedly in discussions with Chinese authorities to build a Kindle Fire tablet for the China market.  News broke today that Amazon is getting ready to build a massive ...

In standard Jeff Bezos style, he reported in December that the Amazon Kindle Fire was "selling very, very well."  No numbers, mild exictement, no exuberance - sort of like, it's ...

In the month of December, Amazon ended up lending 295,000 books through its Kindle Lending Library, a program that allows Amazon Prime members who own a Kindle device (or Kindle Fire) ...

Millions of Kindle Fire tablets have been sold so far, and there's no slow down in sight.  Obviously, during the Christmas holiday, Kindle Fire tablets were being purchased as gifts ...

Kindle Fire Lightweight MicroShell Folio Cover by Marware Sales volume for the Kindle Fire is increasing.  Estimates are up for Kindle Fire holiday sales from 4 million units sold ...

Amazon announced that 2011 was the best year ever for their line of Kinde e-reader devices, including Amazon's new Android tablet, Kindle Fire.  Although Amazon has not released ...