People all make their buying decisions differently, and when it comes to new computer devices, it’s only natural that a lot of people want to know the specific details on the hardware. But when the new Fire HD 8 and Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus tablets were announced on Wednesday, some of those particular hardware specs were not included, and I had to ask for it myself. So knowing that … more…
Amazon announced the new 8-inch tablet Amazon Fire HD 8 today on May 13, and it will be released on June 3, which is 1 1/2 years after the Fire HD 8 predecessor was launched: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TMJ1R3X/ So here is what’s new with the new Fire HD 8 2020 model. The entry price has gone by $10 to $89, but then the specs have improved too. It now has twice the … more…
I mentioned that I had discovered a newly approved yet unannounced tablet that seemed to belong to Amazon back in July, and now another tablet that for sure is registered under one of Amazon’s sister companies have been FCC approved too. This new Amazon tablet which is only branded by the external model number K29A5E, looks very much like an 8-inch Fire HD tablet for the 2019-2020 model year, since … more…
While the new Amazon Fire HD 8 will be released on October 4, Amazon still have some of the previous generation Fire HD 8 in stock, so they put it on sale for a mere $45, the lowest price ever for the 16GB ad-free version “Without Special Offers” which normally costs $99: https://www.amazon.com/Tablet-Alexa-Display-Previous-Generation/ And these are new tablets, not refurbished or used tablets. I don’t know for how long the … more…
Amazon unveiled their first docks for their own Fire tablets today, with the Echo Show transforming Show Mode docks that fits the Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10. These two docks will be released on July 12: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BNXZDJ3 What the Show Mode Charging Dock adds on the software and service side is an Echo-like feature with Alexa listening to you and taking your commands if you want to control … more…
I just made a bet with my neighbour that the Eagles will win Super Bowl today, despite having the odds against them. We’ll see. What’s definite though is that there’s a sale on Amazon Fire tablets starting today and ending on February 13th: https://www.amazon.com/b?node=6669703011 With the tablet sale, the 7-inch Amazon Fire 7 is $10 off with a price of $39, the larger Fire HD 8 is $20 off at … more…
Amazon unveiled the new Amazon Fire HD 8 2016 to 2017 model today, with better hardware that last year’s model, together with a significant price cut, making the new Fire HD 8 available for just $89 now. It’s taking pre-orders today, while the release date is September 21 for the new Fire HD 8: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018SZT3BK/ What is new with the new Amazon Fire HD 8 2016 to 2017 model is … more…
Amazon unveiled their new Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition today, which marks the entry of the Blue Shade feature on the tablet, a feature that will basically reduce blue light emitted from the tablet display and thus significantly reduce the potential impact that emitted light has upon a person’s body clock, such as regulation of melatonin. Together with the Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition tablet comes over 1 million books … more…
Amazon Fire HD 8 is Amazon’s first tablet that’s exactly 8 inches, after 3 years of 8.9-inch Fire and Fire HDX tablets. Announced on September 17, 2015, it will be launched on September 30, for a price of $149: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S5HFVGI And the Amazon Fire HD 8, just like the ultra cheap 7-inch $49 tablet Amazon Fire, is a tablet that’s bought to a large extent because of the Amazon ecosystem … more…
Amazon announced their new range of tablets today and unveiled four new Fire and Fire HD tablets for 2015 and 2016 with only one tablet from last year remaining unchanged. So the Amazon Fire tablet family now consists of five tablets, with the cheapest of these having an entry price of just $49. At the same time Amazon also upgraded the Fire OS operating system today, so that the new … more…
It looks like the rumors of an 8-inch Amazon Fire tablet were true, as I’ve noticed an 8-inch Amazon Fire tablet have just been benhcmarked on GFXbench. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S5HFVGI/ (UPDATED: Fire HD 8 was unveiled on September 17, and will be released on September 30.) Based on the benchmarked specifications, this 8-inch Android tablet also looks like more of a budget tablet than the typical high-end HDX tablets that Amazon is … more…