I thought we had the last minute tablet deals before Christmas covered yesterday, as we now have just 7 days left before Xmas, but then some additional iPad deals came online today. And those Apple iPad deals are on the Apple iPad 9.7, cut from $329 regularly, to a record low $249 right now. But this is not the only iPad launched in 2018 that’s on sale right now, as … more…
Amazon now runs their last pre Christmas sale on all of their Fire tablets except the Fire 7. But apart from keeping the 7-ich tablet at $49, Amazon has all the other Amazon Fire tablets on sale: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J6RPGKG/ Money savings for potential Christmas gifts are $20 on the Fire HD 8, $30 on the Fire HD 10, $30 on the Fire 7 Kids Edition, $40 on the Fire HD 8 … more…
Amazon have announced a Black Friday week sale on all of their tablets that will last through Black Friday, November 23. But what’s new this year though is that not all the Fire tablet deals will be live at the same time. Instead, Amazon will rotate which Fire tablets that will be on sale at any given moment. It’s also possible that all their tablets will be on sale at … more…
It’s safe to say that the holiday shopping season is well under way long before Black Friday now that giants like Amazon have started a tablet sale too with a Fire tablet sale that lasts until November 2 (at 05:00 PM PDT): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GEW27DA With the October-November tablet sales, the smallest Fire 7 is cut by $10 from $49 to $39, the new Fire HD 8 is cut by $20 from … 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 and Lenovo are working together on two new tablets that will be launched during the winter for 2018/2019. A part of their new collaborative Smart Tab series of tablets, they are said to feature a greater Alexa experience than before and with and even greater Show Mode features. All of this makes the new Smart Tab tablets serve both as smart home hubs and as Alexa gateways, as they … more…
October is now lined up to become a potential convergence month in tablet launches from the largest names in the industry, as Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon could all launch new tablets in October. It’s been years since we had the largest tablet brands launch major tablets within days and weeks of each other. Some of the tablet launches are assured already, while the other tablet launches are still not … more…
Amazon have just announced the new Fire HD 8 tablet for the 2018-2019 model year, and it replaces the old Fire HD 8 that was announced on May 17th last year. While the new Fire HD 8 takes orders already, the new Fire HD 8 release date isn’t before October 4th: www.amazon.com/firehd8 The price of the new Android based Fire OS tablet Fire HD 8 is still just $79 for … more…
Nikkei Asian Review has been in touch with sources in the supply chain who claims that Google is copying smart displays like Amazon Echo Show and the 8-inch and 10-inch Lenovo Smart Displays. And despite Amazon and Lenovo having what would be considered relatively low sales of these types of smart display devices, Google is said to go aggressively after a large market share from the get go, with a … more…
So Amazon Prime Day 2018 is about to start in a couple of hours, and we are focusing on tablets and accessories as always. Amazon have announced some of the teasers in advance, but more deals will be launched without any prior announcement. The Prime Day deals kick off at 12PM (PT) and last for 36 hours. You know, during the course of Amazon’s annual shopping fest, not only did … more…
Amazon introduced the regular version of the new Fire HD 10 on September 19 last year, but today they announced the July 11 launch of the kids version of the tablet too: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079Z8PLYW/ The larger Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Edition is the same 10.1-inch Fire OS tablet as before, but this special Kids Edition comes with features that customers wouldn’t get otherwise. These includes the rubber bumper case in … 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…
For Father’s Day 2018, Amazon have initiated sales campaigns on all the Fire tablets, which now starts at $39 until June 16. This Father’s Day sale also extends to Kindle ereaders as well as other Amazon devices like smart speakers and TV devices. So for the next few days, the 7-inch Fire costs $39, the 8-inch Fire HD 8 costs $59, and the pretty good 10.1-inch Fire HD 10 costs … more…
As the first quarter earnings have been made public the last few weeks, so has a few tablet shipment figures from various agencies. And the latest tablet figures today is the top 5 tablet brand shipments as measured by International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC have done a preliminary survey on the largest tablet sales figures and detachable 2-in-1’s for Q1 2018, which indicates that Apple is the leading brand with … more…
Amazon has another sales campaign going on right now, where all of the Amazon Fire tablets are on sale, alongside the Kindle e-readers too: This combined tablet and e-reader sale lasts until April 16, and is exclusive to Amazon Prime members, though it looks like the sale applies to those who sign up for a free Prime membership too. The new tablet prices these days then are $34.99 for the … more…