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…
The days just ahead of the Easter holiday next week is proving to be a time of a lot of tablet deals this year. We mentioned that the time corresponds with the Gearbest 4th anniversary sales, but actually there are several other stores that are having tablet sales right now. These includes Amazon today who’s slashing 20% off all their Fire tablets, meaning that the entry level Fire 7 starts … more…
Engagdet have discovered that people who have an iPad, Android tablet, or Amazon Fire tablet with the free Alexa app installed, can send and receive calls and messages for free now: https://www.amazon.com/help/customer/nodeId=202136190 So that includes both landline and mobile calls in the US, Canada, and Mexico, with Alexa-to-Alexa messaging, and Alexa-to-Alexa calling with or withouth video calls included. Up until now, this had only been avilable on Echo devices Echo, … 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…
The Facebook Messenger Kids app was first introduced for Apple’s iPhones and iPads on December 4th last year, but at first it was not available for Amazon’s Fire tablets, one of the bestselling tablets in the world. But it didn’t take more than a month before that was sorted as the Facebook Messenger Kids app for the Fire OS of Fire tablets was made available two days ago. The Messenger … more…
Amazon announced their second year of the so-called Digital Day 2 weeks ago, without saying too much about what 5000+ items would be on sale. But today December 29 is Amazon’s Digital Day, so now we can have a look at the thousands of digital downloads that are on sale today: https://www.amazon.com/15433359011 The layout of the Digital Day page is a little messy or just takes some getting used to, … more…