Amazon’s new Fire OS tablet Fire HD 10 have been released globally today from $149, three weeks after it was announced on October 7: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K1RZWMC/ The new Fire HD 10 tablet is Amazon’s fastest and most powerful tablet, with a Full HD 10.1-inch screen, and it has seen some significant changes over the predecessor, such as the new octa-core 2.0 GHz MediaTek MT8183 processor with a Mali-G72 GPU, a USB … more…
A fire sale is under way on tablets, or rather a sale on Amazon’s Fire tablets in a sale that’s ongoing for 72 hours on all but the new Fire HD 10 that will launch on Wednesday next week. The Fire tablet deals now in October saves us $10 on the now $39 7-inch Fire 7 (2019), $20 on the $59 Fire HD 8 (2018), $30 on the $69 Fire … more…
Amazon did announce their new Fire HD 10 tablet this week for the 2019 – 2020 model year or beyond, but they didn’t specify then what particular processor or GPU it has, only that the tablet is 30% faster than the preceding tablet it replaces: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K1RZWMC But now that developers have got their hands on the new Fire HD 10, I can confirm that the processor in the new Fire … more…
Amazon announced an all-new Kindle Kids Edition today, a 6-inch ereader that has no distractions, just access to books and a built-in dictionary: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NQ56ZKJ/ As such it makes a pretty good case for itself, first because it will encourage kids to read, focus, and look up words easily with the dictionary. And secondly with access to huge amounts of Ebooks through Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, parents can save a lot of … more…
After unveiling the new Fire HD 10 today, Amazon also unveiled the new kids edition of the same tablet called New Fire HD 10 Kids Edition which comes with the kids bumper case with kickstand as well as special content and a 2-year free replacement tablet should the first one break: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KD7K4B1 And like the Fire HD 10, the New Fire HD 10 Kids Edition will also launch on October … more…
The new Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet that we first leaked back in July was announced today. It is taking pre-orders starting from today, and have been given a October 30 release date: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K1RZWMC The price for the new Fire HD 10 is $149, and it has seen several upgrades in its hardware. This is still a 10.1-inch tablet with a Full HD display at resolution of 1920 x 1200, … 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…
Even though it’s the last day of the huge Prime Day sales from Amazon, it still looks like the company got a new unannounced tablet approved by the FCC on the same day. The tablet bares almost all the hallmarks of a new unannounced Amazon tablet apart from in one area, and we’ve never been wrong on the first leaks on Amazon tablets before, so unless someone is pulling a … more…
Amazon has announced its July 15 – 16 US Prime Day deals for their own inhouse Fire tablets at least, and for 2019 they are cheaper than they have ever been before. At first it looked like Amazon cut the 48 hour Prime Day deal prices down to the level we otherwise only see during Black Friday, but upon closer inspection it is possible to get even better deals than … more…
Amazon announced their new 3rd generation Kindle Oasis e-reader today which now features adjustable warmth of the screen color. The new Kindle Oasis 2019-2020 is being released in a few weeks on July 24: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GRSK3HC/ The previous waterproof Kindle Oasis was announced on October 11, 2017. What’s new is first of all the adjustable screen color that can be changed from pure white to a warmer yellowish color in the … more…
Today is June 6th which also means the release date for the new Fire 7 2019 model from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FKR6KXF/ And with today’s release of the new Fire 7 we also got the benchmark scores for the king of cheap 7-inch tablets. And by running the standard Geekbench 4 test, the Fire 7 benchmarks comes in at 636 in single-core and 1602 in multi-core benchmark scores. If you are interested … more…
A new Amazon Echo Show 5 smart display was announced today, for a price of $89. It will be released next month on June 26: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HZLHPKP/ The Echo Show 5 unit is relatively small, with a screen like a 5.5-inch smartphone, only with speaker and stand in the rear. Amazon have also introduced a physical camera shutter that acts as a privacy feature, placed just above the camera, just like … more…
Alongside the new model of Amazon Fire 7 that will launch on June 6, Amazon also announced a new children’s tablet computer now known as the all-new Fire 7 Kids Edition. And it too will be released on June 6: www.amazon.com/fire7kidsedition Not everybody knows this, but with both the previous generation models as well as the new ones, the actual tablet in the Fire 7 Kids Edition is the same … more…
The new Amazon tablet that we leaked last week was announced today as the new Amazon Fire 7 (2019). It has started taking pre-orders today too, with a June 6 release date: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FKR6KXF/ And while this is a new Amazon Fire 7 tablet, it follows the basic recipe of providing a 7-inch tablet for just $49. The predecessor Amazon Fire 7 (2017) was announced by Amazon on May 17 two … more…
I’m going to stick my neck out and claim that the next new and as of yet unannounced Amazon tablet have just been FCC approved ahead of announcement. (UPDATED: This tablet was announced as the new Amazon Fire 7 (2019) tablet on May 16) The specs does not appear to be mind blowing at this point though. Instead this new Amazon tablet appears to be just a model refresh, possibly … more…