Amazon started the spring sale or Easter sale on all their own inhouse Fire tablets yesterday, which extends the list of preexisting April tablet deals. The Easter prices are $39 for the 7-inch Fire 7, $49 for the 8-inch Fire HD 8 and $59 for the Fire HD 8 Plus with wireless charging support, then $99 for the 10.1-inch Full HD 1920 x 1200 resolution Fire HD 10, or $119 … more…
Amazon announced the Amazon Glow on September 28 last year, which was launched as an invitation only at the time. But today Amazon announced the full launch of the interactive video calling device: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PY56LKV The price is $299 for the Amazon Glow, or $329 with the Tangram Bits. Amazon Glow isn’t just a regular video calling device with an 8-inch screen, but one with a built-in 19-inch projector that projects … more…
Amazon’s Fire HD 10 tablet has just gone on sale, together with all the different kids versions of the Fire tablets too, but not the regular 7-inch and 8-inch models. So could that indicate that Amazon is focusing on clearing out inventory of the 10.1-inch model in favor of an upcoming now model, since we discovered last week that Amazon does indeed have a new tablet in the works for … more…
I discovered yesterday that Amazon has a new tablet in the pipeline for 2022, and that it’s likely to launch soon. It showed up as a new FCC approved tablet computer, as model number P4N6AC. FCC leaks typically doesn’t reveal much, but what we have to go on so far is that it’s officially equipped with dual-band Wi-Fi 5. So with the lack of Wi-Fi 6, at least we know … more…
IDC released their quarterly sales estimates for tablet computers today, and their numbers are a little different from the Strategy Analytics tablet numbers that were published last week. Not only is Microsoft beaten by Huawei (with the Honor brand included), but by IDC’s estimates, total sales figures for tablets in 2021, were up by 3.2%, not down. IDC also estimates that Lenovo’s tablet sales numbers beat those of Amazon’s Fire … more…
Samsung keeps leaking new bits of information on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 tablets, and it may have started to backfire already as people may have become fatigued with the mix of accidental and deliberate leaks by Samsung. Now one of the Weibo leakers says that the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 listing on Amazon Italy is authentic, although it doesn’t really reveal anything new in way of specs and … more…
It didn’t take more than three weeks into 2022 before Amazon kicked off the first tablet sale, with potential Amazon tablet customers being able to save up to 50% on these tablets today. All versions of the Fire tablets are on sale today through Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The sale starts with the 7-inch Fire 7 for $34, the Fire HD 8 for $44 with the wirelessly charging model … more…
Amazon has just added two new Fire tablet bundles for the Fire HD 8 and the Fire HD 10: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BX74H16 And that’s the new Fire tablet with Luna controller bundle, which adds up to something like a 20% discount when bought together. Luna is Amazon’s cloud gaming service, so one the benefits of having a Luna controller is even more direct access or easier access to the Luna game servers, … more…
In addition to announcing the Astro today, the first Amazon robot, Amazon also announced Amazon Glow, an interactive projector with a tablet display meant to bridge the gap between interaction and video calls. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DWNZQYM Amazon Glow will start as an invitation only, and will launch for $249 to the first customers, with the price going up to $299 thereafter. The concept isn’t entirely new. It has a few things in … more…
Amazon didn’t really join in with sales on tablets during Labor Day, but for a limited time they’ve decided to hold their own little post Labor Day sale on tablets instead: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FKR6KX So we now have all the Amazon Fire tablets on sale, with the Fire 7 from $39, the Fire HD 8 from $59, the Fire HD 8 Plus from $79, the 10.1-inch Full HD resolution Fire HD 10 … more…
After we got a price discounts on several of the best tablets on the market starting the past weekend, Amazon decided to join in on the tablet sales too. Starting today, all of the Fire tablets are on sale, starting at $39 for the 7-inch Fire 7, $59 for the 8-inch Fire HD 8 or $79 for the wireless charging Fire HD 8 Plus. Then the price is $99 for … more…
It seems that Amazon has a limited Fire sale going on the Fire Kids tablets, as well as the Fire HD 10: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08F5MXVYL With the Fire Kids tablets, both the regular models and the recently introduced Kids Pro models are all on sale now in the middle of July. So that’s $59 for the 7-inch tablets, $89 for the 8-inch tablets, and $129 for the 10.1-inch tablets. The differences between … more…
Amazon announced the launch of Peacock today for both Fire TV as well as all eleven Fire tablets on the market in 2021. Peacock is NBCUniversal’s streaming service for on-demand movies, TV-shows, live cover, and sports. It also brings with it content from Universal, DreamWorks, and Focus Features. Peacock for Fire tablets and TV can be accessed for free with ads, or in full through $5 a month, or $10 … more…
Amazon’s annual Prime Day event is about to start, and will be held for 48 hours from Monday June 21 through Tuesday June 22. And it offers an opportunity to save a little money on some tablets, tablet accessories, or other types of computers and computer gear, especially now that Amazon says this will be their largest Prime Day event ever held with sales on over 2 million products in … more…
The new and upgraded Amazon Fire HD 10 and Fire HD 10 Plus tablets may have been announced on April 27, but they weren’t released until today. So let’s take a look at the benchmarks for these new tablets then. Even though the processor in these tablets is still the octa-core MT8183 processor that we had in the predecessor too, it is installed on a new and more efficient motherboard, … more…