The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is the second half of what Amazon hopes will be a one-two knockout punch to rival tablets, sliming down the last-gen Fire HD 8.9 and boosting speed and screen resolution in the ...

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You could call Amazon's Kindle Fire the anti-Nexus. While the new Kindle Fire HDX may be based on Android, it's resolutely designed to cater for avid customers of Amazon's store, tailoring just about ...

The Kindle Fire tablets have always served primarily as portals to Amazon’s massive trove of content. But this year, as the company introduces the new Kindle Fire HDX, Amazon tablets are on the ...

The 8.9-inch tablet weighs less than 1 pound and receives an impressive upgrade with a 2,560x1,600-pixel-resolution screen and a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor. Xiomara Blanco Associate ...

Amazon wants to control all your media consumption, and with its new tablets and ambitious software features, it may just succeed. The company has officially unveiled its new line of Kindle Fire ...

Amazon’s new Fire HDX 8.9 offers faster specs, better sound and an improved display. Starting at $379, the Fire HDX 8.9 is available for pre-order today at Amazon.com for $379. Amazon is attempting to ...

Amazon has spent the last few years building up their hardware line, starting with the e-ink Kindles, and moving on to tablets powered by their own variant of Android. The latest tablet is the Kindle ...

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Lighter, 7-inch or 8.9-inch Tablets Triple the Processing Power, Improve Screen Resolution, add Live Tech Support Amazon today introduced the third generation of Kindle Fire, called the Kindle Fire ...

“Industry-leading processing power and a newbie-friendly Mayday feature make the Fire HDX a nice first tablet, but it’s uncomfortable rigid edges and power/volume button positioning leaves a lot to be ...

There was surprisingly little fanfare surrounding the announcement of Amazon's latest Fire tablets. Where last year's unveiling involved renting out an airplane hangar at the Santa Monica airport, the ...