Kindle-Fire ships Nov. 14, just in time for Black Friday, and because it's the shopping season, there are a slew of tablets out there vying for a piece of the Amazon action. Kindle-Fire has the advantage of being tied right to Amazon's online store, something none of the other devices in this list have (besides access to Amazon.com)
Now that the two biggest U.S. booksellers are solidly in the tablet market, investors and consumers can reach two solid conclusions: Apple’s market share will decrease and prices will start falling.
The world's largest Internet retailer, Amazon.com, plans to sell its Kindle e-book tablet at Virgin Megastore outlets in France as it tries to inject life into a market that has been slow to take off in the country.
Bookseller Barnes & Noble rolled out its Nook Tablet yesterday and it's going to be a neck-and-neck race between B&N's latest offering and the Amazon Kindle Fire, which was announced earlier this year.
New Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman may try to sell the Palm WebOS mobile platform designed into the ill-fated TouchPad tablet.
Tech Specs: Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet vs Amazon Kindle Fire
Barnes & Noble Inc introduced its first ever tablet to compete with Amazon.com Inc and Apple Inc for holiday sales.
Barnes & Noble Inc will introduce on Monday what analysts and the blogosphere predict will be improved, and in some cases, cheaper versions of its Nook devices to compete for holiday tablet sales.
Steve Jobs, the biography of the late Apple Inc. co-founder that was released on Oct. 24, became the top U.S. best-seller in its first week on the market.
NEW YORK - When Amazon unveiled its first tablet, the Kindle Fire, in September, most tech experts and analysts predicted it would be the first real challenger to Apple's iPad.
Kindle-Fire has a been hit so far for Amazon, but an unexpected contender showed up on shelves a bit earlier than announced, Samsung's Galaxy Tab 7.0 Pro. It was supposed to debut in the U.S. Nov. 13, but is now available on Amazon.
American Actor Leonard Stone passed away from cancer on Wednesday at 87, just two days before his 88th birthday. Stone has an extensive list of credits, playing supporting roles in over 120 television shows and 35 films, but he was best known as Violet's father, Sam Beauregarde, in the 1971 classic Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
Amazon's new Kindle Owner's Lending Library will let Amazon Prime members borrow e-books on their Kindle devices.
Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher opening for equities on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 up 0.1 to 0.2 percent.
Online retailer Amazon.com said Kindle owners with an Amazon Prime membership will now get access to the company's new digital book library service.
Online retailer Amazon.com said Kindle owners with an Amazon Prime membership will now get access to the company's new digital book library service.
In order to survive in the rapidly changing tablet PC industry, the Nook Color 2 must be $200 or less.
Proliferation of handheld electronic devices is causing a new problem: theft in transit systems around the U.S. Now that the holiday season is coming, police departments are trying to crack down.
People love e-readers because they can carry around hundreds of books without the weight. One professor, however, says e-books add a small amount of mass to the device each time they're downloaded.
Barnes and Noble could be unveiling the new version of the Nook Color on Nov. 7 in New York.
Netflix and Amazon signed their own deals with Disney-ABC Television to bring its shows to their online streaming services.
Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open for equities on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 down by between 0.6 and 0.9 percent.