It is rumored that Amazon.com has received more than 250,000 preorders for the Kindle Fire - the online retail giant's competitively-priced tablet computer - in the five days since its launch. However, the Kindle Fire, priced at $199, will only be shipped from Nov.15.
If you're unwililng to wait that long, you could look at a few other options, apart from the iPad 2.
Here is a list of some Android-based tablets.
Bhaskar Prasad
Oct 08, 2011
Investors tiring of the Eurozone's debt crisis dragging the market all over the place are hoping to focus on something else next week -- earnings.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 07, 2011
Indictments of 111 people were handed up Friday in one of the largest identity-theft busts of its kind in the U.S., with thousands of victims in Europe, the Middle East, and China. Thus far, 86 people are in custody and the rest are being sought.
Julia Greenberg
Oct 07, 2011
Federal U.S. attorneys in California said that illegal dispensaries and growing operations have proliferated in the state.
Dan Rivoli
Oct 07, 2011
Two days after the world was saddened by the death of Apple co-founder and long-time CEO Steve Jobs, his funeral is taking place as the outpouring of emotion and respect continues.
David Magee
Oct 07, 2011
Before its scheduled October 24 release, the first authorized biography of Apple co-founder and long-time CEO Steve Jobs who died on Wednesday has shot to number one in sales through pre-orders at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Published by Simon & Schuster, Steve Jobs is a 656-page work by Walter Isaacson which details Jobs as driven by demons.
David Magee
Oct 07, 2011
Moody’s believes that the UK government will “more likely now … allow smaller institutions to fail if they become financially troubled.” Shares of RBS and Lloyds were down as much as 3.5 percent in London trading.
Palash Ghosh
Oct 07, 2011
While broadcasters and advertisers dodged a huge bullet when the NFL solved its labor issues, it doesn't look like they will be as lucky with the NBA.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 07, 2011
When Apple announced the death of its co-founder and Chairman Steve Jobs Wednesday afternoon, friends, rivals, colleagues and even the President all responded swiftly to pay tribute and express sadness.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 06, 2011
It’s probably fitting that on the day Steve Jobs died the company he co-founded was vying for the crown of most valuable with Exxon Mobil, the legacy of an earlier titan of commerce, John D. Rockefeller. In the early 20th century it was Rockefeller who had the vision to remake entire industries and help modernize the U.S. economy while creating vast fortunes in the process.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 06, 2011
Amanda Knox has been offered a job in pornography by Vivid Entertainment
Daniel Tovrov
Oct 06, 2011
No, the HTC Flyer tablet isn't on sale for $99 like HP's TouchPad was. It was just a brief mistake by Best Buy, the electronics retail chain with an online store.
David Magee
Oct 06, 2011
Gold prices booked two gains in a row Thursday and silver surged after the European Central Bank and Britain's central bank acted to protect the continent's staggering banks.
Mike Obel
Oct 06, 2011
Absa Group, the South African bank majority owned by British lender Barclays, said it would merge its business and retail banking units and has also created a small team of Barclays and Absa executives to lead its expansion across the continent.
Jack Kim
Oct 06, 2011
The first authorized biography of the former Apple CEO comes out Nov. 21.
Peggy Truong
Oct 06, 2011
iPhone4 v/s iPhone4s
Aditi Mathur
Oct 06, 2011
India, the maker of the world's cheapest car, has come up with yet another feat as it has launched what it claimed the world's cheapest indigenous tablet on Wednesday.
Kukil Bora
Oct 06, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street movement staged a massive rally on Wednesday night, drawing on the newfound support of labor unions to attract thousands of protestors to downtown Manhattan and amplify its critique of economic inequity.
Jeremy White
Oct 05, 2011
September Layoffs Mostly Came From Army, BofA, but the two employers outlooks could not be more different
Eleazar David Meléndez
Oct 05, 2011
Friendly's parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware. Friendly Ice Cream Corp. closed 63 of its 500 Friendly's family restaurants as the company seeks to reorganize its troubled business stung in part by the economy.
David Magee
Oct 05, 2011
Straight from the Let's talk iPhone event [PHOTOS and VIDEOS]
Aditi Mathur
Oct 05, 2011
A local ordinance that requires warnings about cell phone safety risks should be blocked from taking effect, an industry group argued in a U.S. court filing on Tuesday.
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