Kindle Fire - News, Features, and Slideshows

News

• iPad 3 tops Google’s Zeitgeist worldwide

  iPad 3 was the most searched consumer technology on Google in 2012, according to the search giant.

• Enterprise smartphone and tablet incursion to grow in 2012

  Workers bringing their own devices to work was one of the biggest challenges IT departments faced in 2011... and in 2010... and in 2009 as well. And guess what? It's going to be one of the biggest challenges in 2012 too.

• Google planning Nexus-style tablet

  You didn't really think Google was going to let Amazon hog all the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> tablet glory, did you?

• Analysts shave iPad sales estimates

  Some stock analysts are scaling back their estimates for <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a> sales, in part due to the bargain-priced Amazon Kindle Fire.

• Kindle Fire gets knocked on usability

  Amazon's Kindle Fire "offers a disappointingly poor user experience," according to an expert on usability.

• IN PICTURES: Kindle Fire - Up close with Amazon's media tablet

  The Amazon Kindle Fire is one of the most anticipated tablets of the season. Here's a look at some of its notable features.

• Kindle Fire consensus: It's no iPad, but hey, it's cheap!

  While the early reviews for Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet have been less than glowing, they all agree that the device has the virtue of being cheap.

• Kindle Fire: What the critics are saying

  Gadget gurus have been testing out Amazon's Kindle Fire media tablet ahead of the device's Tuesday ship date and the consensus is that it's a solid alternative to the iPad for some environments.

• Kindle Fire creates dilemma for Android

  The Amazon Kindle Fire is living up to its name by setting the tablet market on fire. Pre-orders of the as yet unreleased tablet have been phenomenal. The success of the Kindle Fire, however, puts Android tablets in general between a rock and a hard place.

• Study says Kindle Fire will 'delay' iPad purchases - or does it?

  New research suggests the Kindle Fire could chomp into over a quarter of the iPad's sales - an impressive feat, considering Apple's iPad currently has 67 per cent dominance over the tablet market.

• Kindle Fire, others to get HTML5, CSS3 in 'Kindle Format 8' update

  Amazon is refreshing its staid, black-and-white take on the e-book with a new format that supports HTML5 and CSS3. Kindle Format 8 (KF8) will give Kindle users something a little more colorful to read on the new tablet/e-reader hybrid, the Kindle Fire, which is set to hit stores in time for the holiday season.

• Kindle Fire preorders: 95,000 units sold

  Amazon's Kindle Fire had a decent first day of preorders, with 95,000 units sold, according to third-party research firm eDataSource.

• Tablet fire sale: 5 cheap tablets

  Between the popularity of Apple's iPad and the looming threat of Amazon's Kindle Fire, times are tough for other tablet makers. But their loss is your gain, as retailers have resorted to offering deep discounts on tablets that were, in all honesty, not worth their starting prices.

• Amazon's Silk browser may not be smooth with privacy

  The most interesting feature on Amazon’s newly announced Kindle Fire tablet may be its Silk web browser. The browser promises to improve webpage loading performance by using Amazon’s servers to help render pages.

• Amazon Kindle Fire: First look

  Key features of Amazon's would-be iPad "killer".