Amazon prepares to launch a $250 tablet

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Sep 052011
 

ONLINE BOOKSELLER Amazon is redesigning its website to make it tablet friendly as it prepares for the launch of its own $250 Kindle tablet.

The changes, which will soon be available to all users, see a redesigned home page without clutter and there is a lot of whitespace.

The search bar has been enlarged and there are fewer buttons, while the focus is on Amazon’s digital offerings such as ebooks, digital games and applications.

According to Techcrunch blogger Sarah Perez, who reported seeing a prototype of Amazon’s tablet device, the changes in Amazon’s online store “practically scream ‘tablet-optimised’”.

Amazon’s tablet has a back-lit 7in screen and is geared towards playing internet music and movies.

It is multi-touch, but could rely on a two-finger multi-touch instead of 10-finger, like the Ipad uses.

The tablet will be the first Kindle with a full-colour screen. Originally, Amazon had planned to launch a 7in and a 10in tablet at the same time but that plan changed this summer. Techcrunch said that Amazon is now betting everything on the 7in tablet and if it works, the company will release the more expensive 10in tablet in the first quarter of next year.

As anticipated, Amazon has forked Android to build its own version for the Kindle, which apparently looks nothing like the Android we are used to.

Techcrunch said Amazon is planning on offering its $79 a year internet streaming service Amazon Prime for free along with the device.

Amazon’s tablet will be WiFi only and come with a colour touchscreen, but will have a limited 6GB of storage.

Experts have had a positive outlook on Amazon’s tablet device, partly because at $250, it is around half the price of most tablets on the market, including the Ipad.
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Nintendo 3DS and the iPad 2 available to buy tomorrow

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Mar 242011
 

Nintendo’s new hand-held console, the first to feature 3D gaming without the need for glasses arrives tomorrow and the next edition of the iPad is also released.  People are queuing up for the devices as I type this.
Personally I’m looking forward to the 3DS more than the iPad 2.

Please let us know if your getting one of the devices? We would love to hear what you think of them.

Some useful links for the new 3DS users – How to setup wireless on 3DS

I stumbled upon this excellent video of a young iPad user, hope you enjoy.

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2011 the year of tablet wars – iPad or iFad??

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Jan 062011
 

Tablet wars are about to start properly this year with many different manufactures releasing devices to compete with the iPad.
Rumours of the Apple iPad 2 releasing this spring will keep the competitors on their toes, I cant wait to see what they have to offer.

The new Motorola Xoom Android tablet has been announced in Las Vegas promising to be stuffed with the latests hardware including dual core CPU running the Nvidia Tegra 2, capable of playing 1080p video.
Will it soon be time to dump the iPad and upgrade to something far more powerful? What do you think?

We are still awaiting a release date in the UK, stay tuned.
Our Facebook competition is going great, still time to enter.


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