Kindle Fire sales are still hot

Wow, what a swirl of good-news/bad-news last week for the media tablets aimed at the ereader market. As it turns out, the roller-coaster ride continues this week. comScore reported that the Kindle Fire from Amazon generated far more Internet activity in February than any other Android media tablet. Then a few days later, Microsoft dumped $300 million into a Barnes & Noble ebook venture, a move spurred in part by the success of the bookseller’s media tablet, the Nook Tablet. I wrote a column explaining why the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet, the first- and third-highest selling Android tablets… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2012-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Top 5 Prime Day Kindle Deals—Plus More Amazon Devices (2024)

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The best Prime Day Kindle deals on Amazon’s ereaders

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Fire commissioner is the latest high-profile woman leader to leave Adams’ City Hall

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Prime Day deals bring the Kindle down to $85

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The best Prime Day deals on Amazon’s Kindle ereaders

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Best laptop deals for Prime Day 2024: Juicy sales on great notebooks

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Religion Print Sales Up 12% in First Half of 2024

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Best laptop deals for Prime Day 2024: Juicy sales on great notebooks

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