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Amazon unveiled today in New York their new Kindle Fire 7-inch display tablet which runs a customized version of Android and has a dual core processor. The new tablet is available for pre-order for an amazingly low price of 199$ USD and will start shipping on the 15th of November. Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos, stated  "We're making millions of these", clearly expressing the company's aim to dominate in the low-end (value) segment of the market. Amazon also released...

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Some time back, Amazon was reported to be planning to release its own Kindle-branded tablet that will supposedly go head to head with the likes of Apple's iPad. Well, more information about that elusive tablet has been revealed, and from the looks of it, it seems that Amazon is going to be a very good friend to a bunch of Taiwanese component manufacturers come Q3 this year.

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We all know that Amazon has been attempting to compete against Apple in just about everything that is related to digital content, such as e-books, digital music, and even mobile applications. However, it seems that Amazon is all ready to take the fight up to the next level, for word has it that the multinational electronic commerce company is planning to strike at Apple in the market where the latter is at its strongest by intending to introduce a new tablet to compete against the likes of the bestselling iPad.

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It has been some time since we talked about Chinese products, but that does not mean that the consumer electronics scene in China has been mellowing out somewhat. On the contrary, it seems to be just as lively as it always has been, and the best proof of that fact is has got to be Haier's recent product launch, where it officially unveiled its upgraded Haipad tablet device for the Chinese domestic market.

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Apple has yet to officially open its iCloud service for public use, but it seems that the Cupertino giant is already going to have to deal with competition from the likes of Amazon in winning the hearts of consumers over to its side, especially where music streaming and storage services are concerned. Apparently, Amazon has moved to draw first blood by adding in partial support for iOS in its Cloud Player service, along with a few extra features thrown in for good measure. Your move now, Apple.

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Amazon has announced the opening of a new Android app store to compete with Apple's, and also a developer portal for coders who are interested in creating apps for the Android-based devices. On top of that, the online retailer has also announced the Kindle app for Windows Phone 7.

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Amazon has introduced an ebook lending feature on the Kindle that lets you share your ebooks with your friend for two week. Bad news is, once you shared the ebooks, you will not be able to read those ebooks until they have been "returned".

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Amazon has released a new Kindle for Mac application that allows users to purchase and read electronic books from the retailer's Kindle store. More features will be added to the application including full text search and highlights.

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Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc. has begun to market and sell its own line of electronic products called “AmazonBasics” this weekend in the US. The line, which includes audio and video cables, computer networking cables and blank DVDs, is an interesting diversion from its core business of online retailing. If this takes off, we wouldn’t be surprised to see Amazon retail stores all over the country in the near future. AmazonBasic DVDRs, anyone?

News via [Yahoo]

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