Estimates indicate that Apple [AAPL] sold 2 million fewer iPads this past holiday season. It is estimated that almost 16 million units were to be shipped but figures hint at about 13 million were shipped. A lot of that shortfall is believed to caused by the Amazon Kindle Fire.
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The Amazon Kindle Fire was a relatively easy device to root. All that was required was the SuperOneClick utility that rooted the device which in turn, allowed the Kindle Fire to have custom firmware such as CyanogenMod installed on it. Each time an update arrived it unrooted the device, but after running SuperOneClick it was rooted again. This has changed though. Amazon has just released the 6.2.1 firmware update for the Fire which interestingly blocks the SuperOneClick software from working.
Apple could be planning to launch a smaller iPad in time for Christmas 2012. This new iPad would follow along from the iPad 3 that is expected in April. The difference will be the screensize of 7.85 inches as opposed to the regular 9.7 inch iPad screen we see on the yearly generation changes.
A number of users are reporting problems with the Amazon Kindle Fire. Reports indicate that the new tablet has problems with browsing speeds as well as other general performance issues. As the Kindle Fire has adequate technical specs, a software update will fix the problems. Good news is that this particular update will be arriving within a couple of weeks.
The Amazon Kindle Fire has been seen running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The update isn't official and was hacked on to the Kindle Fire by a developer who goes by the name of G1011999.
Amazon has begun pushing out an update for the new Amazon Kindle Fire. The new update brings the software up to version 6.2. On the downside, Amazon pushes the update out automatically and installs automatically when connected to a WiFi connection. This means that all rooted devices are made un-rooted although you can easily root again if needed.
The Amazon Kindle Fire has got its first taste of regular Android thanks to CyanogenMod 7. The team have managed to install a regular version of Android on to the new tablet to give it a more Androidy feel.
Amazon could be launching a smartphone next year in the Kindle range of devices. Just this week the Amazon Kindle Fire was launched in the US. The Fire is Amazons first tablet and is based on the Android 2.3 operating system although a highly customised version.
It is expected that Amazon will launch the Amazon Kindle Phone sometime in 2012.
Amazon has followed the AOSP agreement and has released the source code for the Kindle Fire. By releasing the source code it lets developers and modders get a look in to how the Kindle Fire works. What it also means is that the modders will be able to make custom ROMs for the Kindle Fire.
The Amazon Kindle Fire is one tablet that looks worthy to take on the Apple iPad. Although the Kindle Fire doesn't have the same specs as the iPad 2, its price tag of just $199 and the fact that its built with some quality components such as an IPS screen, mean that this tablet will sell extremely well.
As they always do, iFixit has dissembled the Kindle Fire to see what is inside and what exactly makes it run.
The Amazon Kindle Fire is about to launch in the US, tomorrow to be precise. In preparation for launch a number of gadget blogs have reviewed the new tablet to see how it compares to other tablet devices such as the iPad as well as other Android tabs.
iSuppli has been calculating the cost to built an Amazon Kindle. To do this the company takes apart the device and looks at the individual parts and then calculates costs associated to each part. The sale price of the Amazon Kindle is $79 although the price to build it is calculated at $84.25 which means Amazon lose about $5.25 on each sale of the device... or do they?
