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Shedding light on the new Nook
Barnes & Noble is adding a brilliant light to its e-reader. Does it work? And, is it enough to goose sales?
FORTUNE -- Although black-and-white e-readers are generally lighter, cheaper, and snappier than they used to be, they still don't excel in low light. That's an area where tablets and their brightly lit color screens have a clear advantage. With its new $139 Nook, arriving this week, Barnes and Noble (BKS) MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Apr 24, 2012 11:11 AM ET -
Survey: 26% of likely Fire buyers delaying iPad purchase
Pent-up demand for the new Kindle is even stronger than for the iPad 2
In a note to clients issued Thursday, RBC's Mike Abramsky shares the results of a ChangeWave survey of 2,600 early adopter types. Two key findings:
5% of those surveyed said they had pre-ordered or were very likely to buy Amazon's (AMZN) new Kindle Fire, exceeding the 4% who said they were very likely to buy the original iPad MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 9, 2011 8:38 AM ET -
Bizzaro valuations: Amazon (P/E = 100) vs. Apple (14)
Even after Tuesday's free-fall, Amazon's shares cost seven times more than Apple's
It's never been adequately explained to me why Amazon's (AMZN) shares are so expensive and Apple's (AAPL) so cheap.
Both stocks were punished after reporting their most recent quarterly earnings. Apple fell $23.62 (5.6%) last week when the company came in with iPhone sales that were lower than analysts expected, reducing profit growth to 54%. Amazon fell $10.46 (4.4%) Tuesday MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 26, 2011 7:21 AM ET -
Amazon versus Apple? Not so fast.
Conventional wisdom says these two tech giants are on a collision course. Conventional wisdom is wrong -- and here's why.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
FORTUNE -- Now that Amazon and Apple are rivals, which one is likely to win? For the next few years, at least, the answer will be both.
The rivalry between Amazon (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL) has been emerging for some time. Earlier this year, Amazon launched the Amazon Appstore MORE
Oct 12, 2011 5:00 AM ET -
SNL douses the Kindle Fire
On Saturday Night Live last night, Weekend Update's Seth Meyers poured cold water on the Kindle Fire -- Amazon's (AMZN) $199 answer to Apple's (AAPL) iPad (starts at $499) -- with this line:
"It's expected to sell well," he said, "among parents who always buy the wrong thing."
Video here and below the fold. It's the third joke in.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 2, 2011 1:42 PM ETPosted in: Amazon, Apple, Comedy, Ina Fried, iPad, Kindle, Kindle Fire, Saturday Night Live, Seth Meyers -
Today in Tech: Two minutes with Android Ice Cream Sandwich
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* Amazon (AMZN) didn't just unveil one new Kindle, but four -- nearly one for every user scenario -- including the widely-anticipated Kindle Fire ($199), sporting a color screen and multimedia functionality; two flavors of the Kindle Touch ($99 for WiFi-only, $149 for 3G), with a black-and-white, e-ink touchscreen; and the Kindle ($79), a MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 29, 2011 3:30 AM ETPosted in: Amazon.com, Android, Bradley Horowitz, Google, Kindle, Kindle Fire, Marc Andreessen, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce.com, Steven Levy -
Hands on with the new Kindle family
Analysts and pundits expected a single competitor to Apple's iPad. Instead, they got a quartet of new devices ranging in price and functionality.
FORTUNE – It's official: Amazon didn't just have one new Kindle in the works, but four -- nearly one for every user scenario. The widely anticipated iPad competitor ended up being a quartet: the Kindle Fire, sporting a color screen and multimedia functionality; two flavors of the Kindle Touch, MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 28, 2011 2:48 PM ET -
Live from the Amazon Kindle 'Fire' and 'Touch' unveilings
A first peek at Amazon's answers to the iPad, priced from $79 to $199
The setting is a soundstage on Manhattan's West 37th Street. Four TV satellite trucks parked outside. A full battery of cameras. A tent full of journalists cooling their heels.
The event was scheduled to start at 10 a.m., but this is Amazon (AMZN), not Apple (AAPL), and we are running late.
10:03 The lights dim. A video of Amazon MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 28, 2011 10:04 AM ET -
Amazon: A tale of two tablets
For months, analysts have been expecting an iPad-like device worthy of taking Apple head on. Now it seems Amazon may have cooked up something very different -- and that shouldn't come as much of a surprise.
[UPDATE: Bloomberg News reports that Amazon's new Kindle is indeed called Fire and will retail for $199. The tablet reportedly sports a 7-inch color screen but lacks a camera or microphone. The device will have MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 28, 2011 5:00 AM ETPosted in: Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, Apple, BlackBerry Playbook, iPad, Jeff Bezos, Kindle, Kindle Fire -
Today in Tech: Will Amazon launch a new Kindle today?
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* Official invites for the unveiling of Apple's next iPhone on October 4 went out yesterday. Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster believes the company will only release one new model -- not an additional low-end version, as some have been speculating -- along with advanced voice recognition features. (Fortune)
* Amazon (AMZN) is MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 28, 2011 3:30 AM ET
