Amazon has updated its range of Kindle e-book readers with four new devices. Three share a similar design to previous Kindles, while the fourth - the Kindle Fire - is an Android-based tablet.
The two current Kindle devices - now renamed the Kindle Keyboard and the Kindle Keyboard 3G - will remain on sale.
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Mark Bridge writes:
I’m not a big fan of reporting on rumours - I’d rather wait until the real thing happens - but I thought these two stories were too big and too well-defined to ignore completely.
Firstly, it looks as though Amazon will be announcing an Android-powered tablet tomorrow. Called the Kindle Fire, it probably won’t be a direct replacement for the Kindle e-book reader but an alternative. Most commentators suggest we should expect a 7-inch colour screen, a focus on cloud-based services and a pretty heavily customised version of Android.
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Research In Motion has published its quarterly results for June, July and August.
Revenue in the second quarter was $4.2 billion, down 15% from the previous quarter and down 10% year-on-year. 73% of this was generated by hardware, 24% from service, and 3% by software and other sources.
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Microsoft has previewed the next major release of Windows, codenamed ‘Windows 8’, to its BUILD developer conference this week.
Features include a touch-friendly interface that’ll also work with a mouse and keyboard, the introduction of ‘apps’ with a ‘Windows Store’ and increased integration with Microsoft’s cloud services.
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The latest figures from the International Data Corporation show unexpectedly high tablet and e-reader sales, with both beating their quarterly targets.
Worldwide media tablet shipments were up 88.9% on the previous quarter and 303.8% year-on-year, reaching 13.6 million units at the end of the second quarter. As a result, IDC has raised its tablet shipment forecast to 62.5 million units for 2011.
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