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Amazon Kindle Fire Review of News: Should be Fired for Android 2.3 UX? Still Hottest Tablet for Android

12/06/201112/06/2011 by Lynn Walford

Yesterday, we discovered that the Kindle Fire was having "issues" connecting to the Internet, now we learn that the low-priced virtual cash register for Amazon is not the optimal user experience but should overtake the Android tablet market, anyway.

The Kindle Fire could capture 50 percent of the Android tablet market next year, NPD Group analyst Stephen King reported.

Another analyst, Petter King at Strategy Analytics, noted that the Kindle Fire is sales generator for Amazon.com products, content, video, movies and music. “The Kindle Fire acts as a check-out station, for Amazon purchases,” said Peter King who also noted that Amazon has an ecosystem of content and services.

Amazon Kindle Fire Can't Fire Wi-Fi Internet Connections DHCP or Software Update Needed?

12/05/201112/05/2011 by Lynn Walford

Oh-oh the tablet that was gaining momentum against the iPad the super fired-up Kindle Fire may have some Internet connection problems.

Some Kindle Fire owners have found that the Kindle Fire tablets will find and connect to a Wi-Fi connection but not connect to the Internet.

Some have found that the Amazon software update to 6.2 "provides improvements to the operation of your Kindle Fire," helps. Others found it could be a DHCP problem or router problem.

The Kindle Fire costs over $200 to make while the Kindle Fire sells for $199 at Amazon.com and it is expected to be beat-out every other non-iPad tablet in market share.

Kindle Fire to Beat Samsung Galaxy Tab, TouchPad, & Nook in 2012

12/02/2011 by Lynn Walford

The Kindle Fire is igniting the tablet market and will come in second after the iPad only two weeks after being on the market reported IHS. The Amazon branded tablet is followed by Samsung Galaxy Tab, Barnes and Noble Nook and HTC tablets.

Starting off with nothing in the third quarter, Amazon will ship 3.9 million Kindle Fire tablets during the last three months of 2011. Previously second place was held by the non-defunct HP TouchPad. The Kindle Fire 's price of $199.99 contributed to its growth.

HP TouchPad Slated to Court Paperless Tablet Trials - Bogus-Pocus-Focus

12/02/2011 by Lynn Walford

The Guardian reported that judges, jurors and barristers will replace paper documents with tablets with none other than the tablet that would not die the HP TouchPad. The Verge ~~copied~~ reported that the courts would used the discontinued HP TouchPad with webOS. Hugh? We had to put this story through our "Bogus Pocus Focus" machine.

The Guardian reported that the courts bought "35 Hewlett-Packard tablets worth up to £1,000 each in preparation for the rollout."

The Guardian did not report if the tablets are webOS TouchPad or HP Slate tablets, although the photograph showed an HP TouchPad tablet. It was probably a non-technology reporter who wrote the story because HP also makes the Windows-based HP Slate. The person who picked the photo was not a tech insider either.

Kindle Fire Sales Kindle Black Friday Black- Bestseller@ Amazon & Target Stores Most-Gifted

11/30/2011 by Lynn Walford

Amazon.com sold four times as many Kindle products during Black Friday 2011 than last year, the company announced Monday. The Kindle Fire remained the bestselling product across all of Amazon since its introduction.

Dave Limp, Vice President, Amazon Kindle said, "We're seeing a lot of customers buying multiple Kindles - one for themselves and others as gifts - we expect this trend to continue..through the holiday shopping season."