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Kindle Sales Triples as Profit Drops by 58%

Amazon has posted the results outlining the costs of pushing the Kindle Fire. Amazon’s device sold almost 177 percent over the past year. However, its net profit dropped 58 percent to $177 million. The profit slash came despite its 35 percent sales hike to just over $17.4 billion. Kindle Fire has been Amazon’s bestseller since [...]

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Amazon and B&N Makes Up to 40 Percent of Android Tablet Sales?

Strategy Analytics reported that around 10.5 million Android tablets were shipped during the fourth quarter of 2011. That makes more than a 300-percent jump from that of last year’s, while the increase in Android tablet shipments means that Android devices now make up about 39 percent of overall tablet sales. Mark Spoonauer at Laptop Magazine [...]

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Amazon Sold Kindles by the Millions During Holiday Season

Words are coming in that Amazon Thursday has made the best sales for its Kindle devices during the holiday season. While the online store didn’t have the exact figure on how many units were sold per model, Amazon did confirmed that its customers have purchased millions of Kindle Fires and Kindle eReaders. The company also [...]

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Amazon Releases Kindle Fire 6.2.1 Update

Amazon released version 6.2.1 of its Kindle Software. The primary goal of the update is to improve UI performance, a notable complaint against the Kindle Fire since its debut. The update should be delivered over-the-air. Instructions for manually updating via USB can be found on Amazon’s website. For those who have not received it the OTA update [...]

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Amazon Sold 1Million Kindle Units a Week

The Kindle tablets remain one of the finest, best-selling, and most wished for products among the millions of items available on Amazon.com. Currently,  the Kindle has seven available series including the Kindle Fire, Kindle eReader, Kindle Touch Wi-Fi, Kindle Touch 3G, Kindle Keyboard Wi-Fi, Kindle Keyboard 3G and Kindle DX big-screen. According to Amazon, almost [...]

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