Amazon’s Kindle Fire arrives a day earlier than expected—here’s what everyone’s saying so far.
“What we really built is a fully integrated media service. Hardware is a crucial ingredient in the service, but it’s only a piece of it.”
Robotic Polar Bear Pillow Tickles Your Face to Keep You from Snoring
A Japanese scientist shows off the latest in anti-snoring technology at the International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo.
Holiday Price Wars: Hot Market for e-Readers Under $100, Tablets Under $200
Prices of many tablets and e-readers have shrunk in recent months, and sales are expected to come with bonuses and/or further price deductions during the upcoming holiday shopping frenzy—on Black Friday especially. Here are a few of the gadgets that are intriguing, if only because they’re newly easier to afford.
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Intel Core i7-3960X Review Roundup: It’s Full of Expensive
Intel’s latest uber-powered, ultra-expensive CPUs are available now, so do they offer enough oomph to warrant draining your bank account?
Toshiba Portege Z835 Ultrabook Review
I’m discussing the keyboard and trackpad before writing about performance because with today’s laptops, those features are more noticeable than small differences in processor power. Any decent laptop will let you browse the …
The Consequences of Apple’s Walled Garden
Miller says that he had no choice but to sneak in his app to demonstrate that it could be done. “For the record, without a real app in the App Store, people would say Apple wouldn’t approve an app that took advantage of this …
Here Comes Google Music: Leaked Screenshots Tease Android Interface
Google Music’s launch this Wednesday at a Google media event seems all but assured.
TechFast: Kindle Fire Reviews, iPod Nanos Recalled, Google’s Secret Lab
Happy Monday. We’re all in this together, so let’s just push through this and Tuesday will be here soon enough. Until then, here’s what’s going on in tech…
Kindle Fire Reviews
Amazon’s $200 Kindle Fire tablet will be available to the masses tomorrow, but early reviews are already rolling in. Things are looking pretty good so …
Why a Bigger Cellphone Screen Isn’t Always Ideal
Contrary to popular belief, bigger isn’t always better.
Despite the urge to always have the most advanced gadget around, sometimes there’s a point where it might all be too much for your own good. As manufacturers feel the …
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Hey Amazon, How About a ‘Kindle Fire’ Smartphone?
After writing about Android fragmentation, I ran into a friend at a conference. He began ranting about a particular type of fragmentation: The way wireless carriers muck up Google’s operating system with junkware, promotional …
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Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley.