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Hewlett-Packard (HP) unveiled some of its upcoming Windows 8 Ultrabooks and laptops a little over a week ago, and now it is time for the company's new all-in-one PCs. The HP Spectre One, HP Envy 23, HP Envy 20 TouchSmart, and HP Pavilion 20 will all debut this fall, packing features such as multi-touch screens and NFC technology.
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Apple, fresh from a patent victory against South Korean rival Samsung, has turned its sights on a smaller target - Polish online grocery website A.pl.
Amazon held an event on Thursday, Sept. 6, in Santa Monica, California, unveiling its new Kindle Fire HD. The tablet will be available in a 7-inch version for $199 and an 8.9-inch model for $299. During the event, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos explained that his company wants to make money when customers use its products, rather than when they buy them. In other words, Amazon needs to sell content to consumers who purchase the Kindle Fire HD.
On Sept. 6, Amazon launched its revamped Kindle Fire along with a trio of new tablets. However, all the new Kindle Fire tablets include ad-supported Special Offers, which means users will see ads on the lock-screen, followed by links on the home screen which lead to a full list of sponsored deals.
Amazon.com Inc trumpeted cutting-edge wireless technology as a key selling point for the fanciest of the new Kindle devices introduced by CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday. There's just one problem: the devices have not yet been approved for sale by the Federal Communications Commission.
Amazon.com, in an apparent switch in its pricing policy, said over the weekend that it will allow purchasers of its new Kindle Fire tablets to pay $15 extra to turn off advertisements that are built into the devices.
Amazon caught the media's attention a few days ago when it announced its new Kindle tablets on Sept. 6, but one thing seems to have slipped under the radar: Bing will be the default search engine across all new Kindle Fire models.
The number of mini-PC options has rapidly expanded over the past few months, with the inexpensive Raspberry Pi leading the pack. Adding to the trend, VIA is now launching a new Pico-ITX board which is slightly larger than a Raspberry Pi mini-PC. The VIA EPIA-P910 features a 1GHz VIA QuadCore E-Series x86 processor with DirectX 11 support.
In a major event on Thursday, Sept. 6, Amazon announced its new tablet lineup in a bid to pose a more serious challenge to the dominance of Apple's market-leading iPad. The retail giant announced updates to its line of Kindle e-readers, unveiling faster, better, and more competitively priced offerings.
With major players unleashing a slew of budget-friendly devices to capture consumer interest, the tablet space is becoming increasingly competitive. Both Google and Amazon are established names in the 7-inch entry-level tablet market and command a decent share with their Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire offerings.
The clash of the tablet titans is intensifying. On Sept. 6, the world's biggest e-retailer, Amazon, unveiled the new Kindle Fire HD in two sizes: Kindle Fire HD 8.9 and Kindle Fire HD 7. It also announced an upgraded version of its current Kindle Fire offering.
The Android-powered Wikipad gaming tablet is now available for pre-order starting Friday, Sept. 7, at GameStop stores and the retailer's Web site, and will be available at retail on Oct. 31, with a $499 price tag. It sports a 10-inch display, a Tegra 3 processor and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and it is the first tablet with an attachable gamepad controller for console quality.
With Amazon launching a slew of new tablets on Sept. 6, the million-dollar question is whether the new 7-inch Kindle Fire HD can better the original Kindle Fire's success. Here is a look at how the two tablets measure up against each other.