Category: Kindle Competition
Why Amazon & The Kindle Deserve To Be Dominating Bookselling
This is going to be a bit controversial, I’m sure, given how Amazon has gone about using their influence to beat down smaller publishers and other suppliers recently, but when…
Will Newly Revealed iPad 3 Kill Kindle Fire? Is Apple Even Trying?
After months of speculation and rumor about Amazon and Apple going head to head in an all-out Kindle Fire vs iPad 3 (or Mini, or HD) confrontation, we finally have…
Last Minute iPad 3 vs Kindle Fire Thoughts
I am writing this on the eve of the launch of the next generation iPad. So speculations on what new features the iPad 3 will offer and what it means…
Google Learns From Kindle Fire Success, Separates Work And Play
Google has announced an immediate change of their marketing for the Android Marketplace. It shall henceforth be known as “Google Play”. Now, possibly I’m reading too much into this but…
Is Google Taking On the Kindle Fire With a New 7” Tablet?
Until we see Windows 8 hitting shelves, the only real contenders in the tablet market are Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android OS. As much as the BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 does…
To Match Kindle Fire, B&N Releases Cheaper $200 Nook Tablet
There has been some question about the importance of pricing in the Kindle Fire’s dominance over the seemingly superior Nook Tablet. On paper the Barnes & Noble tablet is definitely…
Kindle vs Playbook: Is the BlackBerry Back in the Race?
While the big talk in tablets lately has been all about newly affordable Android based devices like the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet, RIM has yet to drop entirely out…
Official Kindle App Coming to Blackberry Playbook 2.0?
Tomorrow we will finally get a chance to try out the new Blackberry Playbook 2.0, but we already have a bit of a surprise regarding its features. According to an…
Will Kindle Fire Stay Relevant If Google Cleans Up Android Marketplace?
The strength of the Kindle Fire as a tablet tends to be its close integration into Amazon’s web services. Everything from video to eBooks is right there at the touch…
Amazon vs B&N Conflict May Mean More Kindle Exclusives
In what is just the latest point of conflict between Amazon and Barnes & Noble over their relative positions in book sales, B&N has announced that they are unwilling to…