If you are looking for an extra tablet for your kids or for the bathroom, Amazon has discounted a number of refurbished models. The Fire 10 HD is available for $89, which is a savings of $30. The Fire HD 8 is available for $64 and you save $25 vs the normal price. The Kindle Paperwhite is also available for $69, which is a savings of $30. When Prime Day rolls around next … [Read more...] about Amazon has a number of refurbished Fire Tablets on sale
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This is why Amazon continues to develop tablets
Amazon has been in the tablet business since 2011 when they started to release products that tried to compete against Acer, Apple, Asus, HP, Samsung and dozens of other companies taking advantage of the tablet boom period. Over the years Amazon went from offering mid-level and high-end tablets and started to develop really affordable ones. The average Amazon tablet went from … [Read more...] about This is why Amazon continues to develop tablets
New Alexa update for Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 tablets
Starting this week, Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 (2017) owners can enjoy a new way to interact with Alexa on their tablets. Instead of pressing down on the Alexa button, Fire owners can simply use their voice to ask Alexa to play a song, turn off the lights, start or pause a movie. Amazon said to use Alexa hands-free functionality on the Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 tablets across the room, … [Read more...] about New Alexa update for Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 tablets
Amazon Pushes Out Firmware 5.6.0.0 to Fix Sideloading APK Bug
A few weeks ago Amazon released a new firmware update that prevented users from sideloading in their own apps onto a Fire Tablet. Many people were worried that Amazon was now mandating that everyone play in their own walled garden and did not want users downloading and installing apps from other sources. Today, Amazon has just pushed out a new update 5.6.0.0 for newer Fire … [Read more...] about Amazon Pushes Out Firmware 5.6.0.0 to Fix Sideloading APK Bug
How do you know what Fire Tablet you have?
Amazon has been releasing Fire Tablets since 2011 and the company tends to never have proper naming conventions. Whenever a new device comes out it is simply the Fire 7 or Fire 10 and it can get confusing on what model you actually have. This especially difficult if you want to sell an old device on EBAY or manually download a firmware update. Amazon has a page that lists … [Read more...] about How do you know what Fire Tablet you have?
New Amazon Fire Tablet OS Update Stops You From Sideloading Apps
Amazon recently pushed out a firmware update for their FireOS operating system and the build number is OS 5.6.0. It is primarily applicable to the new HD 10, Fire 7 and a myriad of other tablets released in the past two years. I don't know if it was intentional or not, but this app breaks the ability to sideload in apps not from the Amazon App Store. When you try and load in … [Read more...] about New Amazon Fire Tablet OS Update Stops You From Sideloading Apps
Amazon Expected to Announce New Fire Tablets This Week
Amazon is expected to launch two new tablets this week. The seven inch model is a follow-up to their wildly successful $50 Fire tablet released last year and the other is a eight inch model. These two devices breezed through the FCC a couple of weeks ago and Amazon is expected to announce them as soon as tomorrow. The Fire tablet should remain the same price at $49.99 but … [Read more...] about Amazon Expected to Announce New Fire Tablets This Week
Amazon Heavily Discounts eReaders and Fire Tablets for Father’s Day
Amazon has just unveiled a new promotion for Father's Day and the Seattle company has heavily discounted Kindle e-Readers, Fire tablets and a number of Alexa enabled devices. Kindle eReaders Amazon Kindle for $59 (Regular Price $79.99) Amazon Kindle for Kids Bundle for $79 (Regular Price $139.97) Amazon Kindle Paperwhite for $99 (Regular Price ($119) Fire … [Read more...] about Amazon Heavily Discounts eReaders and Fire Tablets for Father’s Day
You can now store e-books on the Amazon Fire SD Card
Amazon us pushing out a new firmware update for their Fire Tablets that will finally allow users to store e-books on the SD Card. This will be tremendously useful for people who have a large PDF and e-book collection and find themselves running out of internal memory. One of the big benefits about the new 5.2.7.1 update is you can store anything you buy or download directly … [Read more...] about You can now store e-books on the Amazon Fire SD Card
Amazon Increases the storage of $50 Fire Tablet
Amazon has experienced massive success with their $50 Fire tablet and the company has proclaimed that it has sold millions of them. One of the big drawbacks is the lack of memory, it only has 8 GB of storage and you can't read e-books from the SD card. Amazon has recognized that people are downloading apps, television shows and e-books and have quietly introduced a new variant … [Read more...] about Amazon Increases the storage of $50 Fire Tablet