Amazon reportedly planning smartphone to take on Apple's iPhone
A new report claims Amazon is working on a handset that will compete directly with Apple's iPhone and Google Android smartphones.
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Amazon
Josh Ong
New Amazon Kindle Fire will push price of current model to $149 - report
Amazon is expected to release a new 7-inch Kindle Fire with a higher resolution screen for $199, which would push the current model to an even lower price of $149, according to a new report.
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Slash Lane
Kindle for iPad adds children's books, comics, graphic novels
Amazon on Thursday updated its Kindle application for iPad, adding support for children's books, comic books and graphic novels purchased for the Kindle platform.
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AppleInsider Staff
Amazon launches Cloud Player app on iOS App Store
A year after launching its Cloud Player music tool, Amazon has released an iOS app for it, bringing functionality that will compete with Apple's own iCloud and iTunes.
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Demand for Kindle Fire collapses as Apple's iPad continues to dominate
A new survey of potential tablet buyers has found that the Amazon Kindle Fire is "floundering," while Apple's iPad remains the most popular and satisfying choice for consumers.
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Neil Hughes
Apple iPad accounts for nearly two out of every three tablet shipments
Apple owned the lion's share of the worldwide tablet market in the first quarter of 2012 after shipping 11.8 million units, 11 times more than second place Samsung managed over the same period.
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Apple remains most valuable global brand with 19% growth to $183 billion
A new survey again placed Apple as the world's most valuable brand, even as nearly half of the top 100 global brands, including rivals Google and Microsoft, lost value over the past year.
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Amazon planning to sell ads on Kindle Fire welcome screen
Amazon has reportedly begun pitching to advertising agencies the opportunity to advertise on the welcome screen of its Kindle Fire tablet for a price of $600,000.
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Katie Marsal
Briefly: Simon & Schuster settles; 9M Galaxy S III preorders; 10.1" Kindle Fire
Publisher Simon & Schuster has settled an e-book antitrust lawsuit brought by attorneys general from 29 states in the U.S., while a new report claims Samsung achieved nine million preorders for its Galaxy S III smartphone. Also, a rumor claims Amazon is suspending plans for an 8.9-inch Kindle Fire in favor of a 10.1-inch model due out later this year.
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Daniel Eran Dilger
Sam Oliver
