Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet computer ships to customers on Tuesday, Nov. 15, for $199, while the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet goes on sale in stores for $249 later in the same week. Both are Wi-Fi-only, ...

NEW YORK — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday showed off the Kindle Fire, a $199 tablet computer, challenging Apple’s iPad by extending its Kindle brand into the world of full-color, multipurpose ...

Nov 7 (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc unveiled its first tablet computer on Monday, taking on Amazon.com Inc . Here is a comparison of the main features of the Nook tablet from Barnes & Noble and ...

Among the earliest whispers about Amazon's planned rival to the iPad, a theme emerged: it would be cheaper, much cheaper, than its Apple competition. The rumors proved true when Amazon unveiled a $199 ...

Barnes & Noble has invited the news media to a New York event on Monday, sparking speculation that the bookseller will announce a lower-cost Nook Color tablet computer that matches or beats the $199 ...

Amazon's new Kindle Fire tablet computer could "vaporise" the tablet market for every other manufacturer but Apple, a leading analyst has claimed. Fortune has reported Evercore Partners' Robert Cihra ...

An IHS analysis reveals Amazon’s business model for its new Kindle Fire tablet, with the company willing to settle for a razor-thin margin on sales of devices and digital content in order to achieve ...

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

Fire tablets can face geo-restrictions when trying to access content from other countries. They are also at risk from unsecured WiFi connections. Both of these can be solved with a VPN. Amazon’s ...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says the company is releasing a $199 tablet computer called the Kindle Fire on Nov. 15, challenging Apple's iPad by extending its Kindle brand into the world of full-color, ...