Amazon’s Kindel to work on Kindle smartphone?

- Lewis Curdie  Apr. 3 at 18:00

No, that’s not a typo in the headline, and no, this isn’t some two-day-late April fool’s joke. Meet Amazon’s latest signing, former Windows Phone general manager, Charlie Kindel.

He’s been drafted in to work on something top-secret, and we can’t help but feel that they’d be missing a trick if it weren’t the much-discussed Amazon Kindle smartphone.

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DigiTimes: Amazon smartphone to adopt 4.7in display

- Lewis Curdie  Mar. 27 at 16:00

DigiTimes, old friend! It’s been too long; almost 10 days since we last spoke. What nonsense doth thou speaketh today?

Oh, the very best kind of nonsense. That’s right, we’re talking about the Amazon smartphone once again, specifically Amazon smartphone specs, and even more specifically the Amazon smartphone display size.

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DigiTimes: don’t expect the Amazon smartphone in Q2

- Lewis Curdie  Mar. 11 at 16:00

Last week, I scribbled Whatever happened to…? Five devices that have yet to show face, and one of the five was none other than the long-rumoured Amazon smartphone.

We’ve somewhat of an update now, as our favourite source of all sources reckons the Amazon smartphone won’t touch down in Q2 2013 as originally planned.

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Apple to Amazon: the iPad mini does have stereo speakers, you cheeky gits

- Lewis Curdie  Nov. 1, 2012 at 18:00

Okay, so Apple didn’t say anything of the sort to Amazon. Not directly, anyway. Or even indirectly. Ahem. Let’s move on.

One of the question marks hanging over the iPad mini ahead of tomorrow's release was the presence - or lack - of stereo speakers. Well, big Phil Schiller himself has purportedly confirmed that the iPad mini does indeed blast sound in stereo.

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Amazon escalates tablet vendetta against Apple's iPad mini

- Martin James  Oct. 29, 2012 at 10:30

Amazon seemed just a little iPad mini-obsessed last week when it turned the second half of its Q3 earnings release into a “why the Kindle Fire HD is better than the iPad mini” release.

But that's nothing, it turns out. The online retail colossus has now used its own front page to escalate the war of words – and by a good few notches, too.

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Tim Cook: we’ll never make a 7in tablet, iPad mini is in a ‘different league’

- Lewis Curdie  Oct. 26, 2012 at 12:00

Apple naysayers took great pleasure in pointing out that former CEO Steve Jobs was incredibly outspoken about “tweener” tablets, insisting that they’re too small to compete with the iPad. As such, the iPad mini marks a massively hypocritical move from Apple, right?

Au contraire, Tim Cook has explained why 7in tablets suck and the 7.9in iPad mini is pretty much the best thing ever.

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Five reasons why the iPad mini will succeed

- Lewis Curdie  Oct. 24, 2012 at 13:00

Well, the iPad mini is finally here, ending years (okay, months) of speculation with far from impressive specs and a higher-than-expected price tag. Disappointing? Yeah, maybe a little.

Having said that, we firmly believe the iPad mini will sell by the proverbial bucketload, and I gots five reasons why; five reasons to make you cry, you big Android lover.

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Kindle Fire HD the best-selling product on all of Amazon worldwide

- Martin James  Oct. 24, 2012 at 12:00

In a move that I'm sure had nothing at all to do with a certain petite-form factor rival being announced by Apple at round about the same time, Amazon has hailed the Kindle Fire HD as the “best-selling product across all of Amazon worldwide”.

The second-generation Amazon tablet certainly looked the business when Jeff Bezos unveiled it early last month, and it would seem that potential has been carried forward into real-world sales.

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Apple iPad mini launching October 23, on sale November 2?

- Lewis Curdie  Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:00

I was all set to write a “Where’s the iPad mini?” type feature this morning, but Apple has only gone and thrown a spanner in the proverbial works.

See, the Californians have fired out invites for a mysterious launch event on October 23, next Tuesday, and it sounds very much like the iPad mini will be in attendance.

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Google publishes Android tablet app quality guidelines

- Lewis Curdie  Oct. 9, 2012 at 14:00

One area where the App Store kicks Google Play in the teeth (in addition to gaming) is hosting a healthy selection of apps carefully tailored for the iPad. That’s a fact, Jack, but feel free to sound off in the comments if I just made you cry.

On the plus side, Google is aiming to make Android apps a sexier experience for tablet owners, with a spanking new set of guidelines. Good stuff.

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