From VentureBeat: A well-placed source tells us that HP is currently looking to rid itself of Palm as soon as possible, and that Amazon is the closest to finalizing the deal, among a handful of contenders. Indeed, after yesterday’s announcement of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet, no other company seems as fitting a home for Palm [...]
Click for larger version. German blog BENM.AT has carved an aluminum prototype iPhone 5 based on leaked specs, cases and rumors. It’s an extravagantly silly endeavor. We’ll know on Tuesday what the thing looks like, after all. But man, that’s a beautiful fake phone. I hope the real thing looks like that. The 4-inch screen [...]
In a column in today’s paper (paywall, sorry), I argued that the Kindle Fire will sell like crazy, but won’t kill the iPad. Instead, it will murder most other Android tablets, taking the spot that the TouchPad should have occupied. But another thought occurred to me this morning: The Fire will destroy the iPod Touch. [...]
Amazon had a great product launch this morning, headlined by the Kindle Fire. The 7-inch device is a bit smaller than a lot of people might prefer (compared to the 9.7-inch iPad), but other than that, the Fire is an almost guaranteed hit. Why? Price, price and price. At $199, the Fire is in a [...]
Bloomberg seems to have jumped the gun a bit ahead of the actual Amazon press conference, but here you go: Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest online retailer, unveiled its Kindle Fire tablet computer, taking aim at Apple Inc.’s bestselling iPad with a device that’s smaller and less than half the price. The Kindle Fire will [...]
It’s hard to believe, but the company that could completely upend the digital world in the next few months isn’t Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft or any of the other traditional digital titans. It’s Dish Network. Not only does Dish have its Blockbuster Movie Pass in the works, the company apparently also submitted the biggest bid [...]
Apple confirmed today that it does indeed want to “talk iPhone” on October 4, next Tuesday. The company is, of course, not saying exactly what it will announce, but if the words “iPhone 5″ are not spoken by an Apple exec at some point during the presentation, a nerd riot will likely erupt. Here’s a [...]
Let’s be clear: Apple is going to sell a metric ton of iPads in the fourth quarter, easily beating all its tablet competitors and likely setting a new record for quarterly iPad sales. BUT… Bloomberg reports that Apple has cut by 25 percent its fourth quarter orders to manufacturers who make parts for the iPad [...]
Video streaming by Ustream Dish explained today what it plans to do with its purchase of Dallas-based Blockbuster. But the announced Blockbuster Movie Pass is, at first blush, underwhelming. Yes, the service will let you rent DVD, Blu-ray and video game discs and stream videos to your TV, PC and Mac, and mobile devices, including [...]
Variety reports that the HD box sets (since you can buy the entire six-film set, or you can buy Eps. I-III and IV-VI separately) have sold like gangbusters: The nine-disc set generated more than million from worldwide sales, with million collected in the U.S. alone, from 515,000 units in North America. On average, the collection [...]
