Category: Announcements

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Amazon Kindle Fire, do not call it Android tablet.

Amazon introduces Kindle Fire, a new class of Kindle with color touchscreen.

Don’t call it an Android tablet, though.

Q: How many times does the word “Android” appear on Amazon’s Kindle Fire page?

A: Once, in the following sentence: “Additional email apps are available in our Amazon Appstore for Android.” It’s a Kindle tablet, not an Android tablet.

Amazon Kindle Fire is priced at $199 and will be released on November 15th, 2011.

“Orders are prioritized on a first come, first served basis.”

Amazon Kindle Fire also comes with one month of Amazon Prime, which includes video streaming and free two-day shipping.

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How would Amazon Kindle Fire compete with other tablets? The $199 price point is quite attractive. Amazon Prime customers would certainly enjoy the video streaming.

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Apple to unveil one new iPhone on October 4th, 2011.

Apple has sent out invitations for October 4th, 2011 “Let’s talk iPhone” event in Apple’s own Cupertino headquarter.

Our sources told us:

  • There will be one new iPhone. Forget about what rumor sites are saying about two new iPhone models.
  • What iPad 3? Wait till 2012.
  • Apple is not making Television unit.
  • Developers will be getting iOS 5 GM on that day.
  • New feature only on the new iPhone.

As usual, there will be numbers of sites covering the event. One thing for sure that Harry McCracken of Technologizer won’t be there due to a previously scheduled engagement.

p.s.

From March 2011: https://twitter.com/#!/37prime/status/49059804865495040

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Repairing a MacBook Pro.

My original MacBook Pro Core Duo I bought back in January 2006 had a crack on the screen bezel.

I found a soon to be discarded MacBook Pro Core Duo with Screen assembly in a really good condition.

30 minutes later I have a seemingly new MacBook Pro.