Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD 4G LTE tablet has yet to receive approval from the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which means a probable delay on its release.
News agency Reuters reports spotting an email sent from Amazon to customers who preordered the 8.9in Kindle Fire HD 4G LTE tablet.
The missive warned about a likely delay in shipments because the FCC has yet to approve the device.
“We will send you an email asking you to confirm your pre-order of Kindle Fire when it is …

Amazon has been tracking webpages visited by Kindle Fire users on its web browser to offer relevant trend-based recommendations, the online retailer admits.
Silk, the company’s web browser, is a critical application on Kindle Fire, and Amazon’s grip on these Android tablets highlights its plan to gain traction into the hardware business.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) render webpages on Silk, but Amazon now confirms it also counts webpage views to provide suggestions to its users.
The cloud …

Amazon revealed new devices, mostly updates for its Kindle range of eBook readers, on Thursday.
However, the lineup added a redesigned version of its massively popular Kindle Fire tablet, with a larger screen and a $299 base price.
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, himself presented and held up all the new products, including two new Kindle Fire HD tablets, at a Los Angeles event on 6 September 2012  for everyone in attendance to see.
The media event, held in the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica …

Amazon has revealed that it has sold out all of its supply of its affordable Kindle Fire tablet.
Furthermore, Amazon says that the Kindle Fire has 22 percent of total US tablet sales.
The announcement came from the internet commerce giant as it is expected to launch another version of its popular tablet.
The launch of the next Kindle Fire as well as updated versions of its Kindle line of tablets is expected to be at a press conference Amazon has scheduled for Thursday, September 6.

The press …

Amazon has carried over its cloud-based storage service, Cloud Drive, to the UK to give its British customers a free online repository that provides 5 GB worth of room to store data.
The American company’s offers several storage capacities that depend on the customer’s needed space, which increases with the monthly

Amazon has revealed a slightly huge update in its Cloud Player service, following its early introduction last year.
The recent modernization allows the Player to become more independent from Cloud Drive and additionally gives a free, automatic audio quality upgrade, similar to that of the iTunes Match.
The audio quality upgrade is quite cool as it allows music on the user’s hard drive to be scanned automatically. Another interesting feature is that its ability to match songs, which Amazon …

Only hours after launching GameCircle for its Kindle Fire tablet, Amazon set into motion its Game Connect service.
The world’s largest online retailer launched its new games service to provide customers with a novel array of free-to-play and massively multiplayer online (MMO) games on its online games store. It also gives game developers the ability to carry out “simple and secure” in-app purchases, which allows gamers to buy premium items or other apps within a game.
Game Connect …

Amazon has released its own social gaming platform for its massively popular Kindle Fire tablet.
Much like the Apple Game Center, Amazon GameCircle monitors a player’s score on similar game titles and highlights leaderboards and virtual feats. The gaming platform also shows off a cloud-based sync feature for saving games.
Amazon elaborates, “GameCircle will make achievements, leaderboards and sync APIs accessible, simple and quick for you to integrate, and will give gamers a more …

Amazon is anticipating the launch of its updated Kindle Fire later this year as a defense to retain its second spot in the tablet market.
According to AllThingsD (quoting unnamed sources), Amazon is on an effort to fight off Apple’s iPad and Google’s new 7-inch Nexus 7 tablet in the market by doing a lot of much-needed enhancements to its tablet.
If reports from the unnamed sources serve true, the redesigned Amazon Kindle Fire will probably have a built-in front-facing camera similar to …

Amazon is set to release its own smartphone later this year or early 2013, subsequent to mere flimsy gossips about the new handset eight months ago.
Media firms, who have been scouting the supply chain of the new Amazon handset, reported that it is already in the testing phase, though information on its specifications remains unclear. Rumors suggest that the phone features a Texas Instruments OMAP 4ARMprocessor, measures four to five inches in size, and possibly carries a modified Android …