A new product has been introduced to the tablet world with Amazon’s announcement today of a sub-$200 color device. Dubbed the Kindle Fire, it boasts a 7″ IPS display, dual-core processor, and weighs in at 14.6 ounces. More than just an e-reader, this tablet offers some computing like that of its competitor iPad, but with [...]
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Playing with Fire: Amazon launches $200 tablet, $79 e-Ink device
Posted: 28th September 2011 by Matthew in Tech BlogTags: 3G, Amazon, eReader, Kindle, Kindle Fire
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Streaming: the next big thing in video?
Posted: 26th September 2011 by Matthew in Tech BlogTags: Amazon, Blu-ray, DVD, Netflix, streaming
Remember BetaMAX? LaserDisc? Video technologies evolve rapidly. Everything changes, from compression-decompression schemes, to protocols, to media. Today, even VHS has just about been totally phased out. Nowadays, streaming video is the latest method of getting video content. While DVD and Blu-ray media are still going strong, and likely will for some time, streaming video is [...]