Amazon Doesn't Want Google Maps Either
For its rumored upcoming Kindle Fire refresh, expected next week, Amazon will add maps functionality but it won't go with Google's popular offering, sources told Reuters' Alistair Barr.
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Before its official release date this Friday, reviewers have gotten their hands on the updated 7-inch Kindle Fire, which they like, but not as much as Amazon would like.
For its rumored upcoming Kindle Fire refresh, expected next week, Amazon will add maps functionality but it won't go with Google's popular offering, sources told Reuters' Alistair Barr.
Google's $200 tablet is a better value than Amazon's $200 tablet, not just for consumers, but for Google, too.
As promised, Amazon has given Kindle users an update to fix some (not all) of the tablet's issues.
After many Kindle Fire complaints, Amazon has finally promised a fix, coming in two weeks -- over a month and a half since the device first came out -- the company told The New York Times's David Streitfeld.
Three weeks after Amazon released the Kindle Fire, users have had enough time to notice its kinks.
Just in time to take advantage of the Kindle Fire let down, Barnes and Noble's similar idea, the Nook Tablet, has hit reviewer's hands.
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With each Kindle Fire sale Amazon loses money, but not that much.
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Even though the Kindle Fire's riding a wave of positive reviews, the tablet's insecurities are showing as it gets ready for the big reveal next Tuesday.
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