We often see third party retailers offer better deals on smartphones, as compared to what you would pay direct with the carrier. And well, while we almost expect that to happen these days — we do not always expect it to happen within the first 24 hours of the release. Anyway, that being said, that more »

Amazon has put out another ad touting its Kindle line while taking a few shots at Apple. In the new ad, Amazon again takes a shot at the iPad’s reflective screen that makes it difficult to read in direct sunlight. When the iPad user talks about movies and games, the Kindle user mentions the Kindle more »

Amazon continues to beef up its Prime Instant Video offers, today adding more than 2,000 titlrs thanks to a new deal with Viacom. The new deal with Viacom brings in TV shows from Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, Spike, CMT, and TV Land, among others. That means that Amazon Prime subscribers will be able to more »

Amazon hasn’t necessarily been a true Netflix competitor. Sure its Prime Instant Video service provides similar unlimited streaming content like Netflix, but it’s only available to Amazon Prime subscribers. Amazon will truly become a competitor once it makes Prime Instant Video an option for everyone that isn’t an Amazon Prime subscriber. According to Reuters, Amazon is getting more »

Amazon struck a gold mine with its online retail business, but the company may be looking to expand its reach. Sources speaking to Good e-Reader has informed the site Amazon is planning on opening a retail store in Seattle in a few months time. The design of the store is rumored to be small and more »

It looks like Amazon has expanded upon where they will ship the Kindle Touch ereader. The folks over at The eBook Reader blog have recently noticed that the Kindle Touch is now shipping to quite a few more countries outside the US. And worth noting, this is referring to the Kindle Touch and not the more »

Just three months after its initial release Amazon’s Kindle Fire is already available as a refurbished model. Amazon is selling refurbished Kindle Fire units at a 10 percent discount, bringing the cost down to $180. That really isn’t much of a discount, but it’s something. The price really isn’t as much of a surprise as more »

If you happen to be sporting a Kindle Fire and find yourself in need of some additional streaming video content — you may want to be on the lookout for the SlingPlayer Mobile app which will be available in the Amazon Appstore as of tomorrow. And worry not, these details are coming from the folks more »

The Samsung Series 5 ultrabooks came available for pre-order earlier in the month with J&R and as of today — it looks like another option is available. The latest is still a pre-order, however it comes by way of Amazon. Of course, as the pricing is the same with both Amazon and J&R this will more »

Amazon already has a steady flow of streaming video customers, but it may be preparing to offer another service that may give Netflix a lot more competition. Currently, Amazon Prime subscribers can get access to Amazon’s library of streaming video content at no extra cost. In the future, Amazon may create a standalone streaming video more »