Bloomberg news agency is reporting that Apple will challenge the Google Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire with its own 7-inch tablet called unofficially an iPad Mini. full story ![]()

It seems like every other week there’s a new rumor about an upcoming iPad mini or Nexus 7 with a sharper display. Customers love small tablets, and they love “Retina” displays, so their impending marriage is naturally a hot topic. But it’s easy to forget that Amazon already has a medium-sized tablet with a razor-sharp display. Let’s see how that "tweener" – the Kindle Fire...
gizmag.com (1 month and 6 days ago)

“This is the iPad with Retina Display,” begins the ad. “And this is the new Kindle Fire HD with an 8.9-inch display.” We then see two “stunning HD” screens, with the narrator telling us that we may not be able to tell the difference. Then he drops the bomb: “ ... but your wallet can.” See, the iPad starts at US$500, and this Kindle Fire starts at $270. But is it really the...
gizmag.com (1 month and 3 days ago)

Back when the iPad mini was just a rumor, many of us expected it to be in the same price range as the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire (US$200). That didn’t happen. In fact, Apple’s budget tablet rings up for more than Amazon’s high-end tablet. But a reputable Apple analyst now thinks the company might do something about that later this year – by releasing a cheaper version of the...
gizmag.com (23 days ago)
Amazon.com pared the price of its 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD tablets by as much as 20%, undercutting rival Apple's iPad.
wsj.com (2 months and 12 days ago)

According to a report in the WSJ, Microsoft is working on a new line-up of its Windows 8-powered Surface tablets that includes a seven inch version of the slate. This small form factor size would enable Microsoft to compete with the likes of the Android-powered Google Nexus 7, Amazon Kindle Fire and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, as well as Apple's iOS-based iPad Mini.
techcrunch.com (1 month and 11 days ago)

It doesn’t take a deep reading of supply-chain tea leaves to see that smaller tablets are taking over. Offering lower prices and better portability, tablets such as Apple’s iPad mini, Amazon’s Kindle Fire, and Google’s Nexus 7 are loaded with consumer appeal. Nonetheless, analytics firm NPD DisplaySearch has done the dirty work and confirmed our suspicions. In January,...
pcworld.com (2 months and 20 days ago)

The new Kindle Fire HD has an 8,9inch screen - just slightly smaller than Apple's 9.7inch iPad screen.
dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 12 days ago)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- I hope I'm as right about this rumored "cheap" iPhone as I was about Apple's iPad mini. When iPad mini was about to hit, most everybody said it was going to be "cheap" and would fail. Wrong on both counts. It's relatively expensive and, as far as we know, a major success. If Apple entered the $199 space against Google and Amazon.com , it would have...
thestreet.com (1 month and 5 days ago)

The iPad still rules the tablet roost, with both versions handily outselling all of its rivals. But Apple’s two biggest competitors, Amazon and Samsung, aren’t going anywhere. Their latest tablets – the Galaxy Note 8.0 and Kindle Fire HD 8.9” – are both compelling alternatives to the iPad and iPad mini. Let’s compare the specs (and other features) of the Note 8 and Fire 8.9...
gizmag.com (29 days ago)
The iPad's share of the UK tablet market has fallen from 73 per cent to 63 per cent in the last twelve months, according to figures published by YouGov.The Tablet Tracker show a leap in the ownership of Android tablets, mainly through the cheaper Google Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire, while Samsung also made significant gains at the end of Q1 2013.The Google Nexus 7, which...
techradar.com (1 month and 3 days ago)
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