http://www.slashgear.com Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:55:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.slashgear.com/rubinstein-laments-loss-of-palm-in-light-of-webos-influenced-industry-12286191/ http://www.slashgear.com/rubinstein-laments-loss-of-palm-in-light-of-webos-influenced-industry-12286191/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:40:38 +0000 Chris Burns http://www.slashgear.com/?p=286191 Amazon and Qualcomm. Having been asked about what he's thought about...would be given the major upper-hand in deciding how a smartphone was delivered to the public, Rubinstein speaks on how manufacturers...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/rubinstein-laments-loss-of-palm-in-light-of-webos-influenced-industry-12286191/feed/ 2 http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-kindle-fire-hd-and-hd-8-9-spreads-over-170-countries-by-mid-june-23283282/ http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-kindle-fire-hd-and-hd-8-9-spreads-over-170-countries-by-mid-june-23283282/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 08:06:46 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=283282 Amazon's Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 ...8.9-inch tablets - which run Amazon's heavily customized Android platform ... begin shipping more broadly. Update: Amazon also has news about Appstore... on at least two potential smartphones, one of which would use...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-kindle-fire-hd-and-hd-8-9-spreads-over-170-countries-by-mid-june-23283282/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-smartphone-duo-with-glasses-free-3d-eye-tracking-tipped-09281315/ http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-smartphone-duo-with-glasses-free-3d-eye-tracking-tipped-09281315/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 18:03:44 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=281315 smartphones Amazon is working on, with at least... to be a different project. In fact, Amazon is apparently looking to hardware on a... As for the media streamer possibility, with Amazon already having an MP3 download store, ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-smartphone-duo-with-glasses-free-3d-eye-tracking-tipped-09281315/feed/ 1 http://www.slashgear.com/ex-windows-phone-gm-joins-the-amazon-team-01276042/ http://www.slashgear.com/ex-windows-phone-gm-joins-the-amazon-team-01276042/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:13:22 +0000 Brian Sin http://www.slashgear.com/?p=276042 Amazon's new project. Kindel is... nor his current position at Amazon, but he states that the... to work on its potential Smartphone device. It believes that Kindel... isn't working on the Amazon smartphone, there are still plenty...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/ex-windows-phone-gm-joins-the-amazon-team-01276042/feed/ 1 http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-reportedly-acquires-evi-voice-control-app-to-take-on-siri-17278263/ http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-reportedly-acquires-evi-voice-control-app-to-take-on-siri-17278263/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:42:11 +0000 Craig Lloyd http://www.slashgear.com/?p=278263 Amazon would be manufacturing their own smartphone, especially considering that they have their ... TechCrunch, anonymous sources are claiming that Amazon purchased Evi for $26 million. ... we could also see in an Amazon smartphone as well. With the acquisition...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-reportedly-acquires-evi-voice-control-app-to-take-on-siri-17278263/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-files-patent-for-wirelessly-powered-remote-displays-01276064/ http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-files-patent-for-wirelessly-powered-remote-displays-01276064/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:48:31 +0000 Brian Sin http://www.slashgear.com/?p=276064 Amazon states that while the display may be... in the device can offer many benefits. Amazon also states that the display will ...coming out in the future, perhaps even an Amazon Smartphone. [via GeekWire] [timeline]]]> http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-files-patent-for-wirelessly-powered-remote-displays-01276064/feed/ 1 http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-coins-virtual-currency-launches-glue-for-amazons-hardware-ambitions-13281723/ http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-coins-virtual-currency-launches-glue-for-amazons-hardware-ambitions-13281723/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 13:36:36 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=281723 Amazon will be offering discounts for ...if you're a frequent shopper; Amazon says that buying large quantities... you can't empty your Amazon account of virtual currency and... on at least two new smartphones - one said to have a...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-coins-virtual-currency-launches-glue-for-amazons-hardware-ambitions-13281723/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-blocks-apple-in-goodreads-purchase-18278467/ http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-blocks-apple-in-goodreads-purchase-18278467/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:46:31 +0000 Chris Burns http://www.slashgear.com/?p=278467 Amazon showed up with a large ...in the deal between Goodreads and Amazon is not known in full,... in a separate deal once Amazon has finalized theirs. While it... to persist that Amazon is bringing their own smartphone to the...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/amazon-blocks-apple-in-goodreads-purchase-18278467/feed/ 1 http://www.slashgear.com/zte-director-budget-smartphone-arrives-at-us-cellular-12277678/ http://www.slashgear.com/zte-director-budget-smartphone-arrives-at-us-cellular-12277678/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:12:53 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=277678 smartphones running older varieties of Android than ...too conventional, the carrier is offering this smartphone for $0.01 alongside a new .... There are some preloaded apps, including Amazon Music and Slacker Radio. If you'...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/zte-director-budget-smartphone-arrives-at-us-cellular-12277678/feed/ 1 http://www.slashgear.com/lg-lucid-2-review-11277492/ http://www.slashgear.com/lg-lucid-2-review-11277492/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:49:24 +0000 Cory Gunther http://www.slashgear.com/?p=277492 smartphone over on Verizon Wireless. It's absolutely... get dumb-down for a first-time smartphone user. [gallery ids="277522,277519,277517"] ..., and recently they've been adding Amazon's suite too. Add those to ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/lg-lucid-2-review-11277492/feed/ 1 http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-s-4-pre-orders-now-live-in-the-uk-28275631/ http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-s-4-pre-orders-now-live-in-the-uk-28275631/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:15:36 +0000 Craig Lloyd http://www.slashgear.com/?p=275631 smartphone to release into the ether, but... wireless carriers and online retailers, including Amazon and Carphone Warehouse. At Carphone ...£530, which is £100 cheaper than Amazon and Carphone Warehouse. As for ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-s-4-pre-orders-now-live-in-the-uk-28275631/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/idc-smart-connected-devices-surpassed-1-billion-device-shipments-in-2012-26275408/ http://www.slashgear.com/idc-smart-connected-devices-surpassed-1-billion-device-shipments-in-2012-26275408/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:19:01 +0000 Brian Sin http://www.slashgear.com/?p=275408 Amazon's Kindle Fire. Tablets are also ... smartphones were shipped worldwide last year. Smartphones saw a 46.1% year-...-year increase this year. Shipments of smartphones surpassed that of tablets, desktop ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/idc-smart-connected-devices-surpassed-1-billion-device-shipments-in-2012-26275408/feed/ 2