What's Hot: Superb full HD display, fast Snapdragon 800 CPU, Mayday for newbies. Super-easy Amazon content consumption. What's Not: OS is highly customized and this isn't a general purpose Android ...

is an editor overseeing The Verge’s product reviews and service journalism programs. Dan has covered the technology world for over a decade at The Verge. In 2011, Amazon surprised us with the Kindle ...

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The Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 is user-friendly iPad alternative packed to the brim with useful features and a dapper design. Xiomara Blanco Associate Editor / Reviews - Tablets and monitors Xiomara Blanco ...

Wide-screen multimedia laptops have almost become a cliché in today's computer marketplace. Most also have at least 4GB of RAM, and similar high-end processors. In an effort to differentiate their ...

“Industry-leading processing power and a newbie-friendly Mayday feature make the Fire HDX a nice first tablet, but it’s uncomfortable rigid edges and power/volume button positioning leaves a lot to be ...

Up to this point, Amazon has updated the Kindle Fire's hardware once a year since it launched. It looks like this year's upgrades, though, are going to be the most modest by a huge margin. Today ...

On Thursday, Amazon began shipping the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HDX. On paper, and in person, the thing is impressive. It’s as thin as an iPad Air, and unlike its predecessors (and its 7-inch sibling), it ...

The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX is the latest in its line of tablets that run a forked and heavily customized version of Android 4.2 which Amazon calls Fire OS 3.0 "Mojito." But if you want to get more out ...

The HDX isn’t just a pretty face, or a set of powerful pipes, it’s the whole portable package. The overall scrolling, swiping, selecting, and browsing experience on the HDX is equally fantastic. Of ...

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