Pick me up a six-pack of tablets, willya? | Pocketnow Weekly 166

Posted on by Michael Fisher

Update: Now with more silicon than ever.Hey, do me a favor? Next time you go on down to the Piggly Wiggly, see if they’ve got them there tablet six packs? I won’t have ’em all, I promise; I just want a couple for the road.Yep, things got a little craaaaaazy in mobile technology this week. In the midst of our comprehensive Moto X Pure Edition review and a boatload of hands-ons from CTIA in Las Vegas, we’ve seen Nextbit announce a cloud-based smartphone, Apple allow an ad blocker into the App Store, and Amazon release, yes, tablet six-packs. And on top of all ...

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Amazon unveils a host of new tablets: Fire HD, Fire HDX, and more

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

In a bit of a surprising move – we can’t recall the last time that a tech company’s plans legitimately surprised us – Amazon has just unveiled a new set of tablets. These new Amazon tablets include refreshes for the Kindle Fire HDX line and more.Let’s start off with the Fire HDX. First off, as you may have noticed, the “Kindle” branding has been dropped from the name. Moving on to the product itself, you’ll get a 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor, an 8.9-inch display with a 339 ppi pixel density, Dolby Atmos audio, and an 8MP rear camera. ...

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