Looking for a great deal on the tablet that proved to manufacturers that price matters? Amazon is offering up certified refurbished Kindle Fires at a ridiculous price of $139. It’s a limited time, limited quantity deal, so you’ll want to act fast. The Amazon Kindle Fire blazed into the tablet market with its perfect price and treasure trove of content. It was the first tablet to successfully steal a sliver of the market away from tablet titan Apple. At $199 it opened the door for budget conscious consumers to experience digital content in a new and exciting way. It was a good deal then and at $139, it’s a great deal now!
Continuing to improve the Kindle Fire, Amazon has announced this evening a new update to the 7-inch tablet. Version 6.3 has just begun being pushed to devices and will arrive over-the-air shortly. The update adds an array of bug fixes, along with the ability to easily share favorite passages and notes from your books directly from Kindle Fire, without even leaving the Kindle app. Version 6.3 also features a few more updates.
Amazon Prime Members now have several more reasons to spend $79 a year thanks to a recent licensing deal signed with Discovery Communications. Members will now enjoy hit shows from the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science and Military Channel, as well as content from the company’s 25-year programming library. With the addition of Discovery’s hit titles, Prime Members now have access to an additional 17,000 titles from the Prime Instant Video library on top of the 120,000+ titles available through Amazon Instant Video.
The Amazon Appstore turned 1 today, and to celebrate this milestone, they will be offering tons of apps at discounted prices. Starting today, Amazon will feature a hit app at up to 67% off followed by two apps tomorrow, three apps the next day, and so on. You’ll find plenty of user favorites such as Fruit Ninja, Wolfram Alpha, Splashtop Remote Desktop, and many more, on sale in Amazon’s week of deals. If it’s one thing the Amazon Appstore has been good for, it”s free and discounted apps.
Today the International Data Corporation raised its 2012 tablet forecast to 106.1 million units, up from its previous forecast of 87.7 million units thanks to a stronger-than-expected 2011 finish. According to IDC, tablet shipments rose 155%, leading to a full-year 2011 total of 68.7 million units shipped. The IDC credits Amazon for raising consumers’ awareness of the tablet category in 2011 thanks to their popular $199 Kindle Fire.
