If the Kindle Fire were running a standard version of Android, it would be easy to go to the iPad. However, it’s running an extremely modified version that’s unique to Amazon products.

The Kindle Fire is shown at a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 in New York. The e-reader and tablet has a 7-inch (17.78 cm) multicolor touchscreen and will go on sale for $199 on Nov. 15.

The Kindle Fire HDX and both iPad Mini models offer an optional cellular radio for mobile data, costing about $100 extra, plus the cost of a contract. All prices reflect the manufacturers' retail ...

Amazon's Kindle Fire is expected to take nearly 14% of the global tablet market in the fourth quarter, placing it second behind Apple's iPad with its 65% share, according to an analysis by IHS.

On paper, the new Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 blows the iPad 3 out of the water. But most importantly, the 16GB Fire HD -- with its 1920x1200 (254 PPI) Retina-equivalent screen! -- is a full 200 ...

The media tablet is just one aspect of the iPad, whereas it’s the point of the Kindle Fire. Apple’s made iOS into a rich operating system, one about to become even more capable with iOS 5.

The great tech horse race of 2011 pits the iPad, that thoroughbred of tablet computers, against a pair of new lightweight fillies, the Kindle Fire and Barnes and Noble’s Nook.

Amazon announced today that the Kindle Fire Newsstand will offer over 400 full-color subscription publications. Anyone who subscribes before March 1, 2012 will get a free three-month trial of ...

Tablet fever won't cool soon. Gartner predicts 326.3 million will be sold in 2015. Researcher IDC expects Amazon to sell 3 million Kindle Fire tablets in the holiday season alone.

But can Amazon really push the iPad juggernaut off course? The magic of the original Kindle was its beautiful simplicity. It couldn't play TV shows or music or make you a coffee, but its E Ink ...

The Kindle Fire will probably slice off a bit of the iPad’s market control, but we don’t know how much right now. ChangeWave’s survey just takes us further away from that answer.