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Kindle Fire Phone: Our first 5 days with Amazon's smartphone |
July 23, 2014
The more I use Amazon's Fire phone, the crazier it seems that Amazon is launching its first smartphone in 2014.The smartphone market is now saturated with iPhones and Android handsets, and they've become so sophisticated that smaller competitors have little room for error. Just ask Microsoft and BlackBerry, whose respective platforms are constantly playing catch-up on features and struggling to gain market share.Still, I get why Amazon wants to step into the ring. The Fire phone, which launches July 25, offers a direct pipeline into Amazon's library of videos, books, music and apps—more so than any other phone. It's also the easiest way to shop for physical goods on Amazon's website. Amazon already sells tablets and a TV set-top box for these purposes; a smartphone is the obvious missing link.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2456152/kindle-fire-phone-our-first-5-days-with-amazons-smartphone.html#tk.rss_all
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