Uh Oh, Microsoft's Surface Tablet Is Getting Some Awful Reviews

It's Official: This Is Apple's iPad Mini

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Amazon Reveals The Kindle Fire: A $199 Dagger Aimed Right At The Heart Of Tablet Market

Update: Jeff Bezos just introduced the Amazon Fire, a full color tablet which will radically disrupt the tablet market.

It's priced at $199, and it works with all of Amazon's media services. Any tablet not named iPad, should be worried, even though the Fire is just seven inches large.

(We're about to go play with one, so we'll have a full report on the acual device. The demo looked impressive.)

In addition to the Fire, Amazon lowered the price of the regular Kindle and introduced a Kindle Touch. Read below for our live notes from the event.

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Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-tablet-event-2011-9#ixzz1ZGTEcLyd

Everyone's Right: The BlackBerry Playbook Doesn't Stand A Chance

iPad 2 Extends Apple's Lead: Apple Will Dominate The Tablet Market For Years

Apple's iPad 2 isn't a massive advance over the first iPad, but with hardware, software, apps, distribution, and pricing combined, it is still by far the best tablet on the market.

Despite recent announcements from Google, Motorola, Samsung, HP, and RIM, we still expect Apple to dominate the tablet market for years.

While competition will intensify, the iPad will continue to be the best all-around product for consumers, and therefore Apple should maintain very high market share (settling to 50%-60%) for at least several years.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/tablets-2011-3#ixzz1FqJCkFFU

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