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09-08-2016, 04:40 PM
Amazon finally brings Alexa to the Fire tablet
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While Apple and others are struggling a bit to interest new customers in tablets (and existing ones in upgrading the hearty devices), Amazon has been happily selling a line of extremely low-cost Android devices featuring its own Fire OS.
The strategy has vaulted Amazon into the Number 3 spot in tablet shipments and **w the company is targeting the iPad mini with the Amazon Fire HD 8, a new $89.99 8-inch model that also includes the Amazon Alexa voice assistant.
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To put that price tag in perspective, Apple currently sells its base, 16 GB iPad mini 4 for $399 (the mini 2 starts at $269).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/08/amazon-alexa-fire-tablet-/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The strategy has vaulted Amazon into the Number 3 spot in tablet shipments and **w the company is targeting the iPad mini with the Amazon Fire HD 8, a new $89.99 8-inch model that also includes the Amazon Alexa voice assistant.
SEE ALSO: Coming to Amazon in September: Woody Allen ******, 'Transparent' Season 3 and more (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/amazon-what-to-stream-september/)
To put that price tag in perspective, Apple currently sells its base, 16 GB iPad mini 4 for $399 (the mini 2 starts at $269).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/08/amazon-alexa-fire-tablet-/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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