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In the latest gadget news, Spotify, a free streaming music service, has made a huge dent in the marketshare of online music.  Companies like Apple and Google are doing their best to put together music products that compete directly with Spotify’s Web-based music streaming product. Record labels are making the process as difficult as possible for these giants, but Spotify is upping the anne.  [...]

Amazon is in development of new tablet device that may launch as early as this summer. According to reports, Amazon has chosen Samsung to help design and build the tablet, which may run Honeycomb or even a custom operating system based on Google’s Android platform. Rumors of an Amazon tablet have been around for quite some time, and Android was always expected to be Amazon’s OS of choice. News [...]

Amazon has announced a new cloud-based music storage service called Cloud Drive. The new service allows you to store up to 5GB of music and playback tracks via your Android smartphone, Android tablet, Mac, or PC. Users that purchase a complete album via Amazon’s MP3 store will automatically be upgraded to 20GB of storage, free of charge, and tracks purchased on Amazon are automatically uploaded [...]

Yesterday, Amazon launched its new on-device and Web-based Android application hub, the Amazon Appstore. As a direct rival to Google’s own Android Market, the Amazon Appstore features a wide range of Android games and applications. Amazon is also touting the exclusive availability of Rovio’s new app, Angry Birds Rio. Free for a limited time, Angry Birds Rio is Rovio’s latest game for the Android [...]

Amazon, yes Amazon, will have an App store, which will directly compete with Google’s Android Market. If you visit Amazon.com/apps, you’ll find a listing of Android applications, 48 in total, with prices. That address redirects to Amazon’s homepage now, but some screen shots revealed a snapshot of what we can expect when the store launches. When Amazon announced their soon-to-debut App store, [...]

AT&T is licking its chops because they will soon begin selling Amazon’s 3G Kindle in its retail locations. Starting March 6th, customers will be able to purchase the Kindle 3G eReader from AT&T stores across the country for $189. 3G service on AT&T’s nationwide network is still bundled with the purchase price of the device, so no additional service plan will be required. “Amazon [...]

Amazon Kindle app for Windows Phone 7 —Amazon’s Kindle application for the Windows Phone 7 platform is here, and it offers exactly what you think it might — the ability to purchase and read over 750,000 eBooks in Amazon’s library, free access to preview the first chapter of each, Amazon’s Whispersync service to keep data in sync across devices, personalized recommendations and more. The [...]

RIM has Amazon MP3 app for BlackBerry – RIM and Amazon.com launched Amazon MP3 for BlackBerry smartphones, giving BlackBerry smartphone users in the U.S. access to Amazon’s catalog of over 14 million songs. Download Amazon music via Wi-Fi or over the air Amazon MP3 for BlackBerry smartphones allows users to browse, preview, download, store, and tell friends about their favorite music all [...]