The iPad and Kindle Fire HD are two different tablets intended for slightly different market segments. The iPad is a "does everything" tablet, while the Fire HD remains focused on media consumption.

The iPad has a 9.7-inch display, compared with a 7-inch screen on the Kindle Fire. That screen size is probably a big reason Amazon can offer its tablet at $199 – touchscreens are expensive to make.

The Kindle Fire is the first full-color, touch-screen Kindle. It's was released in the U.S. starting Monday for $199. A price like that for what's essentially a small iPad is bound to light the ...

Instead of heralding the demise of the world's most popular tablet and the crowning of a child prodigy that isn't even on the market yet, we're simply going to tell you the five ways in which the ...

Amazon’s new Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire present an appealing alternative to the iPad for some things, but there’s still room for a supersized Kindle Fire or a mini iPad.

Its first Kindle Fire struck just the right chords with pricing, simplicity, and brand familiarity. In 2012, though, the low-end of the tablet market is set to be a brawl.

Amazon today announced the Kindle Fire, a new 7-inch tablet computer to compete with Apple's successful iPad. Should Apple be worried? Starting price from Amazon was all of $199 -- far less than ...

The Fire is a tablet for everyone; its form factor makes the iPad seem like a dinner plate in comparison –- and you can get two Kindle Fires for the price of one iPad.

The iPad 2 is a great device. But I don’t need a $500 tablet. The Fire gives me the features I want at a price point that’s less than half of the iPad 2.

It wasn't overly explicit, but Jeff Bezos took a pretty big shot at Apple and the iPad this morning while introducing the new Kindle Fire: he flashed a photo of Apple's white USB cable, called ...