With $25 Android App Giveaway, Amazon Shows Larger Ambitions

Amazon.com (AMZN) is giving new Verizon Android customers who buy a phone on AmazonWireless $25 worth of credits for apps in its Amazon Appstore. The promotion ends on May 1 and is limited to one carrier. But it's another sign of how serious Amazon is taking its app store and how, in a larger sense, it is filling out an ecosystem that can...

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CES: MSI shows WinPad 100A

MSI's WinPad 100A is still prototypical, and its design will likely change before release.(Credit: Eric Franklin/CNET)  LAS VEGAS--MSI was fairly coy about sending out pics of its Android-based tablet, the WinPad 100A. Luckily, the device was on display at the company's CES booth. The WinPad 100A has a 10.1-inch capacitive touch...

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The IPad's Secret Abilities

Jonathan Avila uses his iPad in ways most people might not realize are possible: The device reads e-mail to him while he’s traveling to work, tells him which way to walk when he is lost, and even lets him know if there’s a sidewalk on the other side of the street. Avila needs these features because he’s visually impaired. "Work bought...

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