Dedicated e-readers’ days could be numbered, according to a new survey by iSuppli: the firm reckons that demand for e-readers has peaked and will soon collapse, and it’s all because of tablets

When Amazon cut the price of its Kindle Fire for the Black Friday shopping weekend, the tablets flew off the shelves – in fact, they sold so quickly that Amazon managed to sell mumblemumble

No, we’re not pushing some dodgy auction deal: for Black Friday, Amazon has chopped £30 from the price of its Kindle Fire tablet until Monday the 26th of November

According to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the Kindle Fire HD is the best tablet “at any price”. Is it? Now that the device is in the hands of independent reviewers, the verdicts are in – and it’s safe to say they’re a mixed bunch.

In addition to the Kindle Fire 2, Amazon unveiled two more Kindle tablets: seven-inch and 8.9-inch tablets it calls the Kindle Fire HD. For now the UK is only getting the seven-inch model, but that should be enough to worry Google: it costs the same as the Nexus 7 but beats it on a few key specifications

Good news for Amazon fans: the Kindle Fire tablet has finally made its way to the UK, and it’s been updated too: the Kindle Fire you see on Amazon’s home page is actually the Kindle Fire 2. The device will start shipping at the end of October, but you can pre-order it today

In a move guaranteed to delight fans of the Two Ronnies, Amazon appears to be making four kindles for release later this year – and a smartphone too

Here’s an interesting coincidence: just days after Google’s Nexus 7 tablet gets a warm reception, the iPad mini rumour factory kicks into overdrive. Apple’s making an iPad mini, the rumours say, and it’s going into production in September. It’ll have a seven-inch, 1024×768 touchscreen, it’ll run all your favourite apps, and it’ll sell squillions

Compared to the Christmas shopping period, the new year tends to show a bit of a slump — but according to IDC, while the overall market did indeed slump by some 38.4%, Amazon’s fall was particularly dramatic: not only did Amazon sell fewer tablets, but its market share dropped dramatically too

Has Google lost control of Amazon? That’s what the latest set of sales figures suggest, because the world’s favourite Android firm is now Amazon

In America, Amazon’s Kindle and Kindle Fire face stiff competition from Barnes & Noble’s Nook and Nook Tablet — and now Microsoft’s getting in on the act

It’s small, it runs Android and it’s really cheap. No, not Amazon’s Kindle Fire, but Xtex’s My Tablet 7, which is pitched directly at would-be Kindle customers

Fancy a Kindle? You might like to hang on: Amazon has announced that it’s making not one, not two but three new Kindle tablets to go on sale this year. Aimed at the budget, mid-range and high end markets respectively

Book-loving tablet fans have not one but two cheap big-name tablets to choose from: Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble’s Nook Tablet. How do they stack up?