There was no discussion of Kindle maps yesterday or subsequently that I’ve seen. Reportedly Amazon has also done a deal with Nokia to use its mapping services on its hypothetically forthcoming smartphone, and potentially on these devices (though if Bing is the default engine wouldn’t Bing Maps also be the mapping provider?). However most people will use the installed/default Silk browser with Bing. I would anticipate that Firefox and Chrome will ultimately be available as well. There are several alternative browsers currently available for Kindle Fire/HD including Opera, Maxthon and Dolphin. If so, that could provide a boost to Bing, especially in a mobile/quasi-mobile context. (We were able to confirm this with Microsoft directly earlier this evening.) The original Kindle Fire used Google.Īmazon is likely to sell several million of these new devices given their aggressive pricing (partly subsidized by ads). ![]() ![]() Ubergizmo is reporting that Bing (not Google) will be the default search engine for the Amazon browser on the new Kindle tablets.
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