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Amazon Now Confirms You Can Opt-Out Of Kindle Fire HD Ads, For A Fee

Forget the hype and premature praise for the Kindle Fire HD for the moment, because the past couple of days has been quite the storm for Amazon, and not for reasons it would have hoped. A backlash has since followed Jeff Besoz's so assured presentation, with many criticising Amazon's decision to make the HD an ad-supported device, with 'Special Offer' ads set to adorn both lock and home screens.

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WHSmith releases 7-inch Android colour tablet.

WHSmith seems to have grown rather out-of-date as of late.  As a brand around here, except for the Smiths at Lincoln and Notts train stations, are starting to become rather overlooked.  So to bring itself back into Christmas contention, they've released the Kobo Vox: a 7-inch Android powered tablet (hello Kindle Fire).

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Rumour: iPad 3 Is Smaller, Production To Start In January

This rumour seems to always circulate at this time; but it's retaining it's travels around the web, indicating what we might expect from the next-generation of Apple’s iPad. If rumours prove to be correct, we might well be seeing a much smaller model from the rather beefy iPad 2. 

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