Monday, January 30

Amazon Kindle Fire Scorches Samsung Market Share

Amazon’s Kindle Fire has had a dramatic impact on the fledgling and struggling Android tablet market by challenging Samsung’s dominance of the market in just three months. According to app analytics firm Flurry, the Fire was responsible for 35.7% of all Android tablet app sessions in January 2012, up from only 3% in November when the tablet was launched mid- month. That sharp increase in share has pulled the Samsung Galaxy Tab from a 63% share in November to 35.6% in January. Read more here