Amazon.com Inc. refreshed the Kindle brand today, updating its Kindle Fire tablet computer and announcing new standalone e-reader models. The Fire will be an effort to take a larger share of the tablet computer market dominated by Apple’s iPad. It could help Amazon boost sales of digital goods such as e-books and movies. The event came a day after Nokia and Google’s Motorola Mobility division announced five new smartphones between them. The two from Nokia will be the company’s first to run the next version of Windows. Consumer electronics makers are trying to generate interest in their products now, before Apple announces a new iPhone and possibly a mini iPad next week. Rumors are swirling around the new iPhone; and the latest today is that Apple will be the sole maker of adapters for the iPhone 5’s new dock connector—and sources say the adapters will sell for about $10 each or $29 for a pack of three. Read more on those rumors here.
Amazon gives Kindle line a reboot in attempt to take bite out of Apple
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