Kindle Fire Takes 54% of Android Tablet Market [STUDY]

Amazon’s Kindle Fire has taken 54.4% of the Android tablet market, leaving the number two in the category — Samsung Galaxy Tab — in the dust, according to comScore.

The Kindle Fire, introduced in November, nearly doubled its share over the last two months, comScore reports. Meanwhile, Galaxy Tab, which had a 23.8% share in December, is now down to 15.4%.

Motorola Xoom, the number three in the category, commanded 11.8% of the market in December and has now dropped to 7%, according to the report.

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, First Quad-Core Android Tablet, On Pre-Order

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The first quad-core Android tablet, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, is now available for pre-order in North America.

The tablet, a successor to the Asus Eee Pad Transformer released last spring, has a 8.3mm-thin body, a 1280×800 display, a Nvidia Tegra 3 processor (making it the world’s first quad-core tablet), 1GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera capable of shooting 1080p video, a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera and a microSD slot. It weighs 1.29 pounds and has 12 hours of battery life.

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