Amazon is finally ready to unleash its first phone, the Fire. An exclusive to AT&T, this unique phone sports a spiffy interface totally new to the phone world, and a few fancy hardware and software ...

In 2014, Amazon introduced its first smartphone, which became one of the company's highest-profile flops. Now, Amazon is ...

In this episode of Version History: Amazon’s big, mostly very bad ideas about phones. In this episode of Version History: Amazon’s big, mostly very bad ideas about phones. is editor-at-large and ...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says it’s still early, and there’s room for a competitor to challenge Apple and Samsung in the smartphone arena. Bezos unveiled the company’s first smartphone ever on Wednesday, ...

In announcing Fire, its first-ever smartphone, Amazon showed off some sparks of innovation. There are two standout features in particular: a service called Firefly that can identify everything from a ...

NEW YORK – What I find fascinating about Amazon’s Fire phone isn’t the gizmos such as the 3-D imagery or the camera scanner that helps you get more information about products. Rather, I like that ...

From a hardware perspective, the Fire Phone carries a bill of materials (BOM) low enough to allow Amazon to cut a profit for each smartphone sold. But with Amazon likely having sunk large amounts of ...

It can stream video to the Fire TV. That's a no-brainer. Voice search works as well -- a Siri competitor. The carousel is updated to better fit the phone UI. Answer mail right from the main screen.