Amazon on Monday confirmed that its Kindle Fire tablet will receive its first update before year's end.
"As with all of our products, we continue to make them better for customers with regular software updates," a spokeswoman said in a statement. "In fact, in less than two weeks, we're rolling out an over-the-air update to Kindle Fire that will improve performance, touch navigation, and give customers the option to choose what items display on the carousel."
Amazon said today that the company has "sold millions" of Fire tablets since pre-orders started in late September, though it did not provide a specific number.
"Kindle Fire is the most successful product we've ever launched," the spokeswoman said.
News of the update was first reported by the New York Times, which also said the Fire is "less than a blazing success," pointing to "disgruntled" users who are returning the device.
According to the Times, complaints included: no external volume control; an overly sensitive off switch; long load times on Web pages; and the lack of a privacy setting.
The paper also cited research from analyst Jakob Nielsen, who slammed the Fire's form factor in a recent blog post. PCMag's Sascha Segan, however, said in a response column that he "disagreed passionately."
"Nielsen's claim that a 7-incher feels heavier than a 10-inch tablet is downright insane, and his issues with Web browsing seem to be about familiarity: of course if you're used to a 10-inch device, pages will look small on a 7-inch device," Segan wrote. "Once you get used to the 7-inch form factor, you zoom in and out of elements you want to view, just like on a phone."
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