The new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet is seen here at a press conference in New York, in 2011. Kindle Fire proved popular last year, and the small-format Google Nexus 7 joined the Samsung Galaxy in the ... more 

The new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet is seen here at a press conference in New York, in 2011. Kindle Fire proved popular last year, and the small-format Google Nexus 7 joined the Samsung Galaxy in the hot tablet market, dominated by the iPad, which has a screen of nearly 10 inches (24.6 centimeters) less