Top 15 technology products of 2011—14: Amazon Kindle Fire

Continued from #15 You can purchase the Amazon Kindle Fire at Best Buy. (Los Angeles locations listed here.) The Amazon Kindle Fire wasn't advertised as an iPad killer and this is why it has been such a success. Instead, we received an Amazon Kindle on steroids. For $199, the Kindle is an excellent reading, music, and video multimedia machine. It offers both Hulu Plus and Netflix—something that isn't available on any other Android powered tablet. The screen is also the best there is for anything in the sub $200 price range. Unfortunately, some users may be turned off with the less-than-generous 8GB storage (with no expandable memory slot). The lack of Bluetooth or GPS is another...