American research and development and computer hardware company
Amazon Lab126, Inc. Amazon Lab126 headquarters in Sunnyvale
Company type Subsidiary Industry Founded 2004; 22 years ago (2004 ) Headquarters 1100 Enterprise Way,,United States
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Amazon Lab126 [ 4] Lab126 ) is an Americanresearch and development andcomputer hardware company owned byAmazon.com .[ 5] [ 6] Palm , and is based inSunnyvale, California .[ 7] Kindle line ofe-readers andtablets .[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Lab126's name derives from the arrow in Amazon's logo, which points from A to Z—the 1st and 26th letters in theEnglish language alphabet .[ 11] [ 6]
On November 19, 2007, after three years of research and development by Lab126, theAmazon Kindle e-reader was released. Gregg Zehr had given it the code name 'Fiona' after the character Fiona inThe Diamond Age byNeal Stephenson . It was priced at $399 and included free cellular data worldwide.
Newer models of the Kindle continue to be released, with the latest model called the Kindle Oasis in mid-2016.[ 12]
In 2011, Lab126 released theKindle Fire tablet ; in 2012, they released two new models of the Fire tablet called theKindle Fire HD .[ 13] Fire HDX , a high-end tablet.[ 14]
In 2014, Lab126 released theAmazon Fire TV digital media player ; in late 2014, they released the smallerFire TV Stick . Lab126 also released theFire Phone that was not commercially successful.[ 15] [ 5]
In 2015, Lab126 released theAmazon Echo , avoice command device .[ 16]
In 2016, it released theEcho Dot , which is a hockey puck sized version of the Echo; they also released theAmazon Tap , a smaller, portable version of the Echo.[ 17] [ 18]
In 2021, Lab126 announcedAmazon Astro , a brand of domestic robots developed in house.[ 19] [ 20]
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