Amazon Lab126
Amazon Lab126[4] (sometimes known as Lab126) is an American research and development and computer hardware company owned by Amazon.com.[5] It was founded in 2004 by Gregg Zehr,[6] previously Vice President of Hardware Engineering at Palm, and is based in Sunnyvale, California.[7] It is widely known for developing Amazon's Kindle line of e-readers and tablets.[8][9][10]
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| Type | Subsidiary |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | 1100 Enterprise Way, Sunnyvale, California 94089[1] , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Number of employees | 3,000[3] |
| Parent | Amazon.com |
| Website | lab126.com |
Name
Lab126's name derives from the arrow in Amazon's logo, which points from A to Z—the 1st and 26th letters in the English language alphabet.[11][6]
Products
- In 2007, after three years of research and development by Lab126, the Amazon Kindle e-reader was released. 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 the Kindle Fire tablet and in 2012 released two new models of the Fire tablet called the Kindle Fire HD.[13] In 2013, it released the Fire HDX, a high-end tablet.
- In 2014, Lab126 released the Amazon Fire TV digital media player and in late 2014 released the smaller Fire TV Stick.
- In 2014, Lab126 released the Fire Phone that was not commercially successful.[14][5]
- In 2015, Lab126 released the Amazon Echo, a voice command device.
- In 2016, it released the Echo Dot, which is a hockey puck sized version of the Echo and the Amazon Tap, a smaller, portable version of the Echo.
- In 2021, it announced Amazon Astro, a brand of domestic robots developed by Lab126.
References
- "Contact Lab126 - Sunnyvale, CA". Lab126. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- "David Limp". LinkedIn.
- Yu, Howard. "On Cyber Monday, Jeff Bezos Has Made Amazon Echo Sound Better Than Google Home". Forbes.
- "Lab126 Designs and Engineers Hand-held Consumer Electronics in Sunnyvale, CA". Amazon Lab216. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- "Following Fire Phone Flop, Big Changes At Amazon's Lab126". Fast Company. 5 January 2015.
- García Vega, Miguel Ángel (April 27, 2022). "What is Lab126, Amazon's secretive research laboratory?". El Pais. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- "Amazon research unit Lab 126 agrees to big lease that could bring Sunnyvale 2,600 new workers". 19 September 2012. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- Catherine Shu. "Amazon's R&D Group Lab126 Embarks On Hiring Spree As Kindle Business Expands". TechCrunch. AOL.
- "Amazon Kindle Product Page". Amazon. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- "Amazon Grows A Startup In Cupertino". Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- "Work with Us § Our Story". Amazon Lab126. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- Amazon's Kindle Oasis is the funkiest e-reader it's ever made The Verge Retrieved April 13, 2016
- Amazon preparing 'up to six' new Kindle Fire tablets 23 July 2012
- "Amazon Fire Phone Flops". TechCrunch. AOL.
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