Amazon Lab126
Amazon Lab126 (sometimes known as Lab126) is an American research and development and computer hardware company owned by Amazon.com. It was founded in 2004 by Gregg Zehr, previously Vice President of Hardware Engineering at Palm, and is based in Sunnyvale, California. It is widely known for developing Amazon's Kindle line of e-readers and tablets.
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| Company 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 |
| Website | lab126.com |
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]
Name
[edit]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
[edit]On November 19, 2007, after three years of research and development by Lab126, the Amazon Kindle e-reader was released. Gregg Zehr had given it the code name 'Fiona' after the character Fiona in The Diamond Age by Neal 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 the Kindle Fire tablet; in 2012, they 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.[14]
In 2014, Lab126 released the Amazon Fire TV digital media player; in late 2014, they released the smaller Fire TV Stick. Lab126 also released the Fire Phone that was not commercially successful.[15][5]
In 2015, Lab126 released the Amazon Echo, a voice command device.[16]
In 2016, it released the Echo Dot, which is a hockey puck sized version of the Echo; they also released the Amazon Tap, a smaller, portable version of the Echo.[17][18]
In 2021, Lab126 announced Amazon Astro, a brand of domestic robots developed in house.[19][20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Contact Lab126 - Sunnyvale, CA". Lab126. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ "Panos Panay". 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.
- ^ a b "Following Fire Phone Flop, Big Changes At Amazon's Lab126". Fast Company. 5 January 2015.
- ^ a b 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 (4 January 2013). "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
- ^ Byford, Sam (2017-05-16). "How is Amazon's 2013 tablet still the best one it ever released?". The Verge. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ^ "Amazon Fire Phone Flops". TechCrunch. AOL. 23 October 2014.
- ^ "The Real Story of How Amazon Built the Echo". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ^ "Amazon adds the $130 Amazon Tap and the $90 Echo Dot to the Echo family". TechCrunch. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ^ Rey, Jason Del (2016-03-03). "Amazon unveils two new versions of Echo, including one you can take to the beach". Vox. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ^ McCracken, Harry (2021-09-28). "Amazon's Astro home robot is 'Alexa on wheels'—and much more". Fast Company. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ^ "Amazon Reveals the Science Behind Astro, Its New Robot". Digital Trends. 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
External links
[edit]- Lab 126 -- Public Website Archived 2018-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
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