2004 2004 headquarters sunnyvale usa area served worldwide key people gregg zehr president products amazon kindle fire phone fire tv parent amazon.com website lab126.com lab126 inc is a subsidiary of amazon.com responsible for r & d that formed in 2004 1 and widely known for developing amazon s kindle devices . 2 3 4 it is based in sunnyvale california and is headed by gregg zehr . 5 zehr was previously the vp of hardware engineering at palm computing . the name comes from the fact that the numbers 1 and 26 corresponds to the order of the first and last letters of the english alphabet . projects edit in addition to the kindle e readers lab126 is developing other easy to use highly integrated consumer products to serve amazon customers . 6 in 2011 lab126 released the kindle fire tablet and in 2012 released two new models of the fire tablet called the kindle fire hd . 7 in 2013 it released the fire hdx . in 2014 lab126 released the amazon fire tv digital media player and in late 2014 released the fire tv stick . in june 2014 lab126 announced the fire phone that had cameras to track the user s eyes to give the impression of 3d and it was released in july . 1 8 in 2015 lab126 released the amazon echo a voice command device . in 2016 it released the echo dot which is hockey puck sized version of the echo and the amazon tap a smaller portable version of the echo . references edit a b following fire phone flop big changes at amazon s lab126 . fast company . catherine shu . amazon s r & d group lab126 embarks on hiring spree as kindle business expands . techcrunch . aol . amazon kindle product page . retrieved 2008 03 22 . amazon grows a startup in cupertino . archived from the original on july 22 2011 . retrieved 2008 03 22 . amazon research unit lab 126 agrees to big lease that could bring sunnyvale 2 600 new workers . retrieved 2016 08 21 . lab126 homepage . retrieved 2008 03 23 . amazon preparing up to six new kindle fire tablets 23 july 2012 molen brad . live from amazon s phone announcement in seattle . engadget.com . retrieved 2014 06 18 . external links edit lab 126 public website v t e amazon.com people current jeff bezos tony hsieh christopher north werner vogels gregg zehr former rick dalzell brian mcbride david risher ram shriram tom szkutak brian valentine facilities amazon tower i amazon tower ii products and services websites a9.com abebooks alexa internet amapedia askville bookfinder cdnow china curse the book depository dash diapers.com digital photography review endless.com fresh goodreads internet movie database box office mojo withoutabox junglee.com local marketplace payments planetall shelfari twitch.tv wireless woot.com zappos web services ami cloudfront dynamodb ebs ec2 mturk product advertising api rds s3 ses simpledb sqs vpc silk glacier storywriter digital alexa appstore audible inc. comixology amazon drive echo video prime kindle kindle fire fire hd fire hdx fire tv fire phone kindle store lexcycle lovefilm mobipocket music reflexive entertainment fire os amazon digital game store technology 1 click carbonado dynamo gurupa lab126 double helix games obidos liquavista publishing amazon publishing amazon studios breakthrough novel award best books of the year kindle direct publishing investments 43 things amie street songza librarything livingsocial sellaband other amazon books amazon light asin controversies tax fishbowl locker perfect 10 inc. v. amazon.com inc. statistically improbable phrase vine list of amazon.com locations list of mergers and acquisitions by amazon.com list of amazon.com products and services this united states corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lab126 & oldid 735561224 categories 2004 establishments in californiaamazon.comcompanies based in cupertino californiacomputer companies established in 2004electronics companies of the united statesunited states company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 21 august 2016 at 15 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view