Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD with 8.9-inch screen, LTE

Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD with 8.9-inch screen, LTE

 

Amazon introduced the newest member of its tablet range, the Kindle Fire HD with an 8.9-inch, enhanced HD display, improved Wi-Fi antenna, and 4G LTE capabilities, bringing in more heat to the burgeoning tablet market space. 

 

The Kindle Fire HD brings 1920 by 1200, 254ppi HD display with a laminated touch sensor for crisp and sharp visuals and a reduced screen glare when reading outdoors. There is also an HDMI output, Bluetooth connectivity that comes with a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor with Imagination PowerVR 3D graphics core to deliver fast and fluid performance.

 

The Fire HD model features a front-facing camera that comes with the build-in Skype video conferencing software for both 16-gigabyte and 32-gigabyte models, evidently intended by Amazon to sway customers away from the current darling of the tablet market space, the iPad.  

 

The new tablet device will now have a dual stereo speaker for crisp, booming, distortion-less sound, an improvement from the former model’s mono driver. The Wi-Fi connectivity feature now lets users to download and stream 40% faster, courtesy of the dual-band 2.4GHz receiver and dual-antenna, and MIMO radio technology. Wi-Fi models will be made available in the 16-gigabyte and 32-gigabyte models, while the 4G LTE will only be available with the 32-gigabyte or 64-gigabyte storage.

 

Against its rival, the Kindle Fire HD costs only $300, which is $200 cheaper than the baseline iPad. Fire HD variant with cellular data connectivity is priced at $500 while the basic iPad with cellular connectivity has a prevailing market price of $630. 

 

This new model joins Amazon’s the Kindle family of devices, including the updated and smaller 7-inch colour-screen Kindle Fire and the Kindle Paperwhite e-book reader device. This smaller Kindle Fire will likely earn comparison to Google’s entry in the tablet space, the 7-inch Nexus 7 which customers can purchase at only $200. The smaller Kindle Fire slate is priced at a much cheaper price of $160.

 

With the refreshed version of Kindle Paperwhite, Amazon delivers a black-and-white e-reader that is thinner, quicker in turning pages, and comes packed with a backlight support. The Paperwhite shed many buttons and ports except for the lock/unlock button on the device’s bottom and a nearby micro USB port to make an impression that it is a touch-only gadget. 

 

The Paperwhite’s real attraction is the e-book reader’s new high-contrast screen, improved pixel density for enhanced sharpness ideal for dark room reading, and a low price of $120. For variants with 3G, customers will just need to add $60.

 

Amazon brings to seven all the models of Kindle e-readers and tablets now available to its online store, but assures that it follows its own direction and philosophies when designing and marketing its devices. Prices may range from a basic $70 for the black-and-white-screen e-reader to $600 colour tablet.  Pricing in Australia may be higher than how the devices are priced in the U.S. or U.K.

 

Banking on the principle that it will earn from selling content to users using Amazon tablets and e-readers, Amazon has teamed up with partners who will create applications geared specifically for the Kindle Fire HD. These partners include Facebook and Microsoft. Amazon also sells video, music and books on its websiteAmazon introduced the newest member of its tablet range, the Kindle Fire HD with an 8.9-inch, enhanced HD display, improved Wi-Fi antenna, and 4G LTE capabilities, bringing in more heat to the burgeoning tablet market space. 

The Kindle Fire HD brings 1920 by 1200, 254ppi HD display with a laminated touch sensor for crisp and sharp visuals and a reduced screen glare when reading outdoors. There is also an HDMI output, Bluetooth connectivity that comes with a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor with Imagination PowerVR 3D graphics core to deliver fast and fluid performance.

 

The Fire HD model features a front-facing camera that comes with the build-in Skype video conferencing software for both 16-gigabyte and 32-gigabyte models, evidently intended by Amazon to sway customers away from the current darling of the tablet market space, the iPad.  

 

The new tablet device will now have a dual stereo speaker for crisp, booming, distortion-less sound, an improvement from the former model’s mono driver. The Wi-Fi connectivity feature now lets users to download and stream 40% faster, courtesy of the dual-band 2.4GHz receiver and dual-antenna, and MIMO radio technology. Wi-Fi models will be made available in the 16-gigabyte and 32-gigabyte models, while the 4G LTE will only be available with the 32-gigabyte or 64-gigabyte storage.

 

Against its rival, the Kindle Fire HD costs only $300, which is $200 cheaper than the baseline iPad. Fire HD variant with cellular data connectivity is priced at $500 while the basic iPad with cellular connectivity has a prevailing market price of $630. 

 

This new model joins Amazon’s the Kindle family of devices, including the updated and smaller 7-inch colour-screen Kindle Fire and the Kindle Paperwhite e-book reader device. This smaller Kindle Fire will likely earn comparison to Google’s entry in the tablet space, the 7-inch Nexus 7 which customers can purchase at only $200. The smaller Kindle Fire slate is priced at a much cheaper price of $160.

 

With the refreshed version of Kindle Paperwhite, Amazon delivers a black-and-white e-reader that is thinner, quicker in turning pages, and comes packed with a backlight support. The Paperwhite shed many buttons and ports except for the lock/unlock button on the device’s bottom and a nearby micro USB port to make an impression that it is a touch-only gadget. 

 

The Paperwhite’s real attraction is the e-book reader’s new high-contrast screen, improved pixel density for enhanced sharpness ideal for dark room reading, and a low price of $120. For variants with 3G, customers will just need to add $60.

 

Amazon brings to seven all the models of Kindle e-readers and tablets now available to its online store, but assures that it follows its own direction and philosophies when designing and marketing its devices. Prices may range from a basic $70 for the black-and-white-screen e-reader to $600 colour tablet.  Pricing in Australia may be higher than how the devices are priced in the U.S. or U.K.

 

Banking on the principle that it will earn from selling content to users using Amazon tablets and e-readers, Amazon has teamed up with partners who will create applications geared specifically for the Kindle Fire HD. These partners include Facebook and Microsoft. Amazon also sells video, music and books on its website.