The new Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet is here! For several months users of Amazon’s Kindle products have wondered it the leap would be made to enter into the tablet market.
The wait is over and Amazon is ready to compete with the Nook color in this arena. The Kindle Fire is surprisingly affordable and look sweet in its design and functionality.
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Amazon Kindle Fire Main Specifications:
- Release Date: 2011
- Type of Screen: touchscreen in color
- Size of Screen: 7 in.
- Amount of Storage: 8GB (the Amazon Fire also works with cloud storage)
- Internet Connectivity: Wi-Fi
- e-Book Format (Main): AZW (Kindle format)
- Kindle Fire Weight: 14.6 ounces
- Battery Life Duration: you can get 8 hrs of reading time
- Ave. Price at Amazon: $199
Main Features and Benefits of the New Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet
The Design of the Kindle Fire
The Kindle Fire is simplistic in its design and true to form with other Kindle versions in how lightweight it is. You’ll find that when compared to other tablet computers, it is much smaller and lighter. Like previous versions of the Kindle, it will be very easy to hold this in one hand while reading your favorite book.
Processor is Dual Core
The Amazon Kindle Fire utilizes a dual core processor for speed and power just as the other main players in the tablet market are doing. You’ll find that your programs run smoothly and you can quickly move from application to application within the reader.
Introduction of Amazon’s New Silk Browser
This new browser capability is unlike anything you’ve seen before with any of the previous versions of the Kindle. Amazon has created its own browser capabilities to go along with its first version of the tablet computer. What does this mean for the user? With the Amazon Fire, you can easily browser the Internet using Wi-Fi and the tablet will also let you view videos and websites that are done using Flash. Note that this is something that is not currently available within some other tablet computers.
One of the coolest features about this new Silk Browser technology is the fact that Amazon is using its own cloud based services to assure that web pages are loading particularly fast. Behind the scenes, Amazon is storing specific items on their own cloud based service centers and this enables the Kindle to load these elements very quickly when called upon on your device.
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Utilizes Whispersync Services
Like the other Kindle versions, the Kindle Fire utilizes Amazon’s Whispersync technology. This service is what will allow all of your various devices to sync with one another and in terms of reading books, it is what keeps your library up-to-date. Not only that, but Whispersync assures that when you leave a book at a certain page this will be remembered on your multiple devices so that you do not have to go through the trouble of remembering this yourself when you come back to it in the future. This syncing feature now works with video on the Kindle Fire. This means that you can start watching on video on your Kindle and then start again where you last left it on your TV or computer.
Full Integration with Amazon Services
For a yearly membership fee of $79, you can utilize Amazon’s online streaming services. If you choose to sign up for this prime membership account, you’ll additionally have access to thousands of TV shows and movies that you can watch directly on your new Kindle Fire. You can expand this further by being able to rent from about 100,000 additional movie titles as well as music that is available as digital downloads.
Availability of Apps to Use on Your Device
One of the key difference between the Amazon Kindle Fire and other e-Readers out there is that it utilizes the Android technology. This means that you have some additional capabilites available via the Amazon App Store. It is worth noting, however, that this store isn’t the official Android version so you will find much fewer options as compared to the regular Android apps. but you will certainly find several applications that will be useful and entertaining on your device.
Utilization for Amazon’s Cloud Storage System
There is no need to have a huge hard drive right on your device as would be needed while streaming videos and movies for example because you’ll be taking advantage of the Amazon Cloud Service. Your digital media material will be hosted in the cloud so there is no need to worry about this issue.
Price of the Kindle Fire
You get a lot of value for the affordable $199 pricetag on the Kindle Fire. You’ll pay just a small fraction of what other tablet computers are going for and this doesn’t mean that you’ll be skimping on quality or functionality. We definitely consider this to be very high value for the cost.
Are There Any Negatives to Consider with the Kindle Fire?
Some might consider the meager 8 hour battery life to be a negative factor with this Kindle. It is certainly much less than other Kindle versions but in the world of tablet computing, it would definitely be considered within standard range.
The Kindle Fire only has 8GB of memory storage and there are no memory card expansion slots included. Some people may be a bit put of by the storage size until they can take a look at the cloud storage and really get their head around the benefits of what this will mean to them.
Is the Amazon Kindle Fire Right For You?
If you’ve also been looking at the Nook, we think that you’ll find the Kindle Fire the better option in terms of price and capabilities. This is certainly destined to be one of the hottest gadgets around this year and anyone would be delighted to receive this for a gift.
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