Amazon Updates the Kindle Lineup
In a recent press event, Amazon, the makers of the popular Kindle e-reading device, announced the next generation of Kindle devices.
Kindle:
The good old Kindle we all know and love, right? Wrong. Although it keeps the simple, a single term name, the new Kindle is often a etremely a variety of looking device. From the exact same 6 inch screen size as its predecessor, the new Kindle weighs 30% lighter (6 ounces), probably as a result of the most noticeable difference: the new Kindle has no keyboard. Instead of while using keyboard, 1 navigates the device using the new 5 way controller, along with four other little buttons.
The New Kindle
Download books over Wi-Fi (no 3G choice this time around), and read them wherever you go, with as much as a month of battery life on the single charge. Also, as Amazon is promotion strongly, the Kindle can also be utilized even in bright sunlight, because of its black and white e-ink display.
The most compelling aspect with the new Kindle is it's price. The new device will be the cheapest Kindle ever, at $79 in case you choose "special offers" (click the following to have an overview of what particular offers is). If you select not to go for your unique offers, you will pay $109 for this new e-reader.
Kindle Touch:
At first glance, the Kindle Touch looks almost identical to the Kindle. The main noticeable difference is the Touch's lack of buttons. However, no buttons are needed, due to the Kindle Touch's 6 inch, e-ink, thouchscreen display.
Other than the touchscreen display, the Kindle Touch is almost identical to the regular Kindle. Another big difference is the 3G capabilities. The Touch is the only new Kindle that is available with a 3G model. With the always connected convenience of a cell phone, without any monthly fees or yearly contracts. The Wi-Fi version costs only $99, while 3G capabilities will cost you $149.
Kindle Fire:
Probably the most anticipated update to the Kindle family members is
really a color tablet device, named the Kindle Fire. The fire comes
packed having a 7 inch color screen (something totally new towards
Kindle brand), a 14.6
ounce weight (about the pounds of a can of beans), a dual-core
processor, and 8GB of storage. The physique of the device is simplistic
yet pretty, without the need of visible buttons.
The Fire runs Android, with an Amazon skin that makes it glimpse as being a completely new OS. Amazon is advertising and marketing the Fire as a lot more of the multimedia player than a tablet computer, and, as it doesn't run the Android Market, that is really what it is. You can, however, download apps in the Amazon Appstore, which has, as Amazon says, "thousands of apps and games". You are able to download this content through the created in Wi-Fi, as this device has no 3G created in.
The Fire seems to revolve almost solely on Amazon's content. You download music from the Amazon MP3 store, apps from Amazon's Appstore, and movies from it's own video store. As always, books are also downloaded from Amazon's own service. This is an Apple-like strategy (with Apple's iTunes store), and is probably one of the reasons that Amazon can sell this device for only $199.
The new Kindle Fire is available for pre-order now, and will ship on November 15.
Kindle:
The good old Kindle we all know and love, right? Wrong. Although it keeps the simple, a single term name, the new Kindle is often a etremely a variety of looking device. From the exact same 6 inch screen size as its predecessor, the new Kindle weighs 30% lighter (6 ounces), probably as a result of the most noticeable difference: the new Kindle has no keyboard. Instead of while using keyboard, 1 navigates the device using the new 5 way controller, along with four other little buttons.
The New Kindle
Download books over Wi-Fi (no 3G choice this time around), and read them wherever you go, with as much as a month of battery life on the single charge. Also, as Amazon is promotion strongly, the Kindle can also be utilized even in bright sunlight, because of its black and white e-ink display.
The most compelling aspect with the new Kindle is it's price. The new device will be the cheapest Kindle ever, at $79 in case you choose "special offers" (click the following to have an overview of what particular offers is). If you select not to go for your unique offers, you will pay $109 for this new e-reader.
Kindle Touch:
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| The Kindle Touch |
Other than the touchscreen display, the Kindle Touch is almost identical to the regular Kindle. Another big difference is the 3G capabilities. The Touch is the only new Kindle that is available with a 3G model. With the always connected convenience of a cell phone, without any monthly fees or yearly contracts. The Wi-Fi version costs only $99, while 3G capabilities will cost you $149.
Kindle Fire:
 |
| The Kindle Fire |
The Fire runs Android, with an Amazon skin that makes it glimpse as being a completely new OS. Amazon is advertising and marketing the Fire as a lot more of the multimedia player than a tablet computer, and, as it doesn't run the Android Market, that is really what it is. You can, however, download apps in the Amazon Appstore, which has, as Amazon says, "thousands of apps and games". You are able to download this content through the created in Wi-Fi, as this device has no 3G created in.
The Fire seems to revolve almost solely on Amazon's content. You download music from the Amazon MP3 store, apps from Amazon's Appstore, and movies from it's own video store. As always, books are also downloaded from Amazon's own service. This is an Apple-like strategy (with Apple's iTunes store), and is probably one of the reasons that Amazon can sell this device for only $199.
The new Kindle Fire is available for pre-order now, and will ship on November 15.
