Amazon CEO
Jeff Bezos was presented in an airplane hangar today to unveil three new
Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire multiple tablets.
The new flagship tablet Amazon is an excellent match for the
third-generation iPad while the other models solidify the company's
position thanks to more powerful hardware and content ecosystem.
Economic Fourth Generation Kindle (U.S. $ 69 available from 14 September)
Although the Kindle Fire is the most expensive tablet style device selling on Amazon, their most basic e-readers are extremely popular, especially the Kindle for $ 79 that launched last year. People interested in cheaper than offered by the company will be happy to hear that your reader base now costs $ 69. Besides the price, this new version of its popular Reader promises a more comfortable reading experience thanks to new fonts, sharper text and pages that turn 15% faster. You can pre-order this latest model today but will be dispatched on Friday September 14.
New Kindle Paper white backlit (U.S. $ 119 Wi-Fi, 3G $ 179, available from 1 October)
As expected one of the most prominent devices in today's presentation was the new electric reader Amazon takes to face the Nook Simple Touch released earlier this year. As the solution Barnes & Noble, Amazon said Paperwhite has patented the distributing light evenly across the entire surface of the screen, in the same manner as the ambient light. Despite having a lighting system, the Paperwhite Kindle has a thickness of only 9.1 mm, weighs 7.5 ounces and has a battery that lasts eight weeks.
It also allows users to read in the dark without external attachments,
has a 25% greater contrast - are whiter whites and blacker blacks - and
62% more pixels for a 212PPi density. This Kindle is available in two versions: one that costs $ 119 and only has Wi-Fi and one with 3G and Whispersync service. Amazon says both are already available for pre-sale and will be dispatched from 1 October.
Refurbished Kindle Fire ($ 159, available from September 14)
Kindle Fire The original has been renovated and now starts at just $ 159. This new price offers a faster processor and double the RAM, which translates into a tablet 40 percent faster compared to its predecessor. Amazon also mentioned that this unit has a greater battery life but did not disclose exactly how long. The new Kindle Fire is also available for pre-sale and will consumers since 14 September.
New Kindle Fire 8.9 inch HD 16GB ($ 299 available from 20 November)
Bezos spent most of his presentation showing the new Kindle Fire tablet HD. The larger tablet has a thickness of only 8.8 mm, weighs 20 ounces and comes with a 8.9-inch 1920x1200 screen or a reflection 254PPI reduced by 25 percent. The interior has a Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 processor which according Bezos is faster than the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor floating point operations and bandwidth to memory. Among its other features are two stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus, HD front camera, HDMI output, technology W-Fi MIMO two bands (2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz) and 16GB of internal storage. This Kindle Fire 8.9 inch HD has an RRP of $ 299 and will be available from November 20.
Kindle Fire 8.9 inch HD 4G LTE 32GB ($ 499 available from 20 November)
The 32GB model will have connectivity 4G LTE and a price of $ 499 (also available from 20 November) and for $ 50 more per year receive 250MB of data per month, 20GB of cloud storage and $ 10 credit Amazon. An excellent data plan if you are in the U.S.
Kindle Fire 7 inch HD 16GB (U.S. $ 199 available from 14 September)
If that was not what you were looking for Amazon has a further option, a variation of 7 inches for the Kindle Fire HD with 16GB of internal storage at a price of $ 199 which will be released on September 14.
Economic Fourth Generation Kindle (U.S. $ 69 available from 14 September)
Although the Kindle Fire is the most expensive tablet style device selling on Amazon, their most basic e-readers are extremely popular, especially the Kindle for $ 79 that launched last year. People interested in cheaper than offered by the company will be happy to hear that your reader base now costs $ 69. Besides the price, this new version of its popular Reader promises a more comfortable reading experience thanks to new fonts, sharper text and pages that turn 15% faster. You can pre-order this latest model today but will be dispatched on Friday September 14.
New Kindle Paper white backlit (U.S. $ 119 Wi-Fi, 3G $ 179, available from 1 October)
As expected one of the most prominent devices in today's presentation was the new electric reader Amazon takes to face the Nook Simple Touch released earlier this year. As the solution Barnes & Noble, Amazon said Paperwhite has patented the distributing light evenly across the entire surface of the screen, in the same manner as the ambient light. Despite having a lighting system, the Paperwhite Kindle has a thickness of only 9.1 mm, weighs 7.5 ounces and has a battery that lasts eight weeks.
Refurbished Kindle Fire ($ 159, available from September 14)
Kindle Fire The original has been renovated and now starts at just $ 159. This new price offers a faster processor and double the RAM, which translates into a tablet 40 percent faster compared to its predecessor. Amazon also mentioned that this unit has a greater battery life but did not disclose exactly how long. The new Kindle Fire is also available for pre-sale and will consumers since 14 September.
New Kindle Fire 8.9 inch HD 16GB ($ 299 available from 20 November)
Bezos spent most of his presentation showing the new Kindle Fire tablet HD. The larger tablet has a thickness of only 8.8 mm, weighs 20 ounces and comes with a 8.9-inch 1920x1200 screen or a reflection 254PPI reduced by 25 percent. The interior has a Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 processor which according Bezos is faster than the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor floating point operations and bandwidth to memory. Among its other features are two stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus, HD front camera, HDMI output, technology W-Fi MIMO two bands (2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz) and 16GB of internal storage. This Kindle Fire 8.9 inch HD has an RRP of $ 299 and will be available from November 20.
The 32GB model will have connectivity 4G LTE and a price of $ 499 (also available from 20 November) and for $ 50 more per year receive 250MB of data per month, 20GB of cloud storage and $ 10 credit Amazon. An excellent data plan if you are in the U.S.
If that was not what you were looking for Amazon has a further option, a variation of 7 inches for the Kindle Fire HD with 16GB of internal storage at a price of $ 199 which will be released on September 14.
