It’s here.
It’s been talked about for months and you can now pre-order your Kindle Fire from Amazon for $199.
Here’s the deets:
Kindle Fire
This e-Reader is hot. So hot, you could say it’s … well … you know.
Features
- 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books
- Amazon Appstore – thousands of popular apps and games
- Ultra-fast web browsing – Amazon Silk
- Free cloud storage for all your Amazon content
- Vibrant color touchscreen with extra-wide viewing angle
- Fast, powerful dual-core processor
- Amazon Prime members enjoy unlimited, instant streaming of over 10,000 popular movies and TV shows
Technical Details
- Display - 7″ multi-touch display with IPS (in-plane switching) technology and anti-reflective treatment, 1024 x 600 pixel resolution at 169 ppi, 16 million colors.
- Size - 7.5″ x 4.7″ x 0.45″ (190 mm x 120 mm x 11.4 mm).
- Weight - 14.6 ounces (413 grams).
- On-device Storage - 8GB internal. That’s enough for 80 apps, plus either 10 movies or 800 songs or 6,000 books.
- Cloud Storage - Free cloud storage for all Amazon content.
- Battery Life - Up to 8 hours of continuous reading or 7.5 hours of video playback, with wireless off. Battery life will vary based on wireless usage, such as web browsing and downloading content.
- Charge Time - Fully charges in approximately 4 hours via included U.S. power adapter. Also supports charging from your computer via USB.
- Wi-Fi Connectivity - Supports public and private Wi-Fi networks or hotspots that use the 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, or 802.1X standard with support for WEP, WPA and WPA2 security using password authentication; does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.
- USB Port - USB 2.0 (micro-B connector).
- Audio - 3.5 mm stereo audio jack, top-mounted stereo speakers.
- Content Formats Supported - Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, Audible (Audible Enhanced (AA, AAX)), DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, WAV, MP4, VP8.
18 million movies, TV shows, apps, games, songs, books, newspapers, audiobooks, magazines, and docs.
Wow.
The new Kindle Fire will be released November 15th, but you can pre-order, today.
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Will it compete with the iPad?
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I’m lovin’ the price point.
I’ve been waiting for this – anxious to see what they released.
I think this will be a good mid-level device between an e-reader/Kindle and the iPad.
I find it interesting that they seemed to really highlight viewing content on it vs creating content (similar to my first impressions of the iPad).
It doesn’t look like there any easy ways to add peripherals (Bluetooth or otherwise) so other than what I would assume would be a fairly standard on-screen keyboard (and perhaps using a stylus) it will be great for consuming content – but not necessarily great for creating content (as it is right now).
I told my wife it would be a great device for our boys as they get older and want to play games/view movies and such – instead of giving them a $500 iPad to toy around with.
Good stuff, man. I agree with you.
I think the Kindle Fire is a contender, but not an iPad killer. On the tablet platform content is king and iPad rules. I lost count how many apps it has.
The Kindle Fire will appeal to the content consumer. It’s for reading, music, movies and games. The iPad is for so much more.
However, the new $79 Kindle is a steal and the new standard for dedicated eReaders. The e-Ink beats the reading experience on a tablet/iPad hands down.
“Content consumer” — for sure. Just as Jonathan said, it won’t be for creating.
I’ll consider getting one if Cyanogen Mod and Google Apps are hacked onto this thing.
I have an iPad. So I don’t need one of these. But if I break my iPad again, I would seriously consdider this. It is smaller, but I could buy 2 of these and it still be cheaper than the ipad.
Exactly. Plus, this is the launch price. It could go lower.
I wouldn’t get one of these as a replacement for my kindle. E-ink is so much nicer to read off and the long battery life on older kindles is a definite plus.
However, if i was in the market for a tablet, this would be exceptionally tempting. It costs a bit over a third of what the cheapest iPad would cost me here in Australia. I could put up with a smaller screen and a reduced collection of apps to save that much money!
I thought the Fire could toggle between color and E-ink? Hmmm … I’ll have to look at that again.