Amazon launched Kindle Fire HD – updated model Kindle Fire
In late September of last year, Amazon launched the Kindle Fire tablet, which quickly became a highly sought after and has remained to this day the best selling Android tablet, even though it was available only in the United States.
In an event held last night, the company launched its new flagship Kindle Fire HD versions available in 7 “and 8.9”, and the updated model Kindle Fire, and also reducing the price.
Although both models the same name, the two versions of Kindle Fire HD differ in terms of specifications.
The below is based on Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz, a solution that includes a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 core processor and PowerVR SGX540 graphics processor, while the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 “is based much faster on OMAP 4470, a dual-core core clocked at 1.5 GHz similar but assisted by a PowerVR SGX544 powerful processor.
Differences can be noticed in the screen: IPS offers both versions, but if the model 7 “offers a resolution of 1280×800 pixels, larger version of the 8.9” leap appetizing to 1920×1200 pixels, providing excellent density of 254 ppi, thus entering the league Apple iPad 3rd generation and beyond the top models like Acer Iconia Tab A700 and ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity.
Unlike the Kindle Fire, the new Kindle Fire offers HD front camera, but Amazon does not specify resolution.
Hardware news list is also remarkable memory capacity 1GB RAM, HDMI video output, optional LTE radio modem version 8.9 “and a wireless adapter 802.11 a / b / g / n that support MIMO, which will negotiated 65Mbps speed overcomes all Wi-Fi network cards implemented so far in mobile terminals.
Running a modified version of Android 4.0, the new Kindle Fire HD models offer what Google has yet to implement even in Android 4.1: user profiles. Shared by the whole family, Amazon tablets allow definition of password protected accounts, setting access restrictions or protection system settings.
In addition to this news, Amazon has introduced X-Ray option, providing IMDB integration within the video player, software routines for text-to-speech for reading digital books, processing Dolby Digital Plus and a new version of the browser with cloud processing Silk.
Tablet with 7 “screen will be available in versions with 16 and 32GB of internal storage, while the 8.9 screen model will offer a version with 64GB.
Good news is that, unlike its predecessor, tablets will be available in Europe, before being officially available in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, which will make them more easily accessible to us.
Prices patterns 7 “will be € 199, € 249 respectively, thus rivaling directly with Google Nexus 7, while models of 8.9” will be available against payment of € 299 for the 16GB model and € 369 for the 32GB. 3G/4G modem versions available only 32GB and 64GB capacities, is to have a price of € 499, or € 599.
Kindle Fire HD 7 “will be available as of September 15, while the higher model will be available from November 20.
With these new tablets, Amazon Kindle Fire updated and model. Its second version doubles the RAM to 1GB and increases CPU frequency to 1.2 GHz, the price fell to € 159.
