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Amazon New Kindles
Source: Amazon.com
Dear Customers,
Today we’re excited to introduce the all-new Kindle Fire HD.
Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ 4G isn’t just the best tablet for the price, it’s the best tablet. $499 now gets you a large-screen HD tablet with a stunning 8.9″ display, exclusive Dolby audio, dual stereo speakers, the fastest Wi-Fi, ultra-fast 4G LTE wireless, plus our new unprecedented $49.99 one-year 4G data package. Customers save hundreds of dollars in the first year compared to other 4G tablets. Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ is also available in a Wi-Fi only model for $299.
Kindle Fire HD is the world’s most-advanced 7″ tablet, with a stunning HD display, plus the same exclusive Dolby audio, dual stereo speakers, the fastest Wi-Fi, and 16 GB of storage. Kindle Fire HD is just $199.
We are also introducing the world’s most advanced e-readers, Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Paperwhite 3G.
You’ll do a double take when you see Kindle Paperwhite—we’ve added 62% more pixels and increased contrast by 25%, so whites are whiter, and blacks are blacker. We’ve also added a revolutionary built-in front light for the perfect reading experience whether you’re out at the beach or at home in bed. Kindle Paperwhite starts from just $119. Kindle Paperwhite 3G is available for $179 with free 3G wireless—never pay for or hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. We’ve also updated our smallest, lightest Kindle with improved fonts and 15% faster page turns—it now starts at just $69.
Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Paperwhite are each in a class by themselves when it comes to hardware—there’s nothing better. But the real magic is that they are also a service. When combined with our enormous content ecosystem, unmatched cross-platform interoperability and standard-setting customer service, we hope people will agree these are the best tablets and e-readers anywhere, at any price.
Thank you for being a customer,
Jeff Bezos
Founder & CEO
Nexus On Fire
The tablets war is still going on. Tomorrow Google will start delivering its Nexus 7 Tablet for $199, a price that will put the Kindle Fire on more fire. With a front camera and full access to Google Play store with more than 600,000 applications and the restrictions Amazon is having on its Kindle for accessing the Play store, consumers will most probably switch to the Nexus and put the Kindle aside.
In my opinion, the fastest Amazon.com allows its users to access the Play store and install Google apps on their Kindle Fire, the better the shock of the market will be absorbed.
Where’s My Water
Where’s My Water? is a puzzle video game developed by Creature Feep and published by Disney Mobile, a subsidiary of Disney Interactive Studios. Released for devices using Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems, the game requires players to route a supply of water to a fastidious alligator. Where’s My Water? has been praised for its gameplay and its graphical style, with special recognition of its lead character, Swampy, the first original Disney character for a mobile game.
Discovering The Kindle Fire Outside The USA
I am a big fan of Jeff Bezos since day 1, because of his entrepreneurial and fun spirit. Back in September 2011, Amazon announced it is entering the tablet business unveiling the Kindle Fire for US$199-.
Everybody was wondering what they will get for that cheap price, but Bezos was on the right track, again. Goldman Sachs released an analysis mid-December 2011, stating that it expects Amazon to sell 6 million Kindle Fires by the end of 2011.
Unfortunately the Kindle Fire and the Amazon android market were dedicated only to US customers, and Amazon clearly announced that the Kindle Fire will not have access to Google’s Android Market. Knowing that fact, I was so excited to put my hands on a Kindle Fire, considering it, in worst case scenario a simple ebook reader. So I had to wait till Christmas to open my valuable gift.
After few days, I started discovering many ways to enjoy the Kindle Fire if you live outside the US and I will be sharing them in this blog post.
1- If you cannot ship the Kindle Fire to a US address or have any friend coming overseas, you can use to buy and ship it using Aramex Shop&Ship service.
2- You can easily root your brand new Kindle Fire and lose its warranty, there are many online guide to do it, one of them is here, you can also watch this video.
3- You can access the Amazon Market by having a US address and credit card, you can buy these services from www.usunlocked.com. You have to wait 2-4 business days to have your US virtual credit card issued (I got mine in 2 days). Once you card is ready, go to Amazon website and create a new account from scratch using the US address and add your new card as payment and 1-Click options.
4- Download tons of apps by simply pointing your Kindle Fire browser to GetJar.com, you will be asked to download the GetJar app, once on your tablet, you will have access to almost everything on the site. I have tried lots of other alternatives, but GetJar beats them all.
5- You can also have any Android Market apps on your Kindle Fire without rooting it, but you would need an Android based phone with Astro File Manager installed on it. Browse the market from your phone and install any application you like. Then go to Astro and back your apps, this action will create a folder with .apk files for the apps you selected. Copy/Paste those .apk files into your Kindle Fire then install them directly from the tablet using Easy Installer.
It worked so perfectly for me using points 3, 4 & 5, I even had my 1st 2012 ebook for free.
My 3 negative points to Jeff Bezos and the Kindle Fire team:
1) The Kindle Fire should have a front branding, so the user can know the direction, even that most of the apps and books rotate with you. I already wrote about this here.
2) The power bottom should be moved to the top, I accidentally switched it off many times when posing it on a surface or my knees while reading in bed.
3) Yesterday my Kindle Fire went dead, not turning on for like 1 hour, then after searching the web for a solution, it turned out that this is happening to lots of other people, I am sure Amazon is working on an update to solve this problem. I had to hold the power switch for more than 30 seconds to bring back the Kindle Fire to life.
Jeff Bezos You Rock!
Where Is The Kindle Fire Branding?
Yesterday, Amazon.com launched its new full line of Kindle products including the long-waited tablet, called Kindle Fire.
No doubt that Amazon will reshape the tablet scene, but in my opinion, the Kindle Fire won’t be of any threat to the iPad market share (many bloggers made sure yesterday to name their Kindle Fire blog entry as “the iPad Killer” just to gain traffic to their sites).
This blog post is about a simple question I asked myself after going through the Amazon site and checking the new Kindle products, why the Kindle Fire has no branding on its front?
When you take look at the Kindle Fire dedicated page, you will notice that none of the product photos are showing any Amazon.com or Kindle Fire logos or branding.
Will Amazon.com ship the Kindle Fire unbranded?
Could Amazon Be Android’s Best Hope?
If Amazon does, in fact, enter the tablet market with a low cost Android tablet this fall they might be able to change the playing field to a lower margin one where Apple would be less able to compete. Could a low cost Amazon Android tablet present one of the first serious contenders to the iPad? Based on the latest Retrevo Pulse Report, it appears that consumers are ready to buy a low cost tablet and are very keen on one from Amazon.
Read Full Article on Retrevo Blog
Tablets: Google Attack with Android 3.0
Android 3.0 is a new version of the Android platform that is specifically optimized for devices with larger screen sizes, particularly tablets. It introduces a brand new, truly virtual and “holographic” UI design, as well as an elegant, content-focused interaction model.
Among the quantity of tablets equipped with Android 3.0 that will come out by this summer, some models are distinguished.
1. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 & 8.9
main particularity of these two models, their thickness does not exceed 8.6mm, despite the presence of two cameras (2 megapixel on the front and 3 megapixel on the back). Can download at great speed in 3G + (21 Mbps/s), they are provided with applications to access online stores of games, music, books and magazines.
2. Asus EEE Pad Transformer
this clever tablet equipped with a 10.1-inch screen shows a simplified interface and fits into a docking station (option) with keyboard, which transforms it into a laptop. Decked out for video with 2 cameras (1.2 megapixels on the front and 5 megapixel on the back), it may transfer the display of videos in HD 1080p on a big screen using its HDMI output.
3. Motorola Xoom
presented as the IPAD killer, this tablet contains the principles of its model, 10.1 inch screen, two cameras (2 megapixel on the front and 5 megapixel in the back) for a videophone and recording movies in HD, and wireless connectivity 3G, autonomy around 10 hours. Bonus: SD card reader and HDMI output
4. LG Optimus Pad
a tablet with a panoramic 8.9 inch screen and two cameras (5 megapixels) on the back for taking photos and filming in 3D. The result can then be transfermed by the HDMI output on a 3D television or … look on the screen of the tablet using good old green and red glasses.
Texts courtesy of Le Figaro