The Amazon Kindle Fire Appraisal

The Amazon Kindle Fire is the Senior to the Amazon Kindle that we know and love. The device is also a direct competitor to BlackBerry's PlayBook and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7. As well as that larger iPad 2 , of course.

Amazon Kindle Fire price:

The Kindle Fire will sell for $199 in the US, but there',s no confirmation on Kindle Fire UK price. The Kindle Fire release date is 15 November in the US, but we've no word on an Amazon UK Kindle Fire release date as yet. You can pre-order today in the US.

Amazon Kindle Fire display

The Kindle Fire will have a 7-inch IPS LCD gorilla glass display with 16 million colours. It was heavily rumoured that the Kindle Fire would be a 10-inch tab, but don't write this off for a 2012 launch. The state-of-the art Kindle Fire display is chemically strengthened to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic, making it extra durable and resistant to accidental bumps and scrapes,,while there's 169 pixels per inch (ppi) - that's more than the132ppi iPad 2 display.

Amazon Kindle Fire processor

The processor inside the Kindle Fire appears to be a Texas Instruments ARM-based dual-core
OMAP CPU,

Amazon Kindle Fire apps

The browser is called Amazon Silk - it uses Amazon's EC2 computer cluster. Presumably this means Amazon
will employ huge processing power (compression) to reduce bandwidth demand on the device and put more
processing in the cloud. A bit like Opera's compression tech.Incredibly,Silk learns your browsing patterns and
pre-loads the pages you read the most. There is a tablet -optimised shopping app on board - this is said to comprise simplified and streamlined pages, so it is easier to buy stuff on than the actual Amazon website. There will be a number of apps accessible on the device, including Pandora (US), Twitter, Facebook, and Netflix (US).

In an overall review of this Amazon Silk powered Kindle Fire, it will be a strong tablet for book
lovers and one who want to have access to Android apps, movies and TV shows. So, parents may
prefer it more for their kids than any other tablets available in the market.

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Amazon Kindle Fire connectivity and storage

The new Kindle Fire will have Wi-Fi, but sadly no 3G. There's also no camera or microphone.
Surely Amazon will launch a bigger, better model with these enhancements after Christmas.There's
only 8GB of storage on the device.so there will be a limit to how much content you can store.
There are no physical controls on the front of the device - everything is touch-based. Amazon has
also ensured the Kindle Fire features "no cable" synchronisation - as Apple is planning for iOS 5.

Amazon Kindle Fire Whispersync

The other important feature is Whispersync which allows you to synchronize your notes,
bookmarks,last location read, and popular highlights. Basically this allows you to pick up your
reading on another Kindle powered device or app. With the launch of the Kindle Fire, Whispersync
will now support video. You’ll soon be able to stop a movie on your Kindle Fire, then resume it on
your TV or computer in the same spot Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said at the launch: "Customers love
Whispersync -- so we thought you know what people would really like? What if Whispersync also
worked with movies and TV shows? Well it does."When you get home, switch to your big screen TV
Your movie will be right where you left it.

Amazon Kindle Fire weight

The weight of the Kindle Fire is 14.6 oz - 413g. Amazon says that Kindle Fire is "small and light
enough to hold in just one hand and carry everywhere you go".

Amazon Kindle Fire music, video and books

The Kindle Fire can access all the content offered by Amazon (so that includes MP3 and video
streaming, though not in the UK unless it's announced). Amazon has said the Kindle Fire will have
access to 100,000 movies and TV shows, 17 million songs, Kindle books and "hundreds" of
magazines and newspapers. Amazon Prime Members enjoy instant, unlimited, commercial-free
streaming of over 11,000 movies and TV shows at no additional cost..Kindle Fire comes with one
free month of Amazon Prime.There will also be free Amazon Cloud Storage. So that means you'll
be able to start a movie on Kindle Fire and transfer it to your TV.

There's also over 100 exclusive graphic novels, including Watchmen, the bestselling - and
considered by many to be the greatest - graphic novel of all time, which has never before been
available in digital format, as well as Batman: Arkham City, Superman: Earth OneGreen Lantern:
Secret Origin and 96 others from DC Entertainment.

Amazon Kindle Fire apps

There's also access to the most popular Android apps and games via the Amazon Android Appstore.
That includes apps such as Angry Birds, Plants vs. Zombies, Cut the Rope and more. All apps are
Amazon-tested on Kindle Fire.

Amazon Kindle Fire and Amazon Prime

The Kindle Fire will also come complete with a month's trial of Amazon Prime.