Kindle+Fire

Announced on September 28, 2011, the Kindle Fire is a tablet computer version of Amazon.com's Kindle e-book reader and has a price of $199.00. The Kindle Fire has a 7" multi-tounch display with IPS technology and runs a forked version of Google's Android operating system. The device includes access to movies, web, tv shows, songs, magazines, books, and more. The device includes access to the Amazon Appstore for popular apps and games, such as Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, and more. The Fire employs a 1 GHz Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 dual-core processor. The display is a 7 inches (180 mm) multi-touch color screen with a 600×1024 pixel resolution. Connectivity is through 802.11n Wi-Fi and USB 2.0 (Micro-B connector). The device includes 8 GB of internal storage — said to be enough for 80 applications, plus either 10 movies or 800 songs or 6,000 books. According to Amazon's list of technical details, the Kindle Fire's 4400 mAh battery sustains up to 8 hours of consecutive reading and up to 7.5 hours of video playback with wireless off.

The Fire includes a cloud-accelerated "split browser", Amazon Silk, using Amazon EC2 for off-device cloud computation; including webpage layout and rendering, and Google's SPDY protocol for faster webpage content transmission. The user's Amazon digital content is given free storage in the Amazon Cloud's web-storage platform, and a built-in email application allows webmail (Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail, AOL Mail, etc.) to be merged into one inbox. If you are an Amazon Prime Member, you can enjoy unlimited instant streaming of popular movies and TV shows. Prime members can also chose from thousands of books to borrow for free. The Kindle Fire has been compared to the IPad 2 and a big question is whether or not it is a better value than the IPad 2. It is cheaper, but does it do everything an Ipad can? To answer your question, no it does not. However, it does handle all of the most important functions you would want in a tablet PC. If you are looking for a tablet PC, but could not afford an IPad, than this is the perfect choice. The Pros of the Kindle Fire are that it is light weight, a low price, and has unlimited Amazon Cloud storage. The cons are that the screen is smaller and unlike the IPad 2, there is no camera available for photos or skype/chat. If you can sacrifice the camera for durability, than the Amazon Fire surpasses the IPad 2 in that department. The Fire is extremely well constructed. The display is made of Gorilla Glass which is very resistant to damage/cracks/scratches. The back of the Fire has a nice rubberized texture which keeps it from slipping in your grip. The quality of the screen is high enough that you may not need the screen protectors sold for it, however time will tell. Overall it has that “solid” feel you get from a well constructed product.The screen is another big plus– it’s crisp, clear, and on par with the iPad. If the only screens you’re used to looking at are a monitor or laptop, the clarity will impress you.

Music is another thing that Amazon gets right. Unlike Apple iTunes, mp3′s you download from Amazon are Digital Rights Management (DRM)-free, which means you aren’t restricted in how you use the songs or what devices you put them on. This is great from a future-proofing standpoint because you’ll always have those favorite songs available to you in extremely high quality no matter what device you may be using to listen to yours songs in the future.

The bottom line is that the Kindle Fire has been getting almost universial acclaim by everyone that has reviewed it. It is cheap, useful, fun to use, and does just about everything you would want a tablet PC to do. media type="youtube" key="jUtmOApIslE" height="315" width="560"

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