kindle fire presentation

Kindle FireAmazon

Retails at $199

November 15th, 2011

By Silvestro LamaruggineAnd Alyssa Perreault

Dimensions 7’ inch screen

Multi-touch color screen with a 600×1024 pixel resolution

8 GB Storage

80 applications

+ 10 movies

Storage

OR…

800 songs

6,000 books

8 Hours

7 1/2 Hours

4 Hours Charge

Battery Life

Tablet computer version of Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader.

 Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS

Including a 1Ghz dual processor

Web Browser(Amazon Silk)

includes a cloud-accelerated "split browser"

Amazon App Store

• Books• Apps• Movies• Music

Wi-Fi

Connectivity is through Wi-Fi

NO 3G

Amazon Cloud

web-storage platform offers users free storage for their digital content

Music

•Stored in Amazon cloud

•5Gb music

Built-in email application

Combines all accounts- 1 inbox

Email

Amazon Prime

•Subscribe to monthly payments for Unlimited streaming

Other Features

Millions of Books

18M songs

CompetitorsApple-Ipad

Verizon-Tablet

Barnes & Nobels-Nook

-Cheaper-Higher Resolution 28% higher pixel density-Lighter-Flash support

Advantages

-Amazon's content shared-variety of platforms

-Apple- limited to devices

- Syncing

Advantages Cont.

Disadvantages

No:CameraMicrophone

Smaller screenLess storage

Disadvantages Cont.

Battery Life

Bluetooth

Less Storage

Less Apps