Download - Kindle fire
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
Storage
•8 GB Storage
•80 applications
•+ 10 movies
OR…
•800 songs
•6,000 books
Battery Life
8 Hours
7 1/2 Hours
4 Hours Charge
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
Amazon Prime
•Subscribe to monthly payments for Unlimited streaming
Other Features
Millions of Books
18M songs
Competitors
Apple-Ipad
Verizon-Tablet
Barnes & Nobels-Nook
Advantages
-Cheaper-Higher Resolution 28% higher pixel density-Lighter-Flash support
Advantages Cont.
-Amazon's content shared-variety of platforms
-Apple- limited to devices
- Syncing
Disadvantages
No:CameraMicrophone
Smaller screenLess storage
Disadvantages Cont.
Battery Life
Bluetooth
Less Storage
Less Apps