Amazon.com developed amazon kindle that is an eBook reader. It enables its customers to shop for, download, browse and read e-books, blogs, digital media and any other kind using wireless connectivity. Amazon has launched many Kindles since year 2007. The initial Kindle was not touch screen and had buttons at the bottom. In this competitive world, Amazon needed to create something new and interesting and it had remained successful in launching the New Kindle Fire and Kindle Touch with all those amazing features that a customer would want. Amazon announced the New Kindle Fire tablet on September 28, 2011 with a colored touch screen and many other features. It generated a lot of buzz in the market before entering and it was launched at a relatively low cost in order to compete with its Major competitor iPad.

It is said to be the most intriguing Kindle that is an Android tablet of around 7 inches. The Kindle Fire is closely linked to the Amazon’s cloud service. This means that it can delegate complex web pages to an Amazon cloud server and get a manageable stream of data back. This cloud server also helps to supply popular content that speeds up the browsing experience. Amazon has included dual-core processor and a wide colored touch screen in Kindle Fire that costs around $199. It is not even that expensive for a tablet of such scale, as Amazon wanted it to skim through its market. Other tablets can cost around $500 in the market. This is one of its advantages.

One of the major competitors of Amazon is iPad and in order to compete with the popularity of iPad, it filled its New Kindle Fire with so many enhanced features that would attract the customers. As mentioned above, it has the dual-core facility just like its competitor iPad has and this allows the Kindle Fire to handle multi-tasking without any complexity. E.g., you can listen to music while reading your email or you can download your movie while reading the EBook. This feature also improves the video streaming capability and therefore Amazon Fire provides you with an enhanced streaming of more than 100,000 videos and TV shows. It also provides you with fast downloading of their books, magazines and mp3.

Amazon Kindle Fire’s screen is also a feature that adds up to its biggest advantage. Amazon has made sure that its big screen is media friendly so it included an innovative in-plane switching technology to their display. This screen feature makes it easy for the customers to view the screen from different angles and easily shares a book, a movie, or a song with their friends. Another standout and interesting feature of its display is that it includes the deepest and the richest colors one can get. Its display includes over 16 million colors with 169 pixels per inch.

Fire also has its customized browser especially made for its purpose. This browser is called Silk. This is also mentioned above in the cloud computing services that mean that the task of loading the web page is split between the cloud service and the tablet. This increases the rate of downloading and one can easily at any time download anything without the streaming problem. Another advantage of Silk is that it supports Adobe Flash and one can view all sorts of videos.

Customers of the New Kindle Fire can enjoy smooth streaming of TV shows without any commercials in between and can buy or rent anything with just a move of your finger over the tablet’s screen. Amazon has made the Kindle’s screen very pleasing to the eyes of the customers because of the several features already mentioned above. It has been successful in attracting the group of customers who are not good with handling their tablets because Kindle Fire’s screen is made to resist the scratches and slight bumps.

Amazon cloud provides you with free storage for your eBooks download and it is fast and competent. It has added features that target different group of customers and are successful in attracting them. These include people who like multi-tasking, people who want a display screen that is resistant to scratches. You will never be pissed off by the loaded memory with the help of the Amazon cloud, Silk.

All the teens out there will really be in the list of buying the New Kindle Fire because they want to play their favorite games while listening to music and easily get what they are looking for. You can get more than millions of books and titles for such a decent price. Their customers find the articles, books, magazines and episodes on the Kindle Fire very visually appealing and its relatively low cost targets exactly the right customers who are looking for value of money!

This Amazon Kindle Fire is just perfect for you and is not a burden on your wallet!

Will Kindle Fire Prove to be an iPad Killer?

Recently, Amazon launched a color touchscreen tablet named ‘Kindle Fire’. Many are calling it an iPad killer. The New Kindle Fire has many features and functions that are similar to the iPad, but it would be difficult to say whether it can dislodge the iPad from the first position. Kindle Fire is priced very low at $199 which is cheaper than the $499 that one has to pay for the cheapest iPad. The price of the Kindle Fire will be different in each country. The basic versions of other Kindle readers are mainly used for reading e-books however The Kindle Fire offers this feature and combines that with many other new features. With this device it is possible to surf the internet, play games, watch movies and play music.

A big advantage that the users of the new Kindle Fire will have is that they can access about 18 million films, TV programs, books, magazines, games, apps and songs at the Amazon website. The device can be held easily in the palm. It has a 7-inch (17.78 cm) screen that is a little less compared to the 9.7-inch display available in iPad. New Kindle Fire does not require any docking with the PC. The multicolored touchscreen offered in Kindle Fire is very sensitive and offers fast response. Amazon is going to sell this device as a premium product available at affordable prices. In the US, It is expected to be available soon.

One of the most important parts of this tablet computer is the web browser named ‘Amazon Silk’. It is going to provide the best web experience that is possible in such a compact device. Using Amazon web services, this browser will be available only for this device. It incorporates cloud computing features making it easier to access, store and retrieve different types of contents and applications. The screen used in it has the new technology – In Plane Switching which is capable of showing up to 16 million colors with the resolution of 1024 x 600. It weighs only 413 grams (14.6 ounces) and the dimensions is 190mm x 120mm x 11.4mm. The weight may seem a little bit heavy but this device compensates that well with a wide range of features that are not available in other devices available at this price. The Kindle Fire offers powerful performance with its fast dual core processor of 1 GHz. It comes with 8 GB RAM memory that is sufficient for storing lots of different types of content.

When it is used only for reading the books then its battery lasts for about 8 hours. If on the other hand the video functions are used then the battery lasts for about 7.5 hours. These times have been calculated and are only applicable when the WiFi function is kept off. The battery can be charged using the USB port of a computer or with the wall adapter. There is no need to look for a charger with high-amperage. Generally the chargers used in the car or home to charge similar low usage devices can be used to recharge the New Kindle Fire battery. Technical specifications aside, it is the features and functions made possible in such a compact device that will make a solid impact. Users not only get access to millions of books and movies; they can also store their content at the Amazon site using its free cloud web storage facility.

The product is targeted at home users who are sensitive towards the price factor and do not need high-end devices for smaller applications. In fact, the processing power is sufficient for playing movies smoothly. The sensitive touchscreen makes it easier to launch applications quickly. Compared to earlier black-and-white versions, content on Kindle Fire is easier to check because of its bright color screen. The anti-reflection screen makes the viewing experience pleasurable. Consumers would surely love the battery life that is sufficient for outdoor uses when used within the city limits.

Users are not going to feel constrained by its limited storage space of 8 GB because the cloud storage feature takes care of that issue very efficiently. Especially if the WiFi connection is working then there is no limit on the content that can be downloaded and viewed one at a time. It is important to view the Kindle Fire on its own merits and not compare it with the iPad. The New Kindle Fire is going to create its own niche market and will not need to compete or try to dislodge other computer tablets available in the market.