It looks as if Amazon went overboard today with the unveiling of their new ereaders and tablets. I wasn’t expecting so much to be announced today, but to my surprise they have unleashed some competition. All of their offerings makes it more affordable for everyone to have a Kindle of some sort. See the new lineup and specs below.
Original Kindle
Same as the previous Kindle with new fonts and crisper text
- Price: $69, ships September 14
Kindle Paperwhite
Frontlighting
Paperwhite display
25% more contrast
Whites are whiter
Blacks are blacker
212 ppi
62% more pixels
Capacitive touch
8 Weeks of battery life
9.1mm thick
7.5 ounces
3G model offers FREE 3G, so no more looking for hotspots or Wifi
- Price: WiFi model is $119 and 3G model is $179. Ships October 1
Revamp of the Kindle Fire
Twice the RAM
40% faster
- Price: $159 ships September 14th
Kindle Fire HD
There is a 7 inch model and a 8.9 inch model
16GB
HD Front facing camera
HD is 8.8mm thick, 20 ounces, 254ppi
1920 x 1200 Resolution
Polarized filter to cut down glare on screen
1GB ram
TI OMAP 4470 processor
Dual stereo speakers Dolby Digital Plus
MIMO two antenna technology
Dual band 2.4, 5GHz
Wifi is 41% faster than the iPad 3, 54% faster than Nexus 7
The OS on the Kindle SD and HD uses 2GB
- Price: 7 inch is $199, 8.9 inch is$299, ships November 20
Kindle Fire HD 4G LTE
32GB of storage
4G Data
8.9 inches
2.2mm thick
- Price: $499, ships November 20
–Data Plan: 250MB a month, 20GB of cloud storage, $10 Amazon credit for $49.99 a year
