Jeff Bezos is happy. More than happy, he’s hooting with excitement. Yes, you might expect that from someone with an estimated net worth measured in multiples of billions of dollars, but today the Amazon CEO (and Washington Post owner, and clandestine private spaceship project Blue Origin founder) has something specific in mind: scraping the wince-inspiring […]
Amazon has just announced their third generation Kindle Fire, which will come in the form of the Kindle Fire HDX. This particular tablet would merge groundbreaking hardware alongside the most recent version of Fire OS, not to mention throw in a slew of other goodies such as X-Ray for Music, Second Screen, Prime Instant Video downloads, and of course, a spanking new and revolutionary Mayday button.
The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX would arrive would feature an “exclusive” HDX display that delivers 323 ppi for 7” and 339 ppi for 8.9”, a perfect 100% sRGB color accuracy, reduced glare, dynamic image contrast, and improved brightness for better viewing regardless of the existing lighting conditions. A 2.2Ghz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor runs underneath the hood, and the entire shebang (the 8.9” Kindle Fire HDX tips the scales at just 13.2 ounces. Fire OS 3.0 “Mojito” is the operating system of choice, while the new Mayday button that we talked about? Pressing that would deliver revolutionary live tech support, where a single touch will hook you up to an Amazon expert who is able to guide you remotely via any feature any day of the year. It is said it will arrive with 11 hours of battery life for mixed use, and 17 hours of reading.
The 7” Kindle Fire HDX will retail for $229 a pop, with a 4G model going for $329, while the 8.9” Kindle Fire HDX will cost $379, with the 4G version burning a $479 hole in your pocket. [Press Release]
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Though the Amazon Kindle Fire HD will indeed be bringing a set of specifications here in 2013 that essentially match those of its first edition from 2012, a new aesthetic has hit the holder of the ebooks. What you’re getting here is the same 1280 x 800 pixel display with 1.5Ghz dual-core processor under the […]
Amazon has a new button. This button, built into the new Kindle Fire HDX’s software, summons a real, live human being (support technician) to your tablet over video chat, day or night, any day of the year, for whatever reason you want. It’s positively absurd, in scope (and, likely, practice). And it’s something that only Amazon could pull off.
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It’s two years since the first Kindle Fire tablets, and Amazon hasn’t been sitting still: the new Kindle Fire HDX line-up is evidence of that. Still aggressively targeting cost-conscious users with a near-cost sticker price Jeff Bezos & Co. hope to offset with music, ebook, movie, and other purchases, the Kindle Fire HDX take on […]
The new Kindle Fires are here. And they’re pretty damn impressive. The Kindle Fire HDX, in 7- and 8.9-inch models, has improved the screen, processor, RAM, software, and body of last year’s Fire HD. And that’s before you get to the insane new tech support feature Amazon dreamed up. But is that enough for the Fire to shake its rep as the "cheap" tablet? Maybe.
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So, imagine you just shelled out $200 or $300 for one of those new Kindle Fire HDXs, only to have it scratch in your backpack as you pull it out to gloat to one of your friends. Oh, you poor, poor soul. If only you’d had the foresight to pick up an Origami cover. Like the new tablets, the case goes up for pre-order today — and will start shipping at the same time as their respective devices. Jeff Bezos was pretty keen to show the accessories off today, demonstrating how built-in magnets allow them to fold together in such a way that the tablets can be positioned in either landscape or portrait modes.
Neater still for the 8.9-inch version (the one with the rear-facing camera, mind), is a feature that triggers the photo app when the cover is slid down on the slate. Behold, magnetic magic that would leave the Insane Clown Posse pondering scientific inquiry for months to come. Amazon’s made cases for both HDX models and the new HD. The polyurethane versions of the 7- and 8.9-inch HDX cases run $50 and $55, respectively, with the leather versions coming in at $65 and $70. The covers for the HD run $45 and $60.
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Okay, okay, one more bit of info to share from Amazon tonight. Those snazzy new Fire HDX tablets are, as expected, getting cellular options. This time out, however, the company is adding an additional carrier. In addition to AT&T, Fire buyers will be able to go with a Verizon version. That upgrade will cost you an extra $100 on top of the base price, bringing the 7-inch version to $329 and the 8.9-inch one to $479. According to Amazon, “standard plans” will be supported for the two carriers. A breakdown of that pricing can be found after the break.
“Today, we’re going to show you the third leg of our device business strategy,” Jeff Bezos begins. His audience is modest: four people sitting around a table in an Amazon conference room. It’s a far cry from the Santa Monica airplane hangar his company rented out for last year’s event. Bezos picks up a dry erase marker and begins breaking down the first two parts, elements the company has focused on since it first began building Kindles. “One,” he says, narrating the words as he goes along, like an enthusiastic high school teacher, “premium products at non-premium prices. Two: make money when people use our devices, not when they buy our devices.”
“We sell our hardware and roughly break even and then when they use the devices and buy content,” he adds. “Our point of view is that this is more aligned with the customer. We don’t have to get discouraged when we see people using fourth-generation Kindles. Bezos draws a Venn diagram to illustrate the third part of the puzzle. He writes “customer delight” on one side and “deep integration throughout the entire stack” on the other. The intersection houses the “hardest” and “coolest things,” which utilize OS, key apps, the hardware stack and the cloud. “It’s a little abstract,” he adds, “but I think it will be extremely clear when I show it to you.” The template for the third piece of the puzzle is the new Kindle Fire HDX series — the company’s latest premium tablets.%Gallery-slideshow90904% %Gallery-slideshow90903%
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