Amazon unveils Kindle Fire tablet for USD 199

News Wireless Global 28 SEP 2011
Amazon unveils Kindle Fire tablet for USD 199
Amazon.com has unveiled its long-awaited tablet computer, the Kindle Fire priced at USD 199. The Android device with 7-inch screen, Wi-Fi and dual-core processor comes with the new Amazon Silk web browser, which uses the servers of the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud to cache web content and accelerate browsing. The Kindle Fire will promote access to a range of Amazon services, including more than 1 million e-books, the Amazon Instant Video service with over 100,000 titles to rent or buy, the Amazon Android app store and the Amazon MP3 Store with 17 million songs. Buyers of the Kindle Fire will get one month free of the Amazon Prime service, which includes free streaming of over 11,000 films and TV shows. They also get three months free of 17 Conde Nast magazines, including GQ and Vanity Fair, to promote the launch of the Kindle Fire Newstand, for digital magazine and newspaper subscriptions. The device comes registered to the user's Amazon account to support purchases and free storage on the Amazon Cloud, to back up all content. The Kindle Fire is available now for pre-order in the US and will ship from 15 November. The tablet was launched alongside three new versions of the Kindle e-reader: a lightweight, 6-inch edition for USD 79; the Kindle Touch with touchscreen for USD 99; and the Kindle Touch 3G for USD 149 and including free 3G service.

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