Amazon unveils new Kindle Fire HD and Paperwhite

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Tablet wars heating up... Amazon just announced the new Kindle Fire HD and Paperwhite

Bezos says we are keeping the Fire, doubling the RAM, making it 40 percent faster, plus adding longer battery life. It’s $159 and ships Sept. 14. That’s down from the $199 original price.

This year we want to have the best tablet at any price, says Bezos, emphasizing “any.”

Announcing the Kindle Fire HD in two sizes.

“We decided to go big!,” Bezos says. “Our large display tablet is 8.9 inch display. “It’s stunning.”
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New fire is actually quite sick. I'll be getting one for each of the kids and myself.
 
Bezos finally getting to the price points-

7-inch 16GB is going to be $199 (ships Sept. 14th)

8.9-inch 16GB is going to be $299 (ships in November 20th)
 
Bezos finally getting to the price points-

7-inch 16GB is going to be $199 (ships Sept. 14th)

7-inch is actually $159/



Do they run on some proprietary Amazon OS?

How do you think it compares to the Google Nexus 7 @ $199: Discover Nexus Devices

Slightly less powerful, slightly less expensive.

The Fires run Android with a significantly customized frontend. You can root them and toss stock android 4/4.1 on pretty easily.
 
I've got the Kindle Fire.

I like it a lot. Especially since I loathe most, if not all Apple products.

I'll buy this new version if they fixed the crappy speakers. Aside for that, and the display being fairly small, but not bad either, then I like them.

Of course, one major downside is good apps. Also games. Need better games. But I like the instant sync thing when buying books to read on there, and having it avail both on device and cloud, and my pc, and on Amazon itself. I've been a Prime member since they beta'd it. Its totally worth it since I order most everything from there. Great for shipping, and even better for movies. Their streaming quality is very solid. I even cancelled my Netflix account to use Amazon exclusively.

Biggest downside though, for the current Kindle Fire, is that Google Play doesn't recognize it. So, although the Amazon store is pretty decent, and sure, you can go around it if you want, but it would be good to have Play on there as an alternative.

Its cheap enough to lose it and not give a fuck too. Costs less than most smart phones anyway.
 
Kindle fire runs Android OS. I use one for developing with, simply plug it into the computer via usb, copy my apk file to the SD card, open a free app that lets you go to the folder and install it. Then it's right there in your apps.

It runs games a little better than my 4g samsung exhibit II phone with comparable hardware.
 
The revamped old version will be lowered to $159

The new Kindle HD 16GB will be $199
Ah, my bad.

I'll still pick them up for my kids. They've got nooks now, and need an update. Prolly stick with my n7 and acer for myself though, and of course my nook touch (can't stand reading for more than a couple minutes on lcd eink ftw).