Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 at 8:06 PM
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Kindle Fire
The new Color Kindle is one of the best selling touch screen tablets once it was announced to the world. The tablets were pre-ordered and even then it was a hit. The Kindle Fire is the fourth generation of the Kindle family. Did you happen to pre-order yours? I did. After watching a video of the demo for Amazon’s newest tablet to the ongoing tablet war, I had to have one. Now, I do have a Nook Color, but unfortunately I am not satisfied with it. That’s terrible isn’t it? However, it’s the truth.
I am prepared to tell you why the Kindle Fire is the way to go if you are seriously considering a tablet for a family member or close friend. It is really an exciting and awesome device. The next question is whether it is an iPad killer. I’m not for sure because the iPad has a lot going for itself in terms of apps, size, popularity and usefulness and not to mention a whole lot of sales under its belt. The reason the Kindle Fire is so special is that:
It’s portable. It is 7 inches in length and can easily be carried in your hand, purse or book bag. I like that aspect of it already. Amazon is still showing consideration to the consumer and practicality.
The device is in color. This not only gives the Nook Color some competition but will advance Amazon’s hold on the 7 inch tablet market. Amazon’s Kindle is already the number one selling portable tablet in the market. What do you think the Kindle Fire will do for their sales? It has been long anticipated and the diehard tablet enthusiasts have asked for it.
Cost wise it is to die for. All the rumors had put the Kindle Fire up to $399 dollar price tag, but Amazon managed to keep the price reasonable under $200 dollars.
The above reasons are why I gingerly worked my wallet out of my pocket and ordered the Kindle Fire. Now, for the best part, the delicious tidbits. Did you know the device has the following features? Read the rest of this entry
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 at 7:17 PM
Amazon has offered a really nice benefit for Kindle owners. The company announced that if you sign up for an Amazon Prime membership you will have access to the Kindle Owner’s Lending Library. This entails users being able to choose from thousands of books that can be borrowed for FREE. This also includes over 100 current and former New York Times Bestsellers.
Membership participants can borrow frequently. For example, at least one book a month with no due dates! Amazon also boasts that no other ereader/tablet or ebook store offers this service to customers. Amazon is definitely the first online book seller to make such an offer to customers. The Kindle Owners’ Lending Library features a wide variety of titles for users. This really makes owning a Kindle Fire exciting. Read the rest of this entry
Sunday, October 16th, 2011 at 5:55 PM
What’s the Cloud? Ok, we’re excited about the new Kindle Fire, but what about this Cloud storage that’s been dropped on us? Amazon says owners of their new Kindle 4 won’t need to be concerned about storage simply because all the content on the device is backed up on the Cloud server.
The term Cloud causes you to envision this huge white cream puff factor out there with all of your stuff in it. However, nonetheless one has to wonder what is the Cloud and what exactly does it do?
On the surface one would believe that Amazon’s cloud service is just a type of online internet based storage service for Kindle Fire users. However, it’s considerably more than that. It really is in fact a web based music player, known as the Cloud Player hosted by Amazon and also a storage system referred to as the Cloud Drive. Read the rest of this entry
Friday, October 14th, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Kindle Fire
The Color Kindle has hit the market place by fire (no pun intended). It has been compared to the BlackBerry Playbook based on looks and feel. The main comparison is to the RIM hardware. The Amazon Kindle Fire is a great e-reader and tablet rolled into one device and is easy to transport.
The performance of the software and apps are great and reacts very well as anticipated. Getting the most attention, is the silk browser which has been described as being super fast because of the way it is set up. When accessed, the browser processing is split between the device and the Amazon Cloud server. Can the new Kindle 4 be a serious contender in the tablet warfare? Yes, it is already getting off to a great start because of it’s appearance, portability and most importantly the price. It will be sold through Amazon since it is one of the new ereader tablets Amazon is releasing. The device is considerably less than the iPad and not to mention the Nook Color and Nook Tablet.
The Kindle Color comes with 8 GB of internal storage and a beautiful 1024 x 600 IPS extra-wide viewing display. Weighing in at 14.6 ounces, the Kindle Color is a lightweight device that can be held in one hand. The Kindle Fire measures 7.5 x 4.7 x 0.45 inches, making it easy to carry in a purse or book bag.
What Is The Kindle Fire?
On September 28, 2011, Amazon.com announced a new product line of the Kindle family. The new device that has everyone excited is the Kindle Fire, a color device that allows users to read books, watch TV shows and movies, read magazines, play games, use apps and surf the web. The Kindle Fire was released on November 21, 2011. As for Amazon, it has been successful with its previous Kindle products and the new Kindle Color is another one that is sure to be a success. It is already the number one best seller in Electronics on the Amazon website with the previous generation of Kindle coming in second on the list. As you can see, the Kindle Fire has several terms that it is being referred to such as the Kindle Color, which mimics the Barnes and Noble’s Nook Color and Nook Tablet. The question is, does it perform the same as the new Nook Tablet? Just how much do the three tablets compare to each other?
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 at 7:46 PM
Amazon Silk
Amazon Silk known as Dynamic Split Browsing is the web browser for the new Kindle Fire tablet. It is designed for speed to enhance users’ web browsing experience. One half of Silk is described as being nestled inside the Kindle Color and the other half is on Amazon’s EC2 (Elastic Cloud Computing) server, the muscle that makes Silk work.
When a user clicks on a webpage, the request is routed through the Amazon Cloud servers and then Amazon’s EC2 furnishes the speed to optimize the loading time for web pages. The web content is reportedly delivered in milliseconds instead of what we’ve all grown accustomed to websites loading in just seconds.
On the surface, it sounds great but when you look closer, there are some privacy and security concerns expressed about Amazon’s Silk that may cause some consumers to pause before jumping with both feet onto the Silk bandwagon. This article will discuss the privacy concerns being expressed with the Silk web browser. Read the rest of this entry
