Amazon's full-color e-book tablet "Kindle Fire" is well understood movies etc. Various summary

In the United States released on November 15, 2011, the price is 199 dollars (about 15,200 yen), the 7-inch multi-touch compatible display adoption dual core CPU, the browser AWS power typified by Amazon EC 2 We use the fully utilized "Amazon Silk" technology, and we can transfer the rendered data on the cloud and be able to display beautifully, smartly and quickly.


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Kindle Fire - Full Color Kindle with 7 "Multi-Touch Display, Wi-Fi
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051VVOB2


You can tell how much it is actually watching by watching the following movie.

Otter US Intro Video
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m4PZXKPGK3SQB/


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The keyboard pops up like this on the screen keyboard


The size is about this


190 mm × 120 mm × 11.4 mm, weighs 413 g


Full color 7 inch IPS multi touch screen (technology similar to iPad) scratches very hard and durable with wireless LAN


It is also possible to install various applications from "Amazon Appstore" market of Amazon operated Android application.


Content purchased on Amazon is stored free of charge in the cloud and can be downloaded at any time


In addition, the following is a Kindle Fire publicity movie.

Kindle Fire TV Commercial - Amazon's New Kindle Ad - YouTube


More detailed specifications are as follows.

display: 7 inch multi-touch display (using IPS, processed to suppress reflection), resolution is 1024 × 600 pixels, 169 ppi, about 16 million colors
size: 190 mm × 120 mm × 11.4 mm
weight: 413 g
Required system: None. Because you can communicate with the net using wireless LAN, no computer is necessary for synchronization etc.
HDD capacity: Built-in 8 GB
Cloud storage: All content purchased on Amazon can be saved on the Amazon cloud and can be downloaded at any time.
battery: 8 hours only if you read in the state of wireless LAN off, 7.5 hours continuous playing the movie also with the wireless LAN off
charging time:4 hours. Charging from USB connection is also possible.
Wireless LAN specification: 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (Encryption corresponds to WEP, WPA, WPA2), ad hoc is not allowed
USB port: USB 2.0 (micro B connector)
audio: 3.5 mm stereo audio jack, stereo speaker mounted on top of the main unit
Supported File Formats: DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, KDDI, AZW, TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, Audible (AA, AAX) WAV, MP4, VP8

At the same time, the fourth generation new "Kindle"Was also announced.

Kindle e-Reader with Wi-Fi, 6 "Display
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wi-Fi-Ink-Display-Screensavers/dp/B0051QVESA/


The keyboard is gone, the price is 79 dollars (about 6000 yen), it becomes a model that advertisement comes out on the screen saver and the menu screen. The ad-free model is $ 109 (about 8300 yen).


Adopted a 6-inch looking electronic paper "E Ink" that looks like paper with wireless LAN support, the battery has a month, the capacity is 2 GB


The size is 166 mm × 114 mm × 8.7 mm (about 30% thinner than the previous model, 18% smaller overall, but the screen size is the same), weighing 170 g.


I also understand what this is like by looking at the following movie. At the moment, "Kindle Fire" just for sale in the U.S. is available only for purchase from Japan, but it will be on sale from today.

Amazon.com: Tequila Intro Video US
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m203JHP3UL8KFR/


2011/09/29 8:42 Addendum
The new generation "Kindle" which is the fourth generation can be purchased from Japan even if it creates an account of US Amazon, and when I actually purchased it, the main price is 8657 yen, the shipping fee is 1110 yen, the total is 9767 yen did. The shipping schedule date is from October 3 to October 5.


Furthermore, "touch operation"Kindle Touch"Was also announced. If you touch the left and right of the screen you can page forward and touch the middle and the menu will appear.

Kindle Touch: Touchscreen e-Reader with Wi-Fi, 6 "E Ink Display
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Touch-Wi-Fi-Ink-Display/dp/B005890G8Y/


The price is wireless LAN compliant, with an advertisement-added model of $ 99 (about 7500 yen), a model without advertising is $ 139 (about 16,600 yen).


Free 3G communication possible "Kindle Touch 3G"The model with ads is 149 dollars (about 11 1400 yen), the model without advertisement is 189 dollars (about 14 4400 yen).


6 inches of adopted e-paper "E Ink" that looks like paper


Battery has 2 months, capacity is 4GB


The size is 172 mm × 120 mm × 10.1 mm (about 8% thinner than the previous model, 11% smaller overall, but the screen size is the same), the weight is 213 g.


I also understand what this is like by looking at the following movie. Currently it is not possible to purchase from Japan, and within the United States will be released from November 21, 2011. is.

Amazon.com: Whitney Intro Video US
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m2RZFQMJF22HQ4/


There is also a technical explanation movie about "Amazon Silk" that is used in browsers installed in "Kindle Fire".

Amazon Silk-Amazon's Revolutionary Cloud-Accelerated Web Browser - YouTube


The official explanation is below.

Amazon Silk | The official blog of the Amazon Silk team
http://amazonsilk.wordpress.com/

Careers with Amazon Silk
http://aws.amazon.com/jp/amazonsilk-jobs/