So now they offer a bunch of different Echos in all shapes and sizes, along with three different
Fire tablet sizes, and yet the Kindle line gets neglected once again as we're left with the same four 6 - inch Kindles as last year, three of which have the exact same screen.
Not exact matches
This week, the Canada - born, Japanese - owned e-book retailer, e-book and
tablet manufacturer unveiled its newest line - up of tech toys, including a 10 - inch HD
tablet — the company's largest to date — to compete with the full -
sized likes of the iPad, Nexus 10, Nook HD and Kindle
Fire.
Yes — I have, in fact, done so with my own
Fire 7 — Google for it — it can be easily done with any
Fire tablet of the current or previous generation — regardless of
size.
Though the displays on the Nook
Tablet and Kindle
Fire are roughly the same
size, they come in very different packages: The Kindle
Fire is a thick black rectangle, almost identical to the BlackBerry Playbook, while the Nook
Tablet is surrounded by a silver and gray plastic casing with a strange little hook on the bottom left corner.
Then Amazon switched to the main event: the Kindle
Fire HD, a high - resolution
tablet that comes in two
sizes: 7 and 8.9 inches ($ 199 and $ 299, respectively).
Flagship
Tablet Display Shoot - Out Amazon Kindle
Fire HDX 8.9 - Apple iPad Air - Google Nexus 10 An in - depth objective scientific display performance analysis and comparison between the top - of - the - line Amazon Kindle
Fire HDX 8.9, Apple iPad Air, and Google Nexus 10 Flagship full
size Tablets.
Google, for instance, sells a version of its Nexus 7
tablet for just $ 299, and Amazon now offers a $ 159 model of its
Fire device, which is $ 20 less than the most expensive Kindle e-reader and $ 40 more than the priciest Nook.The iPad Mini recently brought the entry price of Apple
tablets to $ 329, down from $ 499 at the original iPad
size.
I needed a new
tablet and wasn't sure what make or
size to order but my Amazon
Fire HD 10.1 inch
tablet is just what I needed and it is so quick to find things on and easy to use I am really happy I decided to purchase it and delivery from Argos was excellent
However, developers who have already adapted their programs to the Kindle
Fire or other 7 - inch
tablets wouldn't face a big hurdle in adapting to a third Apple screen
size, Weiner says.
The overall weight happens to be identical between the two
tablets at 11 ounces even though the
Fire HD 8 is larger in
size.
The
Fire HD Kids Edition is a 6» or 7» color
tablet, just the right
size for kids to hold.
It has two fewer font -
size options than Kindle
Fire HD, but it offers line spacing and three additional background colors beyond what Amazon's
tablet provides, including a light gray textured background that mimics paper and preserves the paperlike theme running through other native app screens.
The Kindle
Fire is a 7» color
tablet, just the right
size for kids to hold.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is the first full Android 4.0
tablet with the
size, price, and performance to compete with the Kindle
Fire, but can it match what the
Fire does best?
Amazon has upped the
Fire tablet ante with two new HDX models in 7 - and 8.9 - inch
sizes with brand - new, high - resolution screens and running an updated Snapdragon 800 quad - core processor at 2 GHz.
Engineered by Amazon — Designed for Reading One of Amazon's thinnest
tablets ever (7.7 mm),
Fire HD features an 8» screen and is comparable in
size to a book, making it easy to hold in one hand while reading.
Given that the Kindle
Fire is already a popular «work»
tablet given the price and
size, it's clear that Amazon sees a solid new niche for the platform.
Kindle
Fire HD features a stunning custom high - definition display, exclusive Dolby audio with dual stereo speakers, high - end, laptop - grade Wi - Fi with dual - band support and dual - antennas / MIMO for 40 % faster throughput than other
tablets, enough storage for HD content, and the latest generation processor and graphics engine - and it is available in two display
sizes - 7» and 8.9».
With Kindle
Fire HD 8.9» and soon our full line of new
tablets, we are continuing our efforts to provide a range of accessibility features — Voice Guide, Explore by Touch, text - to - speech, optional text coloring and adjustable font
sizes — for our vision - impaired customers,» said Dave Limp, Vice President, Amazon Kindle.
Both Amazon's Kindle
Fire HDX and Google's Nexus 7 closed the gap on 10 - inch
tablets, providing Retina Display graphics and fast quad - core processors and making the major difference
size rather than performance.
The Amazon
Fire HD 6 and HD 7 (at right in the photo below, along with the new
Fire HDX) are the same
tablet in two
sizes.
Amazon also makes
tablets: the Kindle
Fire HD and the Kindle
Fire HDX, which are Wi - Fi only and / or Wi - Fi and 4G LCD color devices for music, boks, movies, games, and more, and come in a choice of two screen
sizes and more (see
tablets).
It's why Apple now has multiple
sized iPhones and iPads and why Amazon continues to try filling in the gaps on its
Fire tablet lineup with an increasingly eclectic lineup of shapes and
sizes.
For additional background and information see the iPad Display Technology Shoot - Out article that compares the iPad 2 and the new iPad 3, the 10 Inch
Tablet Display Technology Shoot - Out that compares 5 «popular» full
size Tablets, and the 7 Inch
Tablet Display Technology Shoot - Out that compares the Amazon Kindle
Fire HD and the Google Nexus 7.
It's worth noting the
size of the screen is almost identical to the
size of the company's existing Kindle
Fire tablets.
At a more than $ 100 savings over other
size - comparable
tablets, the 16 GB (upgradeable to 128 GB through a microSD slot) $ 229.99
Fire HD 10 is a decent deal.
Apple's closest competitor in the overall
tablet market is Amazon.com Inc., but its Kindle
Fire is half the
size of the iPad and less than half the price, putting it in a somewhat different category.
The Surface 3 has a Peak Brightness of 395 cd / m2 (nits), which is Very Good, slightly lower than other full
size Tablets like the Apple iPad Air 2 with 415 nits, but much less than some medium
size Tablets like the Kindle
Fire HDX 8.9 with 527 nits.
The IDC report omits the six inch version of the
Fire tablet because of its six - inch screen
size.
I mean, if they have
size variations on their
fire tablets with 6, 7 and 8.9 inch models, why not in an e-reader?
So while an upgrade to the current 7 inch Kindle
Fire is in the cards, Amazon is also keen to enter a whole new segment with a 9 inch
sized Kindle
Fire tablet.
The likes of the Kindle
Fire and the NOOK
Tablet has been witnessing increased acceptance, so much that Apple too is forced to have in place a smaller tablet, one that is likely to have a 7.85 sized di
Tablet has been witnessing increased acceptance, so much that Apple too is forced to have in place a smaller
tablet, one that is likely to have a 7.85 sized di
tablet, one that is likely to have a 7.85
sized display.
You know, the one that also includes the Georgia font as it does on the
Fire tablets, an update with more font
size options and font weight adjustments?
Amazon Kindle
Fire HD 6 The Kindle
Fire HD 6 is new to the Kindle
Fire tablet family lineup, and while
tablets of this
size are normally referred to as phablets and often are smartphones instead, we'll refer to the Kindle
Fire HD 6 as a
tablet anyway.
Another excellent
tablet from Amazon is Kindle
Fire HD that comes in two screen
sizes 7 inch and 8.9 inch.
The new Kindle
Fire tablets are available in both
sizes: Kindle
Fire HDX 7» and Kindle
Fire HDX 8.9» (Update: the HDX 8.9» has a new version).
Their full -
size flagship Kindle
Fire HDX 8.9 is the best performing
tablet display that we have ever tested, due in part to using the highest performance LCDs with low temperature poly silicon LTPS.
Quite a few Kindle
Fire reviews from tech pretend - journalists have claimed that 10 ″ is some magical
size for
Tablets.
A new generation of full -
size flagship
tablets has just started with the near simultaneous launch of the Apple iPad Air and Amazon Kindle
Fire HDX 8.9.
While the new
Fire HDX 8.9 starts at $ 380, and you can find Android
tablets with similarly
sized screens for as little as $ 70.
The new Kindle
Fire is a 7 - inch
tablet compared to the 10 - inch iPad and it remains to be seen which
size consumers will prefer.
Instead, the Kindle
Fire can be seen operating in a segment that is a bit lower than the Apple
tablet in terms of
size, functionality and of course price.
Amazon's Kindle
Fire can be considered a hit as far as budget
tablet segment is considered and Apple can choose to stand out of the crowd by coming up with a iPad with reduced specs to make the
tablet a cheaper one instead of reducing screen
size.
One of the initial headaches for publishers of
tablet - based books and magazines, especially where the Android platform was concerned, was publishers were having to adapt their content to the various screen
sizes, a fact that can only be exacerbated with the smaller Kindle
Fire tablet, iPad Mini, and Nook HD, as well as the growing numbers of people who are comfortably reading magazines and newspapers on their smartphones.
Exclusively
sized for the Kindle
Fire, the rotating cradle securely holds the 7 — inch
tablet, while accommodating horizontal and vertical viewing angles.
If we assume the largest one is the 10 inch
Fire tablet that leaked this morning, then the remaining
sizes seem to measure up to be 8 inches, 7 inches and 6 inches.
Amazon has like 5 different
sizes of
Fire tablets but only 1 Kindle
size.
Amazon is still regularly updating its line of
Fire tablets, though, with the $ 79
Fire HD 8 offering up the best balance of price,
size, and performance.
Apple founder Steve Jobs derided the idea of a smaller
tablet two years ago, but Amazon.com Inc. has had some success with its Kindle
Fire, which is about half the
size of the iPad and starts at $ 159.
It has two fewer font
size options than Kindle
Fire HD, but it offers line spacing and three additional background colors beyond what Amazon's
tablet provides.