Amazon has just released a highway to its video and music services with a TV box the Amazon Fire TV,
a relatively powerful device that can stream HD video, run (some) Android apps and even rnu high - end Android games.
Unfortunately, while the technical specs of the Kindle Fire would indicate
a relatively powerful device that would be extremely responsive during most tasks, the reality is a bit different.
Not exact matches
Only 791, and that's still a
relatively powerful and speedy
device.
More significantly, it remains one of the only smartphones on the market to pack
relatively powerful performance in a smaller - sized
device, one that can be comfortably used with one hand.
Intel doesn't offer any good,
relatively powerful processors for fanless
devices as small as eight inches, so hardware makers are constrained to Intel Atom processors, which aren't all that great when it comes to performance.
Why create another
device when we already have a
relatively powerful, energy efficient, always - on set - top box that connects to our home network?
That means it looks like the smartphone maker is sticking to what it's known for:
powerful devices at
relatively low prices.
While the technical details will inevitably be released by Microsoft sometime in the future, the
relatively low - cost of these
devices may make them a smash hit, and a fitting middle ground between the cheaper but lacking - in - features mobile headsets like Samsung's Gear VR and the more
powerful but costly Rift.