Kindle Fire--the true iPad killer?
Amazon just announced the Kindle Fire. Straight from the specs, this can easily be the true iPad killer this holiday season.
Priced at US$199, the Kindle Fire has built in Wi-Fi and it features a 7-inch multitouch display with IPS (in-plane switching) technology and an anti-reflective treatment. This screen has a 1,024 x 600-pixel resolution (169 ppi) and 16 million colors. The Fire will have 8GB memory on board, which roughly allows 80 apps, in addition to either 10 movies or 800 songs or 6,000 books. I won't be surprised if a 16GB version follows. Battery-wise, it allows up to 8 hours of continuous reading or 7.5 hours of video playback.
The specs sounds great on paper and looks gorgeous in the intro video. The downside-- it's available only in the US, at least for now. Now check out the video and pray that it will be launched in your country sometime before Christmas.
Priced at US$199, the Kindle Fire has built in Wi-Fi and it features a 7-inch multitouch display with IPS (in-plane switching) technology and an anti-reflective treatment. This screen has a 1,024 x 600-pixel resolution (169 ppi) and 16 million colors. The Fire will have 8GB memory on board, which roughly allows 80 apps, in addition to either 10 movies or 800 songs or 6,000 books. I won't be surprised if a 16GB version follows. Battery-wise, it allows up to 8 hours of continuous reading or 7.5 hours of video playback.
The specs sounds great on paper and looks gorgeous in the intro video. The downside-- it's available only in the US, at least for now. Now check out the video and pray that it will be launched in your country sometime before Christmas.
About the Blogger
A true tech junkie at heart, Victor Cheung has been obsessed with all tech gadgets since his college days. His favorite gizmos span from tablet PCs to UMPC, to PMPs, gaming consoles, mobile phones and anything with WiFi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.0 on it. A newcomer to the blog scene, he started his own quasi-tech blog, The Hong Kong Phooey in October 2006.
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