Kindle News
Looking for the best discount pricing on the Kindle Fire? You're definitely not the only one interested. Since Amazon dropped a bomb shell of an announcement when it introduced the new tablet everybody is interested in their new product and where they can get the best price.
Not only did Amazon drop the price of the original Kindle, they added the new Kindle Touch and, of course, the Kindle Fire. The introduction of the newest member of the Kindle family brings all sorts of new and fresh competition to the electronic reader and tablet market, and here is why.
The iPad has been the tablet market. No other tablet by any other manufacturer has been able to penetrate the consumer market. Part of the problem has been the perceived value for the cost. Consumers are not completely aware of the Android platform in part because it so fragmented and rebranded. Therefore Amazons new tablet has the advantage of being branded as a Kindle by Amazon, not as an Android tablet, and is $300 cheaper than the iPad. This essentially makes it an affordable iPad competitor.
The direct competitor to the Amazon Kindle Fire is the Barnes and Noble Nook Color. The Nook Color has been on the market and available to consumers for some time now. Natural competition progression would only make sense that Amazon would release a Kindle Color of sorts. Consumers have been asking where the Kindle Color is for some time. Being late to the game though, Amazon had to make an impact. That Impact was through price, hardware, and market.
This device doubles as both an electronic reader and a tablet. The Amazon Kindle has a brand as an electronic reader, or e-reader. The iPad as an e-reader never gained much ground. It was just too expensive as an electronic reader. But the this model features hardware that is just as powerful as the iPad. It also has access to the Amazon App Store. These two reasons combined with the very low price point of $200 will make it a strong competitor to the iPad.
The Kindle Fire has a lot to offer for itself as a competitor too. Let's take a look:
Not only did Amazon drop the price of the original Kindle, they added the new Kindle Touch and, of course, the Kindle Fire. The introduction of the newest member of the Kindle family brings all sorts of new and fresh competition to the electronic reader and tablet market, and here is why.
The iPad has been the tablet market. No other tablet by any other manufacturer has been able to penetrate the consumer market. Part of the problem has been the perceived value for the cost. Consumers are not completely aware of the Android platform in part because it so fragmented and rebranded. Therefore Amazons new tablet has the advantage of being branded as a Kindle by Amazon, not as an Android tablet, and is $300 cheaper than the iPad. This essentially makes it an affordable iPad competitor.
The direct competitor to the Amazon Kindle Fire is the Barnes and Noble Nook Color. The Nook Color has been on the market and available to consumers for some time now. Natural competition progression would only make sense that Amazon would release a Kindle Color of sorts. Consumers have been asking where the Kindle Color is for some time. Being late to the game though, Amazon had to make an impact. That Impact was through price, hardware, and market.
This device doubles as both an electronic reader and a tablet. The Amazon Kindle has a brand as an electronic reader, or e-reader. The iPad as an e-reader never gained much ground. It was just too expensive as an electronic reader. But the this model features hardware that is just as powerful as the iPad. It also has access to the Amazon App Store. These two reasons combined with the very low price point of $200 will make it a strong competitor to the iPad.
The Kindle Fire has a lot to offer for itself as a competitor too. Let's take a look:
- Low price point: The Kindle Fire is only $199. That is $50 less than the Nook Color and a full $300 less than the cheapest iPad.
- 8Gb Storage: The Kindle Fire features 8Gb of storage. 6Gb is usable to the user. That is an awful lot of apps, music, and books. Movies might fill that space a little quickly though.
- Limitless Back Storage: Amazon Cloud is a free service for the Kindle Fire. All of your books, music, movies, and even apps can be stored in Amazon Cloud. You won't be able to stream books and apps, but after you are done with them you can store them to Amazon Cloud. Music and Movies can be streamed though which will free up a lot of space.
- Whisper Sync: Whisper Sync is a neat feature for those that use it. Whisper Sync syncs book and magazine information across all Kindle devices, including smart phones with the app. Whisper Sync now works with movies and TV shows on Amazon Prime so you can switch from the Fire to the TV smoothly.
- Amazon Silk: Amazon Silk is a revolutionary new mobile browser with lightning speed.
- Full Access to Amazon's Market: Amazon's market is the largest digital library of books and magazines. The App Store is growing in size everyday and is almost as large as Google's Android Market. Amazon Prime's library already contains thousands of TV shows and movies and continues to grow.
- The Hardware: It features a high-resolution capacitive touch screen, 8Gb internal storage, a dual core processor, and a fast graphics processor that rivals that of the iPad and is generations beyond the Nook Color.
The Amazon Kindle Fire Blog will keep track not only of latest news but also of special discounts and deals so you can get your Kindle at the best price. The Kindle Fire will be released on November 15, 2011. Orders are being taken now on a first come, first served basis.
