Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet: $199

[editor]

I'm liking the size of the thing...

 

[editor]

Kindle Touch with "most advanced" E Ink display is going to sell for $99, 3G version $149 ("Works in 100 countries, and has no annual contract, monthly fees, anything. "It's free 3G wireless."")

 

[Kanda]

Kindle *touch* ???

This'll go well...

 

[editor]

Kindle *touch* ???

This'll go well...

Amazingly, Apple didn't invent that word.

 

[editor]

And on to the new tablet: "100,000 movies and TV shows, 17 million songs, access to the Android Appstore, Kindle books, full-colour magazines, and all stored for free using Amazon Cloud Storage."

 

[Kanda]

Amazingly, Apple didn't invent that word.

I'm aware of that, I was taking the piss.

 

[mwgdrwg]

A cheaper basic kindle sounds good to me. Glad they aren't going all touch.

 

[editor]

So this is why Amazon launched its own Android appstore!

 

[gabi]

I'm aware of that, I was taking the piss.

I think it'll still raise eyebrows in cupertino - they do love a good lawsuit

 

[Kanda]

I think it'll still raise eyebrows in cupertino - they do love a good lawsuit

They'll probably sue for the very cupertino like presentation. If only Bezo was wearing a black rollneck... !!

 

[Divisive Cotton]

they are talking about it being $199 dollars here not $250:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-28/amazon-unveils-199-kindle-fire-tablet.html

 

[editor]

Neat. Web content is partly rendered in the cloud to speed up browsing.

 

[Kanda]

they are talking about it being $199 dollars here not $250:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-28/amazon-unveils-199-kindle-fire-tablet.html

If you watch here: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/28/live-from-amazons-tablet-event-in-nyc/?sort=newest&refresh=60

You'll soon find out...

 

[Crispy]

"in the cloud"
"on a server"
This is like Opera's Turbo mode, which is very useful on slow connections.
It's also a fantastic way for Amazon to collect your browsing habits and target adverts at you accordingly.

 

[editor]

This tablet looks great. I predict vast sales.

 

[Lord Camomile]

So why the hell did I get my Kindle then?!

 

[gabi]

Unless Bezos goes on to say otherwise, the Kindle Fire looks like it will be US only for the time being. It appears intrinsically tied with Amazon cloud player, which hasn't yet launched outside the US for legal reasons. The launch of the first Kindle was US-only too, so this wouldn't be wholly extraordinary.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Yes, you're guessing and because of that I'm not entirely convinced by your claim that the Amazon tablet won't "offer anything that your 5" Dell Streak doesn't apart from a different UI and a bit more screen."

Name one thing it could offer that competing products don't.

 

[gabi]

The Silk browser looks the main USP

 

[ChrisFilter]

Oh here we go...

Na, I'm neither k_e nor editor. Everything I said is perfectly valid and entirely unbiased so I'm not going to get all weird about it.

 

[ChrisFilter]

This tablet looks great. I predict vast sales.

Me too. It looks superb. Out Apple-ing Apple in terms of 'it just works'.

Still doesn't do anything for me that my phone does.

 

[editor]

Na, I'm neither k_e nor editor. Everything I said is perfectly valid and entirely unbiased so I'm not going to get all weird about it.

Neither am I. He's just trolling. Ignore him.

 

[cliche guevara]

This looks great. It seems the speculation was right in terms of size/price point etc. This is what the teblet market needed, and will be a serious game changer.

 

[gabi]

It took them ages between the US launch and European launch of the first kindle so i wouldn't get too excited

 

[editor]

This looks great. It seems the speculation was right in terms of size/price point etc. This is what the teblet market needed, and will be a serious game changer.

Reckon so. It does all the main stuff that people use a tablet for: browsing, reading, music, videos, games etc., and comes at an affordable price and is a great size.

 

[editor]

It took them ages between the US launch and European launch of the first kindle so i wouldn't get too excited

IIRC, a lot of that was due to securing 3G deals in Europe.

 

[Kanda]

Neither am I. He's just trolling. Ignore him.

Lighten up, I was having a laugh/joke.

 

[ChrisFilter]

And now fingers crossed Apple drop the price of the iPad 2...

They won't though. Probably even less likely to now, the stubborn fucks. Although without Jobs they might not be so bold.

 

[cliche guevara]

I don;t think Apple need to drop the iPad price. The Kindle Tablet will appeal to a different user, or those who lusted after an iPad but couldn;t justify the price.

 

[ChrisFilter]

I don;t think Apple need to drop the iPad price. The Kindle Tablet will appeal to a different user, or those who lusted after an iPad but couldn;t justify the price.

Maybe not. More likely that the iPad will become cheaper than Android will get even half the range and quality of apps available though.