Amazon sets tablet with emergency button before - Spiegel Online

three times as much computing power as the previous generation to bring the new Amazon tablet, which has presented on Tuesday night under the name Kindle Fire HDX Group. Two models have been announced, with 7 and 8.9-inch diagonal display. Inside the Snapdragon devices 800 Quad-Core processors operate at 2.2 GHz.

The screen resolution is 1920 x 1200 or 2560 times 1600 pixels. Thus, both devices offer a higher pixel density than the current iPad with Retina display. The current Nexus 7 tablet from Google can keep up with its 323 pixels per inch, the smaller Fire HDX version. The Great Kindle Fire HDX comes to 339 pixels per inch. The operating system uses the Amazon Fire OS version 3.0, called Mojito, which is based on Android 4.2.

optical devices have been revised compared to Kindle Fire HD, for example, the volume will be controlled on the tablet back. Both models are lighter than those available in Germany Kindle Fire HD versions, the larger Fire HDX also brings to the front camera on the back is an 8 megapixel camera. The batteries should hold eleven hours under ordinary operating in read-only mode 17 Like the previous models, the devices are tailored primarily to the use of Amazon services.

devices shipping from mid-October

The 7-inch standard model of the Fire HDX is in the U.S. $ 229 cost (around 170 euros) for the 8.9-inch version requires Amazon $ 379, both are equipped with wireless Internet access. The LTE versions of both tablets cost 329 or $ 479. Preorder to get their devices in mid-October. When and at what price the new tablets in Germany appear, is still unclear.

is also interesting that Amazon will feature in its TV ads in the foreground: the new “Mayday” button. After clicking on this virtual emergency button, the user is connected through video chat with the Kindle Customer Service, to try his problem via video link with an Amazon employee to solve.

While chatting to the service employees including the ability to draw things at the screen – this way he can explain about the user functions. The support should be available around the clock.

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