Amazon’s new tablet will have a very high resolution display with a diagonal of 10.1 inches, as News.com learned from DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim. Mass production of Amazon’s 10-inch tablet to be launched in the third quarter, according to Shim. It is also estimated that Amazon will update the smaller models with the aim to bring all the displays at a pixel density of 300 ppi.
Amazon Kindle Fire 10 inches (Photo: Amazon) According to shim the information is at the 10-inch Vesion a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels to be expected, which would correspond to a pixel density of 300 pixels per inch (ppi). It would exceed that Apple’s iPad 4 with “retina display”, which reached 264 ppi, and with Google’s Nexus delay equal to 10, which also has 2560 x 1600 pixels.
Amazon had proved with his successful launch in November 2011, 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet, the existing demand for smaller and low-priced tablets – and with it began the boom in the 7-inch class. In November 2012 put it with another Kindle Fire with 8.9-inch diagonal after.
According to the latest figures from IDC Amazon occupied the fourth place in the tablet market, and could in the first quarter of this year, selling 1.8 million Kindle Fire. With a market share of 3.7 percent, it is still far behind Apple, Samsung and Asus back who already have 10-inch tablets on offer.
Since March, Amazon offers presented last September premium version of its Kindle tablet to HD in Germany. The Kindle Fire HD 8.9 has as its very name indicates a 8.9-inch display (22.6 centimeters). It costs the manufacturer by mail at 269 € 16 GB memory expansion. The version with 32 GB of Amazon lists for 299 euros.
The prices refer to the Amazon supplied with advertising variant: Officially called the “special offers”. These are displayed by the screensaver. For 15 euro charge the tablet is also available without advertising. An unlock can also be made subsequently.
Amazon’s Kindle tablet use a modified Android, which critics describe as a “walled garden” in the style of Apple’s iOS. Applications can be loaded only from Amazon’s own app store. Google Play – and maybe all already purchased Google Android applications – are not available. As Amazon’s own development Silk browser is used. However, there is already a solution for the replacement of the boot loader to install, for example, by a custom Rom like CyanogenMod can.
the other hand, benefit the buyers of its tight integration with Amazon’s services. The device is delivered in registriertem state – from Amazon earlier purchased content that is immediately available on the cloud storage. This applies to apps, books (via Kindle), music or movies (via Lovefilm). In the last accessories criticized for its working conditions consignor provides Leather Case with Magnetic Fastener for 44.99 euros and a quick charger for 9.99 euros.
[with material from Bernd Kling, News.com]
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