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Amazon has updated its Kindle Fire round series. Three new tablets unveiled the online shipping in the U.S.. What has changed with the Kindle Fire and Fire HD HDX hardware and software models. On 7 November appear tablets in the U.S.. A date for the German market launch is not yet known.
On 7 November brings out two new Amazon Kindle Fire HDX models and a new Kindle Fire Tablet HD. (Photo: Amazon) Table of Contents
- 1 Kindle Fire HD
- 2 Kindle Fire HDX
- 3 Fire OS 3.0
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recently brought out a new version of Amazon eBook Reader Kindle Paperwhite. Now updated the online store his number Kindle Fire tablet. Initially only in the United States. There, the new versions of the Kindle Fire HD and the HDX appear on 7 November.
Kindle Fire HD
What has changed in the former rather trifles. So the case is now slightly narrower, and the tablet a little easier. In addition, the processor is clocked at 1.5 GHz instead of 1.2. But it is still a dual-core chip. He is – as the current Kindle Fire model – supported by a gigabyte of RAM. The resolution of the 7-inch IPS display has remained with the same 1280 x 800 pixels (216 ppi). As are eight and 16 gigabytes of storage available. Take the user to the Internet via WLAN as usual. Cost: $ 139
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Kindle Fire HDX
More powerful is the new Kindle Fire HDX, which is not yet available in Germany. This model is available with a screen diagonal of 8.9 inches or seven, with the 1,920 x 1,200 resolution (323 ppi) and amount to 2,560 x 1,600 (339 ppi) pixel. The processor of the device is made by Qualcomm, is clocked at 2.2 GHz and has four cores. The memory amounts according to amazon to two gigabytes. As memory configurations are 16, 32 and 64 gigabytes for selection. In addition to Wi-Fi is also LTE for Internet access.
differences are found in the camera features of the two tablets. When there are only a seven-inch front-facing camera with HD resolution. In the 8.9 version, a back camera is also installed, which dissolves with eight megapixels. Designed differently according to the price level to fall for the seven-inch tablet 229 U.S. dollars, for the 8.9-inch Model 379 dollars
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Fire OS 3.0
All three new flat computers are also equipped with the latest version of the Fire OS 3.0, code name “Mojito”. In particular, the operation of the firmware has been improved with Mayday and received a central point of contact for problems. When the user clicks on the button with that, it is connected directly to the technical support of amazon. In the video chat client advisors automatically see the user’s screen, but not the customers themselves
Whether the new software is delivered to older Kindle tablets, is still unclear. The U.S. blog Engagdet learned of the company, however, that an update for older devices is likely. When this will be and when the new tablets in Germany are available, Amazon has not disclosed. A relevant request is running at amazon Germany.
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- Kindle Fire HD
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