Coming after Apple’s successful effort to punish Samsung by getting an American jury to enforce Apple’s patent as a rounded rectangular shape and the use of the human thumb and forefinger to squeeze things, it seems as if the folks from Cupertino have an even bigger challenge. I am rooting for Bezos! A 9 inch tablet, Skype and with 24 7 connection to the web for $50/year???
Apple may now really have to move to Pyongyang!
Kindle Fire HD: Amazon Unveils New Tablet With High-Res Screen, Lowers Price And Boosts Performance Of Old Tablet … Huff Post
The real star of the show, as has become usual for Amazon, was the prices of these new gadgets, revealed to audible gasps from the crowd in attendance according to The Verge. The original Kindle Fire has been updated for better battery life, twice as much RAM and faster performance and gets a price cut to $159, down from the initial $199 price. The 7-inch Kindle Fire HD, which comes with 16GB storage, will cost $199. The 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD (also a 16GB device) will cost $299. The 8.9-inch, 32GB Kindle Fire HD with 4G LTE will cost $499 and comes with a data plan through Amazon that gives you 250MB a month, 20GB of cloud storage, and $10 credit in the Amazon App Store for an astounding $49.99 per year. (Bezos addressed the comparatively low prices of these tablets by saying Amazon hopes to make money from people buying Amazon content on the devices. “If someone buys hardware and never uses it, we don’t deserve to make money,” Engadget quoted him as saying).
The new Kindle Fire HDs will ship on November 20th but should be available for pre-order immediately. Engadget has photos of the new devices.