online store Amazon launched in New York on “Kindle Fire”, a new electronic tablet that will sell from $ 199 and with that try to compete in a market dominated by Apple’s iPad.
addition to the “Kindle Fire” tablet with 3G connection and a weight of 414 grams, Amazon revealed that presentation in touch reader “Kindle Touch”, which will be priced at $ 99 on your Wi-Fi version and $ 149 in its 3G version.
presentation of the new Amazon tablet caused the shares of technology go up 3.47% on the Nasdaq, where it traded for $ 232 shortly after the presentation.
Both the “Kindle Fire” and the “Kindle Touch” will go on sale in November, the 15th and 21st of the month, respectively, but those who want to be with them can begin to place orders from today.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos explained in this presentation, which was attended by over two hundred journalists, their first electronic tablet will have a touch screen 7-inch color-below 9.7 Apple-iPad, but has no camera or microphone.
“We are offering high-end products at affordable prices,” he said at the presentation the head of Amazon, who predicted that his firm will sell “many millions” of these new devices.
Bezos stressed that the new devices introduced today have a completely free online access to the storage system or “cloud” from Amazon, you can store all types of files on the internet without having to store them on the device.
Amazon tablet is equipped with the Android operating system and the new browser “Amazon Silk”, with which the device is connected to the “cloud” to store data instead of on the tablet itself and thus Websites are loaded with more speed.
Another feature to compete with Apple’s iPad, according to Bezos explained, is to synchronize the files stored on the tablet is simpler, because it is performed “invisibly”, wirelessly and automatically.
the new “Kindle Fire” will be accessible to the media library of Amazon, which has 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, books, magazines, apps and games.
priced Amazon tablet away from the roughly $ 500 it costs the cheapest version of the iPad from Apple, so analysts point agreed Wednesday that the new device will be a tough competitor for the tablet iPod creator.
Apple, with its 30 million tablets sold since it launched the iPad in April 2010, is the undisputed leader in the tablet market, a sector in which companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Samsung and Motorola just have managed to overshadow him.
Beyond the “Kindle Fire” and the “Kindle Touch”, Amazon on Wednesday unveiled enhanced its “Kindle” version a lighter book reader with wireless and you can store up to 1,400 books, although their screen is not touch. EFE
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