And even more to the Apple tablet challenge will be a third version of the Kindle Fire HD large screen with 4G connection, for the same price as the basic iPad, Bezos said at a press conference in Santa Monica, west Los Angeles (California, west).
“It’s a big market and do not want to talk to competitors,” he told AFP Dave Limp, Kindle vice president, when asked if they could consider HD Kindle Competitor Direct iPad.
“But I think they (Apple) have had very good experience in this market and we are very excited to join. Consumers will be the ones to decide if we are doing well,” he added to After the presentation, while journalists experienced the new versions of Kindle.
The new Kindle Fire HD have free Wifi and two antennas, Bezos explained to the press, ensuring that this connection has a speed 41% faster than the last generation of the iPad, launched in March this year.
The Kindle Fire 7 inch HD cost $ 199, cost the same as before the low-resolution version, which was revised down price.
Meanwhile, the new Kindle Fire tablet 8.9 inch HD cost $ 299, considerably less than the iPad, ranging between 400 and $ 700 figure, while the third option with 4G connectivity will Sales 499, the same price of the basic iPad.
This large screen tablet is 8.8 mm thick and weighs 560 grams.
“We speak here of the most popular price for a tablet, $ 499, but doubled the storage capacity and, incredibly, adding wireless 4G “said Bezos.
The executive said he wants to keep lower than those of their competitors because they want to win money selling the content and not the devices.
“We make money when they use our equipment, not when they buy,” he told reporters at the event, whose mysterious reason was subject to much speculation for weeks behind.
The rumor circulating more frequently was that Amazon presented its version of a smartphone.
“If I won a dollar for every rumor I heard in recent weeks … “said Dave Limp told AFP. “I am proud that people pay attention to us.”
In addition to the three new Kindle Fire HD, Amazon unveiled an update to its previous Kindle Fire and a new family of e-book readers, the Kindle Paperwhite with “front light.”: that is, with illuminated front screen, not from behind to avoid eye discomfortWith a battery life of eight weeks with lit lighting, Kindle Paperwhite will go Sales 119 and 179 dollars.
This year, about 19% of U.S. adults will use a reader e-books at least once a month, according to market research firm eMarketer, next year while more than a third used a tablet, while only slightly more than one fifth use a reader.
“The new Amazon Kindle is bigger, more powerful and better than ever and compete directly with large market, “said Jeff Kagan, an industry analyst. “It will attract more consumers who would otherwise have chosen a tablet like the iPad.”
Anyway, “is still not an iPad,” he said Kagan. AFP
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