Amazon renewed its line of tablets and Kindle e-book readers – Reuters

Amazon updated its line of Kindle tablets and e-readers with a new series of models including a new flagship. HDX Fire, equipped with a high definition screen

“The Voyage Kindle goes on sale on 21 October, “

” This has included an incredible amount of technology and innovation in the new HDX Fire, “said founder and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, in a statement. The tablet can be ordered from Amazon.com at a price of $ 379 in the United States, with deliveries scheduled from October.

The HDX Fire tablet has a 8.9 inch screen High Definition with a density of 339 ppi. It has a 2.5 GHz processor, front camera paths with HD quality and a rear 8 MP and has Sangria, the latest version of Fire OS based on an adaptation of the Android operating system.

Amazon emphasizes that the HDX Fire tablet is 20 percent lighter than the iPad Air, is available with LTE connectivity and features Dolby Atmos technology to deliver clear and undistorted audio.

The company also also introduced two new models of tablets with screens Fire HD 6 or 7 inches, priced at $ 139 and 99, respectively (in the USA). They are available in black, white, blue, magenta and green, and come inside with a quad-core 1.5 GHz

“Fire HD is the most powerful tablet with a price below $ 100, “Bezos said in reference to the huge catalog of digital content and services from Amazon.

The Seattle-based company also unveiled a tablet version of Fire HD specially designed for children with benefits as a year of unlimited access to thousands of books, movies and games as well as free replacement if broken up to two years after purchase. It has a quad-core processor and is available with screens 6 and 7 inches, 149 and $ 189 respectively.

In the segment of the Kindle e-book readers, Amazon introduced Voyage, the seventh generation of the popular e-reader priced at $ 199 it is the thinnest model of the company, with 7.6 mm thick. It has the technology based Paperwhite screen and a new system for getting the views of e-book, priced at $ 199.

In addition, the company led by Bezos launched an updated version of its basic to $ 79, which includes a touch-sensitive interface.

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