Amazon update his kindle its line for his E readers

According to the newspaper of new yorks time the Amazon announced updates to its line of Kindle e-readers, including the Kindle Fire HD, a tablet computer that comes in two sizes, one that is nearly as large as the i Pad and that undercuts its price by $200.

The company also announced the Kindle Paper white, a new version of the black-and-white Kindle that is thinner and turns pages 15 percent quicker than its predecessor. It also has a new high-contrast screen that Amazon says will be easier to read, especially in the dark because it is lighted from the bottom. 

The company now has seven models ranging from a basic $70 black-and-white-screen e-reader to a $600 color tablet. (It also still sells an aging model with a keyboard.)

“We are not building the best tablet at a certain price,” said Jeff Bozos, Amazon’s chief executive, who showed off the new devices at an airport hangar in Santa Monica. “We’re building the best tablet at any price.”

The Kindle Fire HD challenges the i Pad on several fronts. The larger version of the device has an 8.9-inch display, compared with the i Pad 9.7 inches. The new Amazon device also has a front-facing camera that works with the built-in Skype video conferencing software, competing directly with the front-facing camera on the i Pad and Apple’s Face Time video conferencing features. Like the i Pad, the new Kindle Fire offers 16 gigabytes of storage. The larger version of the Kindle Fire HD costs $300; the baseline i Pad costs $500. (Apple sells an older model for $400.) Amazon is also offering a $500 version of the Kindle Fire HD with cellular data connectivity, which is cheaper than Apple’s least expensive i Pad with cellular connectivity, which costs $630. 

 

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