Amazon has introduced a new generation of tablet Kindle Fire - PC Week / RE

rumors that Amazon announced its smartphone, not confirmed, but the company updated its tablet Kindle Fire, introduced the tablet Kindle Fire HDX 7 and Kindle Fire HDX 8,9, respectively, equipped with a 7-inch (1920 × 1200 pixels) and a 8.9-inch (2560 × 1600 pixels) screen.

According to the manufacturer, the new plates provide a three-time increase computing performance than the previous generation. They are equipped with quad-core Snapdragon processor 800 running at 2.2 GHz and contains Adreno 330 graphics core. In the devices are also available 2GB of RAM, a built-in flash memory can be 16, 32 or 64 GB. Both models are on board dual-band wireless module Wi-Fi 802.11n. Also claimed to support communications 4G LTE.

Both tablets are equipped with front HD-cameras. In older models also have a rear 8-megapixel camera. In all models, there are stereo speakers and supports Dolby. It is also noteworthy changes in the design of devices. The tablet has become more angular, volume control and the power transferred to the back of the device.

device under control of OS Fire OS 3.0 based on Android 4.2. This OC is a highly tuned variant Android, which does not have access to Google Play, does not ensure 100% compatibility with Android-software and tech support does not involve Google. Also, the new OS has a revamped e-mail client, the new web browser, Amazon Silk and a special button Mayday, clicking on which the user initiates a live video from the technical support of Amazon.

The battery life of 7-inch tablet is up to 11 hours in a mixed mode, or up to 17 hours in reading mode. At the 8.9-inch version, these figures are respectively 12 and 18 hours

on new models already opened a pre-order. Kindle Fire HDX 7 goes on sale October 18 with a price tag of $ 229 (model with 16 GB of flash memory). HDX Version 7 with support for 4G will be available for $ 329 from November 14. Fire HDX 8,9 tablet with 16 GB of internal memory can be purchased at the price of 379 dollars (479 dollars – the price of 4G-version) on November 7. Version of the tablet with support for 4G networks will be available on December 10.

In addition

Fire HDX 7 and Fire HDX 8,9 was also presented an updated tablet Kindle Fire HD (2013). It features a 7-inch touch screen with a resolution of 1280 × 800 pixels, dual-core 1.5-GHz TI OMAP 4 has on board 8 or 16 GB of flash memory. Price model with 8 GB of flash memory – from $ 139 Sales updated Kindle Fire HD (2013) will begin on October 2.