Amazon Kindle Fire HD: what you should know before purchasing - ZDNet.be

Summary: Since last week, the Kindle Fire HD tablets from Amazon also available in Belgium and the Netherlands. We view the devices closer.

Since last week, the Kindle Fire HD tablets from Amazon online shop in Belgium and the Netherlands available. Reason enough to watch.

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There is no doubt that Amazon’s original Kindle Fire was a big hit. He got more than 10,000 maximum user reviews and remained long after the introduction Amazons best-selling product. Amazon is trying to repeat the new Kindle Fire HD tablets.

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First, let’s look at the screen. The 8.9 inch version has a 1.920×1.200 1080p HD IPS LCD with Advanced True Wide polarizing filter. The 254 pixels per inch, according to Amazon “can not be distinguished by the human eye.” The 7-inch Kindle Fire HD has a resolution of 1.280×800 pixels. Both screens support 10-point multi-touch.

The screen also features a laminated touch sensor, which according to Amazon reflects up to 25 percent less than Apple’s iPad. Most screens are made up of two layers of glass, an LCD and a touch sensor, which are separated by a layer of air. This air layer allows light shining through the touch sensor and reflects on the LCD, which provides extra reflection. The Kindle Fire HD laminate the touch sensor and the LCD together in a glass layer, causing the air layer is eliminated.

The tablet also runs on a solid processor. The 8.9 inch Kindle Fire HD draws its power from a dual-core 1.5GHz OMAP4 4470 processor with an on-board Imagination SGX544 graphics engine that over 12 billion floating point operations per second allows – or 50 percent more than Nvidia’s Tegra 3 processor.

processor in the 7-inch version has a 1.2Ghz dual-core OMAP4 4460. Less power, but that is compensated by the smaller screen.

Then there is the high-end wifi hardware “laptop quality”. The Kindle Fire HD has two WiFi antennas for better reception and supports dual band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, and MIMO (Multiple In / Multiple Out) for higher bandwidth and longer range.

Amazon claims it is the first time that all these state-of-the-art Wi-Fi technologies are combined in one tablet and that they together provide a 40 percent higher throughput than the third generation iPad.

Kindle Fire HD also comes in a 4G LTE version for those who want to move to high speed internet. To an LTE modem in the Kindle Fire HD to cram, Amazon had to design their own hardware but is 2.2 millimeters thick.

addition, the 16GB and 32GB 8.9 inch Kindle Fire HD also in a version with 64GB. The 7-inch version is available with 16GB or 32GB. All that local storage is complemented with Amazon cloud storage.

Kindle Fire HD is also the first tablet with the new generation Dolby Digital Plus. Also included is Dolby’s aduio suite for Kindle Fire HD, which is used to automatically adjust the volume and make it easier to understand dialogues in movies and TV shows.

All the technology does not much affect the battery life. Both the 8.9 inch and 7 inch Kindle Fire HD would have to sing. Longer than 10 hours The tablets also support Bluetooth and HDMI. The HD front camera can be used to make video calls.

Considering hardware, price and included services, there is much to be said for the Kindle Fire HD. But there are some things that you still need to know if you plan to buy it. Tablet

An important factor to take into account is Amazon’s ecosystem. The Kindle Fire HD you can not access the Google Play Store, but the Amazon Appstore. Although that appwinkel certainly not bad, he does not offer the same range as the Play Store. New apps can possibly longer to end up.

Amazons in appwinkel

If you already have an Android Tablet (or iPad), it is obvious that your apps and content of that unit can not transfer to the Kindle Fire HD. If you switch to a new platform, you will have the apps you like to use re-purchase.

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also know that if you want to use the 5GHz WiFi band, use your router must support. 802.11n standard If you have purchased in the past few years a new router that is normal or mustache. But otherwise you can not use.

this technology

There is no doubt that the Amazon Kindle Fire HD family hardware is excellent, which is offered at a very competitive price. Thus the tablets are a formidable competitor for Android Tablets and possibly also for the iPad.