Amazon Announces Kindle Fire HDX two versions and Fire OS 3.0 - Android Planet

Wednesday, September 25, 2013 (08:28) | Luke Velthoven

Tuesday Amazon announced the Kindle Fire HDX, which goes out immediately 7-inch and 8.9 inch screen. The company also unveiled Fire OS 3.0. Just over a year ago came with the Amazon Kindle Fire HD, the two new tablets are the successors.

The resolution of the two new Kindle Fire editions are to begin not wrong. For example, the 7-inch version includes a screen of 1920 × 1200 pixels and 8.9 inch variant may do. Even with 1600 × 2560 pixels

Both versions of the Kindle Fire HDX have a 2.2GHz quad-core processor (Snapdragon 800) and 2GB of RAM. The tablets also feature two stereo speakers, a 1-megapixel front camera, and the 8.9-inch version also has an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash.

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Amazon Kindle Fire HD not immediately fully support. This is in fact somewhat refreshed. The screen is still working with 1280 × 800 pixels, but the processor is significantly better: a dual-core 1.5GHz processor which according to Amazon is 60 percent faster than its predecessor. All tablets run on Android 4.2.2, with subsequent adjustment Amazons called Fire OS.

The new Kindle Fire HD (8GB) is available. from October 2 for $ 139.99 The HDX Fire 7-inch (16GB) will cost you $ 229 and is available from October 18. The Fire HDX with a screen of 8.9 inch (16GB) will cost you $ 379 and finally is only available from November 7th. The HDX editions also have both a 4G version.

Along with the new Kindle Fire tablets introduced Amazon Fire OS 3.0, the codename Mojito received. Although Fire OS 3.0 is based on Android 4.2.2 is that there is hardly to refrain. Amazon fits the Android software after years tremendously for its own services.

Some major innovations in this new version of Fire OS support for game controllers via bluetooth, support for multiple users, a better way to multitask called Quick Switch, and the new Mayday Button. Ie if you press that button, there is immediately a chat window with a helpdesk employee opened with all kinds of problems you can help.