Kindle Fire HD: The next stage in tablets? - The Washington Post
Sept. 6, 2012Â
Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon, introduces two of the new screen sizes of the Kindle Fire HD tablets at a news conference in Santa Monica, Calif. Amazon introduced four tablets and a new e-reader: three versions of the Kindle Fire HD, the light-up Kindle Paperwhite e-ink reader and a new version of the Kindle Fire.
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Bloomberg News
Sept. 6, 2012Â
Although several new devices were introduced at Bezos’s press conference in Santa Monica, Calif., it was the Kindle Fire HD line that made Amazon’s event. The seven-inch model will cost $199 and will have 16 GB or 32 GB of storage and 3G connectivity as well as the dual-WiFi antennas and speakers. An 8.9-inch version will have many of the same specifications but will come with 16GB, 32GB or 64GB.
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Although several new devices were introduced at Bezos’s press conference in Santa Monica, Calif., it was the Kindle Fire HD line that made Amazon’s event. The seven-inch model will cost $199 and will have 16 GB or 32 GB of storage and 3G connectivity as well as the dual-WiFi antennas and speakers. An 8.9-inch version will have many of the same specifications but will come with 16GB, 32GB or 64GB.
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AP
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Amazon’s new Kindle Paperwhite e-ink reader will feature the same e-ink technology that made the original Kindle so popular. The e-reader is $69 and has a built-in, adjustable light, which means that you’ll be able to read e-ink in the dark.
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Sept. 28, 2011 Â
The original Kindle Fire, with a 7-inch multicolor touchscreen is unveiled at a news conference in New York.
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AP
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The Kindle Paperwhite.
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REUTERS
Sept. 28, 2011Â
The original Kindle Fire, unveiled at this press conference in New York, ratcheted up its courtship of app developers.
Shannon Stapleton
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Reuters
March 24, 2011Â
The first-generation Kindle was released in 2007; by its third iteration in 2011 â€" seen here in a London bookshelf â€" the device had 3G and WiFi.
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Bloomberg
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DC Comics on the Amazon Kindle.
DC Entertainment
Sept. 28, 2011Â
Jeff Bezos holds up the original Kindle Fire at a news conference during the launch of Amazon's new tablets in New York.
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Reuters
Sept. 28, 2011Â
Behind Bezos, at a press conference unveiling the Kindle Fire, is a projected display of magazines that were newly available on the Fire.
Mark Lennihan
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AP
Oct. 6, 2009Â
Jeff Bezos displays a Kindle during an interview in Cupertino, Calif.
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AP
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