10 Things to Know About the Amazon Kindle Fire

Here are 10 things you should know about the amazon kindle fire before buying it.

1. The Kindle Fire is all about content. Yes, they want you to buy the kindle fire, but thats only so that they can sell more content (music, books, magazines, movies etc) from their store.
2. The Kindle Fire is not an iPad Killer. Its a cheaper, less featured tablet which is was made to do only the basic functions that tablet users want the most.
3. The Kindle Fire does have a native email client!
4. You can do streaming video on the Kindle Fire. Amazon Prime, Netflix and Youtube will all be accessible. 
5. The Kindle Fire uses Android and has 8gb of storage.
6. The Kindle Fire is cheap in price, not quality. The price tag is $199 from Amazon which is a big difference from the iPads $499 starting point. 
7. This is the first step into the tablet world for Amazon and the Kindle line.
8. It has a 7 inch screen with gorilla glass. 
9. It is very similar to the playbook, except has no camera. 
10. The Kindle Fire is an extension of the Kindle line... not something brand new. 

Why You Should Get the Amazon Kindle Fire

Here are some of my personal reasons why I think the Amazon Kindle Fire is a must buy:

1. Its $199 compared to Apples $499 price tag
2. It is android based
3. It offers the same build quality that the Ipad offers, for a fraction of the cost.
4. It offers basically what you are looking for in a tablet. An E-reader, a movie player, music player, web browser... and whatever apps can do for you. Honestly, if you are looking to "work" on a tablet, then the Kindle Fire might not be for you. (I had trouble working on the Ipad as well for comparison)
5. You can stick it to Apple by buying the Fire ;)
6. The Kindle Fire runs off Amazon's cloud, so you don't have to worry about running out of space
7. You don't need a computer to sync it to. The Kindle Fire is ready to go right out of the box.
8. You don't have to pay tax because you purchase it from Amazon :) 
9. The Amazon Kindle Fire can play / use flash. 

Have any other reasons I should add to this list?

Amazon Kind Fire Commercial

Amazon Kindle Fire Specs

The Amazon Kindle Fire Specs are here! Again, the release date is going to be November 15th and you can pre-order this on amazon right now. The specs seem pretty impressive especially for the price. Will it be an Ipad-killer though? What will we see from Apple on October 4th?

Here are the specs of the Kindle Fire:

• 7″ multi-touch color IPS display
• 1024×600 pixel resolution at 169 ppi
• Dual-Core CPU
• 512MB RAM
• Wi-Fi – 802.11b/g/n
• 8GB internal storage
• Unlimited cloud storage of Amazon content
• 8 hour battery life
• USB 2.0 micro port
• Top mounted speakers and audio jack
• Runs highly modified Android 2.3 OS
• Tied to Amazon account for immediate setup, no tethering to PC / Mac required
• Amazon Silk cloud-accelerated web browser
• Free month of Amazon prime with purchase
• 1 year warranty
• 7.5″ x 4.7″ x 0.45″
• 14.6 ounces (weighs slightly less than a pound at 0.9lbs or 414 grams)

No camera, microphone, 3g or GPS unfortunately. Maybe they will come in other versions in the future. 

Announcement of the Amazon Fire Tablet

Amazon has just announced that it will be selling their Kindle Fire Tablet starting on November 15, 2011 at a price of $199. You can pre-order the Kindle Fire now on www.amazon.com