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Amazon Kindle Fire Review And Information

The Fire is the odd one out in the Kindle Family, as it's actually a full blown tablet rather than a simple e reading device. It jettisons the other Kindles' 6 inch grey-scale e ink screens in favor of a 7inch 1024 x 600 resolution full color display which like the Kindle Touch is fully touch sensitive, allowing for far greater control. It also does away with the simplistic operating system that underpins the res of the Kindle Family swapping it out for a more capable Amazon Tuned Variant of Android The Google Originated OS (Operating System) that runs many smart phones and tablet computers. This means it can access a whole world of third part applications which you can download directly from The Amazon App-store. In this way you can augment the applications that are already installed upon arrival. Under the hoods there's a powerful dual core processor and 8GB of internal memory. Using Amazon's own calculations that's enough to store 80 Applications alongside 800 songs 10 full length feature films or 8,000 books. Which all that room and content available makes the Kindle Fire a very good rival to Apple's iPad on any given day. Content is downloaded wirelessly using the built in WiFi networking features but it lacks Bluetooth Support which would allow you to add an external keyboard or wireless headset and the 3G connectivity option featured on the Kindle Touch And Kindle Keyboard so when you're away from your home or office network or a public network you won't be able to browse the web or send emails. As with the Kindle Keyboard Amazon includes a power adapter in the box. However because of the screen technology and underlying hardware a single charge will last you a lot less time on the Kindle Fire than on any other Kindle Device, specifically around eight hours if you're reading and Seven and half hours if you're playing back video. This second metric is an important consideration as the Kindle Fire looks set to be the biggest challenger yet to apple's Market Leading iPad 2. Thank To The Extensive range of content available for the device Direct from Amazon, the only company that can realistically compete with The iTunes store and Apple App Store. To this end Kindle Fire owners have access to 10,000 movies and TV Shows, an unrivaled online book store including 5,000 free books and 17 million songs. It also gives access to the Amazon Cloud Service which is an online home for all your Kindle Fire Content. Allowing you to store documents and files and re download any of the content you have bought in the past without paying for it a second time. The Kindle Fire is really a Kindle in name only. If all you want to do is read books then look at the other Kindles we've reviewed, otherwise this is for the more adventurous at heart. UK: Not Available US: $199 (WiFi) Screen: 7Inches Color LCD Display Capacity: 8GB Of Internal Memory Capable of holding 80 Apps, 10 Movies, 800 Songs, or 6,000 Books Comes With: Built In WiFi Networking Plsu Bundled USB Cord, No Optional 3G Formats: Supports Kindle AZW, Text, PDF, Mobipocket, and PRC Formats Audible, DOC, DOCX, AAC, MP3, Midi, OFF, Wav, MP4, VP8 And Many Others Battery: 8 Hours Of Reading or 7.5 Hours Of Video Playback Size 7.5 x 4.7 x 0.45 Weight: 14.6 ounces

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Amazon Kindle Keyboard Review And Information

The headline product from the previous Kindle line up lives on as part of the ever growing Family, albeit with a slightly different name. The Kindle Keyboard was previously known as Kindle 3. First appearing in 2010 and marking a significant shrinking down in physical size of Amazon's hardware e reading devices. Along with the plain Kindle, it's one of only two products that Amazon currently sells outside of the US and it's by far the more versatile of the two. Despite shipping in larger case it has the same 6 inch e ink screen but extends the Kindle features set to offer 3G networking in addition to regular wireless Ethernet and doubles the storage capacity from 2GB to 4GB. Because the operating system that keeps it running isn't much larger in this device. It has more than twice the amount of free space left over, allowing you to increase the number of books you can carry at anyone time from 1,400 to a massive 3,500 which should be enough for even the most vociferous reader on even the longest sabbatical. The biggest noticeable difference though is the fact that this is the only Kindle with a physical keyboard. Its keys may be fairly small, but it makes a significant difference t the usability of the device, particularly when searching the online store and tapping out short notes relating to the content of your current book. Look closely and you'll also notice that the page turning buttons which sit on either side of the casing are larger on the kindle keyboard than they are on the regular plain Kindle. This makes them easier to press and some users will find this a physically more comfortable and convenient Kindle to hold for extended periods of time. The Kindle Keyboard ships in a larger box to make room for a bundled power adapter. This is a significant boon for anyone who doesn't want to have a resort to charging their device by plugging it into a free USB Port on their computer or laptop and anyone who thinks they might need to charge it while they're away from home as it means you won't have to splash out extra on the optional charger that Amazon sells as an add on for the Kindle and Kindle Touch. A Single Charge should see you through two months of reading if you keep the networking features turned off like the other Kindles we've reviewed and read for an average of Two Hours A Day. The 3G connection has no ongoing fees. It may mot be the latest and greatest addition to the Kindle Family but for our money The Kindle Keyboard remains perhaps the best, most versatile Kindle and we're very happy to see it live on in this latest iteration. We would, however have like to see Amazon keep the WiFi only version around for those readers who don't envisage needing to buy books away from the home. UK: 149 (WiFi & 3G) US: $139 (WiFi & 3G) Screen: 6inches Capacity: 4GB of internal storage, capable of holding 3,500 books (eBooks) Comes With: Built In WiFi Networking Plus Bundled USB Cord And 3G Formats: Supports Kindle AZW, Text, PDF, Mobipocket, and PRC Formats Battery: 2 Months Of Reading Time (On One Charge 2 Hours Of Reading Daily) Size: 7.5 x 4.8 x 0.34 Weight: 8.7 oucnes

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Amazon Kindle Touch Review And Information

One step up from the basic Kindle is the Kindle Touch. It looks very similar to the entry level device, but look more closely and you'll see that the control buttons at the bottom of it's front surface have been dropped as have the forwards and backwards page turning buttons that sit on above the other on either side of the body. To use it, you instead interact directly with the screen as you would with a regular tablet device. This will appeal to many users as it's a method of control that we are all becoming accustomed and inherently used to thanks to the proliferation of the touch screen smartphones flooding the market. However if you're going to be touching your Kindles Screen on a regular basis's it's important to make sure that you're using it with clean fingers. Why? Because the e ink based Kindles, of which this is one rely on using reflected light to make their pages legible and so if you have a lot of dirty fingerprints over the surface of the display you'll reduce the amount of light that can be reflected. The LCD based Kindle Fire, which is the only other Kindle to rely on having your Fingers interacting directly with the on screen interface, is back lit so reflected light isn't so important. The touch has sufficient internal capacity to hold around 3,000 books as 3GB of the installed 4GB remains free for use after the operating system has been accounted for. It's a gray scale device capable of differentiating between 16 different levels of gray. This doesn't sound like much but when you take into account the fact that  it can tell between each of these tones in a pattern to imitate a far broader spectrum it's actually very effective. The battery is more powerful than the one found in the plain Kindle and in regular use which Amazon counts as being around half an hour of reading a day with the wireless networking features turned off, you can expect to get around two months' use out of a single charge. Again, this Kindle isn't shipped with a power adapter so you'll have to either charge it by plugging into an available USB port on your computer, laptop or buy an optional adapter add on. Charging though a USB port on your computer or laptop takes around four hours to complete. This is the lowest priced Kindle to include the option of 3G connectivity in addition to the standard WiFi feature that appears on all other Kindles. There are no on-going fees associated with this service, even when you're roaming. Allowing you to download a new book wherever you happen to be at the time, even if you don't have access to a local wireless network. Unfortunately The Kindle Touch Is Only Available to US Customers. It's not uncommon for Amazon to ship products only to the US following their initial introduction, so it may yet be rolled out worldwide after some time. Amazon's way of fixing any bugs or supply problems that they may encounter during the initial roll out of their product/products. UK: Not Available US W/Offers: $99 (WiFi) $149 (3G), US W/O Offers: $139 (WiFi) $189 (3G) Screen: 6 Inches Capacity: 4GB Internal Storage capable of holding 3,000 books Comes With: Built In WiFi Networking, plus bundled USB Cord And Optional 3G Formats: Supports Kindle AZW, Text, PDF, Mobipocket, and PRC Formats Battery: 2 months reading time ( On One Charge) Size: 6.8 x 4.7 x 0.40 Weight: 7.5 ounces

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Amazon Kindle Review And Information

The Entry Level Kindle Is the Cheapest e Reader Amazon Has Ever produced to date It's easy to see how the company has managed to make this model of Kindle so affordable it's seriously stripped down when compared to it's siblings, with neither a hardware keyboard nor a touch sensitive display on offer. There's No 3G option here so if you don't have a wireless network at home you'll have to either buy your books wireless on a public network or at work or download them to your computer and transfer them using the bundled USB Cable that comes with the Kindle. There's also no plug in the box so if you don't want to buy one as an optional extra you'll have to charge your device by plugging it into a spare USB port on your computer or laptop. American Shoppers can cut the cost of buying this most basic of all Kindles still further by option for the version with what Amazon calls "special offers'. This translates to adverts (ADs) which are displayed on the home screen in place of the standard images that are shown when the Kindle is switched off. The offers don't appear within the pages of your books, so they don't / won't interrupt your reading and they are genuinely useful in many cases, with past offers including Kindle books for $1 or savings of up to $500 on high definition televisions. These offers are not currently available  outside of the US, where shoppers have to pay the full price for their Kindle Device. It has a 6inch e-ink Display screen, which is great in bright light but as is the case with a physical printed books, less effective in dimmer environments. Both Amazon and sever third party manufacturers therefore sell covers with built in lights that aid reading in the dark. The latest generation of Kindles have a very Fast Screen refresh rate which largely overcomes the problem of the flash you see when turning a page. Although it has the lowest storage capacity of any Kindle in the range, it will nonetheless allow you to carry 1,400 books at any one time which should be more than enough for even the longest holiday or career break. It also has the lowest powered battery, yet can keep running for a month on a single change so long as you read for around half an hour a day and keep the wireless networking features switched off, the only effect of which would be that your current page position and books marks won't be constantly updated online. Meaning if you leave your Kindle home and your looking to read it on read.amazon.com if your at work or away you won't be able to. As with the other Kindles, it can download books in less than 60 seconds and they'll be backed up in Amazon's Cloud System so you can download your purchases again in the future when ever you so choose to do so. It has adjustable text sizes and three fonts to choose from and can share highlights and notes online, so long as you're prepared to use the four way controller to hunt about the on screen keyboard when tapping out your jottings. UK: 89 US W/Offers: $79 US W/O Offers: $109 Screen: 6 Inches Capacity: 2GB internal Storage, holds 1,400 Books (eBooks) Comes With: Built in WiFi networking Plus Bundled USB Cord Formats: Supports Kindle AZW, Text, PDF, Mobipocket, and PRC Formats Size: 6.5 x 4.5 x 0.31 Weight: 5.98 ounces

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Choosing A Kindle, Which One Is Right For You

How To Choose Which Kindle Is Right For You Buying A Kindle is your first step into an exciting new world of digital reading. You may not believe it right now but many people who switch from pages to pixels quickly realize that they could never go back, as they're wowed by the convenience of reading on a light, carry-anywhere device. There's no need to fumble with a book mark no chunky volume to weigh down your bag, and a great degree of convince n being able to both carry a whole library wherever you go and buy new books on the very device through which you'll read them. Over the years, Amazon has released a whole series of Kindles, with each one smaller, lighter and more powerful than it's previous version. They're keenly priced and offer broadly similar features and while this may mean whichever you buy will do as good of a job as the others of managing and displaying books, ti also introduces a degree of confusion because it's not immediately obvious which kindle might be best for your over all experience. Fortunately we're here to help you on this topic and how to choose the kindle that's best suited for you. We'll be running through the various features of the four main Kindles to help you get the grips with their differences and identify which one would likely be your perfect reading companion. It's important to get this right as while you might discard a book when you've finished it you won't do the same with your Kindle. You'll take it with you as you move on to your next book. You and your Kindle will spend a lot of time together so lets take out first look at the family and start to decide which will best suit you and your needs. Understanding what each Kindle offers and how these different devices differ from one another will help you sort through the Kindles and give you the best information for choosing your Kindle with instant gratification. The Kindle: Broadly similar to the Kindle Touch but without the touch interface Navigation is handled by page turning buttons to the left and right of the casing and a four way rocker with an action switch int the center on the face of the device. Further buttons call up the menus, the keyboard and home screens as well. To type on the device you must move a cursor around the screen using the four way controller and press the central button when you get to the character of your choosing. This is very effective, but slower than having a proper keyboard. Some May find it very cumbersome when doing this but more or so you will get use to if after using The Kindle for sometime. Only the US currently has the WiFi/3G Version. Available with or without "offers" in the States. The WiFi Version is available in all Territories Amazon Sells Kindles. It Holds 1,400 Books And Is the Cheapest Kindle On Offer, Consider it the entry level device for all Kindle First Timers. Kindle Touch: Entirely Touch Driven Kindle that relies on you pressing relevant parts of the screen to turn pages, purchase books from the online store and navigate its menus. Uses the same 6inch e-Ink screen as the regular Kindle and Kindle Keyboard for superior Bright-Light Performance. The only possible downside to using this display Technology with a touch interface is that using it with grubby fingers could make the Display Harder To Read. So make sure to wash your hands before using The Kindle Touch After you've eaten or touched something greasy. Available in WiFi Only and WiFi/3G versions, the latter of which enable you to buy books when away from your home or office network and works overseas thanks to Global Roaming agreements. It is however, unfortunately only available to US BASED CUSTOMERs, Check AMAZON.com for more information on where this Version Of The Kindle Is Available. For Right Now It's only for US BASED CUSTOMERs and can changed at any minute of us writing this article and information about The Kindle Touch. Kindle Keyboard: Previously called the Kindle 3, The Kindle Keyboard is a hang over from Amazon's Last But One Line Up. It has an important place in the family. Though as it's no the only device on sale to include a hardware keyboard. This will be important for anyone who either don't get on the hunt and peek on screen keyboard of the Kindle or don't want to touch their screen. It greatly eases the process of highlighting adding notes and searching the Kindle Store. Now Available only in a WiFi/3G version, there is no subsidized edition with "offers" displayed on the screen outside the US. Although the body is much larger than the other e Ink devices the screen is still only 6inches devices the screen is still only 6inches from corner to corner. IT has a larger memory than the other e-Ink Editions And Devices, Too and is able to store 3,500 books at a time for Very Very Long Journeys. So if your looking to be away from a long while this is the best bet for those on the go and aren't going to be home for a while. The Kindle Fire (Amazon's First Real Tablet, And Most Anticipated): Amazon's first proper tablet device is the Kindle Fire. With A Touch sensitive, full color 7inch display it's the company's challenger to the larger, already Market Leading Apple iPad. Currently Only Available in the US it runs an Android Based operating System and Amazon's own Silk Browser, which splits the task of downloading web pages between the locally installed software and Amazon's Centralized Cloud Processing Network. Backed up by a huge library of books music and movies and prices very competitively it looks set to become one of the most important tablet releases to date from anyone other than Apple. It drops the e-ink display common to the other hardware Kindles in favor of the Back-lit LCD screen and has sufficient storage for 80 APPs, plus over 6,000 books, 800 songs or 10 movies. Which puts the Kindle Fire ahead of the competition and looking to take over the market share of what Apple's iPad is holding at currently. Kindle APPs And Software: If you already have a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, blackberry, Windows Phone 7 Or Android Device then you can read Amazon's Kindle Books without buying a Kindle Device Of Your Own.  Recognizing that it can still sell books to non Kindle owners, it has developed Kindle Applications for each of these platforms and made them completely free to download. Even if you own a Kindle, It's still worth grabbing the apps for any other compatible devices you own as it means you can carry on reading books where you left off should you leave your Kindle Device at home. If you're at work meanwhile, and want to catch up with your book during your lunch hour, there's also the browser based Kindle Reader, which you can find at read.amazon.com. Once you've logged in with your regular Amazon Account Details, You get access to all your previously purchased material always available to read and ready to go.