According to Amazon the release of the new Kindle, planned on November 20, 2012, is postponed. The latest Kindle is called
Kindle Fire HD (or
Kindle Fire 2).
At present you can pre-order all the new models of Kindle Fire and Kindle Paperwhite on the website Amazon.com.
Now the situation with the orders as follows: right now you can pre-order:
-7 inch model at $199 (with the immediate delivery);
- 8.9 inch Kindle Fire HD model at $299 (delivery is carried out within a week started from December 3, 2012);
- Kindle Fire HD 4G LTE Wireless model at $499 (with the delivery before Christmas holidays).
Kindle Fire HD specification:
Kindle Fire HD is a devise of the second generation of color touchscreen Kindle Fire line of tablet computers from Amazon. In September 6, 2012 Amazon announced the release of the Kindle Fire HD in two versions: with 7 inch screens and 8.9 inch screens. Started from September 6, 2012 in the United States one could make a pre-order of the first and the second versions. The release of the 7 inch version took place on September, 14. The release of the 8.9 inch Kindle Fire HD version with WiFi was scheduled for the last week November 16 and the 4G-enabled version Kindle Fire HD was to be released on November 18, 2012. For Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom the model 7 inch Kindle Fire HD became available on October, 25. Pre-order for 8.9-inch version is just not available only for the customers from the USA.
7 inch model has a resolution of 1280 × 800, and version 8.9 inch - 1920 × 1200. All the versions of the
Kindle Fire HD run Android OS 4.0.
7 inch Kindle Fire HD contain Dual-core 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4 4460 processor, and
version 8.9" - Dual-core 1.5GHz TI OMAP 4 4470 processor. The devices have the following variants for connection: Micro-USB 2.0 (type B), HDMI, 3.5 mm stereo socket, Dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n, 4G LTE (only 8.9" Kindle Fire HD 4G model). In Kindle Fire HD there is a Bluetooth function, it provides the user with a variety of possibilities, including the keyboard connection. Dimensions: 193×137×10.3 mm (7.6×5.4×0.41 in) - 7 inch variant and 240×160×8.8 mm (9.4×6.3×0.35 in) - 8.9 inch Kindle Fire HD. The novelties weigh 395 g (13.9 oz) and 567 g (20.0 oz) correspondently.
The users of
Kindle Fire HD will be pleased with such functions as exclusive Dolby audio and dual-driver stereo speakers for immersive and virtual surround sound. In the new Kindle integrated support for Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo! and more. Tablet has front-facing HD camera for taking photos or making video calls via Skype, Facebook and others. Also every customer of the Kindle Fire HD will get free unlimited cloud storage for all your Amazon content.
available for the subscribers of Verizon. However, according to the recent data it won’t take long for them to wait. Verizon on its site placed the following information on 5.5-inch “phablet”: will ship by 11/27. When putting into effect an order for Samsung Galaxy Note II (two types of cover colors are available: Titanium Gray and Marble White) you can see the offering price that Verizon sells smartphone–tablet computer hybrid. The price for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with 2-Year contract - $299.99. Also you can find out that the full retail price for Galaxy Note II - $699.99. Taking into account the above mentioned it is clear that the contract price for smartphone–tablet at Verizon is comparable with the price for "phablet" in other places. For instance, today one can purchase Samsung Galaxy Note II 4G Android Phone (AT&T) at $249.99 with free Two-Day Shipping or Samsung Galaxy Note II 4G Android Phone, Titanium (Sprint) at $199.99. And at T-Mobile price for "phablet" is slightly higher - $369.99.
At the same time Verizon has not made any official statements so far as for the start of the selling, only rumours and indirect information give base to suppose that the release is projected on November, 29. The information from the site that deliveries will be carried out from November, 27 supports this supposition. But Verizon is withdrawn from giving any comments in this connection.
Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 2 will be equipped with multi-window-feature or run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Multi-window-feature will let the users download on the screen two apps at a time in different windows, for example, it will be possible to check your e-mails and write text messages at a time.
Galaxy Note 2 demonstrates a new strategy of Samsung: now the new phone is made on multiple networks. It’s clear that some Verizon subscribers and other US Cellular were not glad that original Galaxy Note was available only for AT & T subscribers. And now the release of Galaxy Note II more than for one operator claims to repeat the success of Samsung’s bestseller Galaxy S3 that was available for the subscribers of all the largest US carriers and selling’s of which exceeded 30 million units.
However, taking into account all the advantages we can’t but mention about the possible problems for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 at Verizon networking. For instance, HTC Droid DNA may become the main competitor of “phablet”, features of which is comparable with the device from Samsung, besides, Droid DNA $100 cheaper than Note 2. The advantage of “phablet” is that it is provided with a stylus. Soon we’ll find out what the customers will choose.
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 specs:
