Amazon has shown a new generation of Kindle devices

Amazon has shown a new generation of Kindle devices

Amazon today presented five new models of tablet Kindle, including models for the children, everyday use, the reader, as well as solutions for office workers. New plates are made ​​in the traditional format for Amazon: tablet itself is worth at a minimum, but it is tightly bound to the services Amazon, most of which are paid. New 99-dollar Kindle Fire HD, which Amazon describes as "the most powerful tablet in the price range up to $ 100 ", was presented with 149-dollar Kids Edition, which Amazon promises to replace, even if the child broke the plate. 

Online retailer also showed new models focused on reading electronic books, such as the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HDX for $ 349. The new version of the tablet is paired with the software to work on office documents. Updated Tablets - is part of the company's investment in new directions, such as the recently featured smartphone Fire, as well as Web services. Analysts point out that last year the company had revenues of $ 74.5 billion dollars, while net profit amounted to 274 million dollars, which is less than 0.5% of revenues, as a significant portion of the proceeds Amazon aims to increase activity. 

New Model Kindle were presented just two days before the start of sales of the new iPhone 6. Also last week, Amazon lowered the price of smartphones Fire to 99 cents with a two year contract with the American mobile operator AT & T. now the company says that the new model of Kindle will be sold in October . Web retailer said that updates the software to run the Kindle Fire, adding new features for working with e-books, movies, games and music. Also, a new version of the software allows you to share content. Today manufacturer revealed two new e-book reader Kindle. Model for $ 79 got a touch screen, as well as double the storage space, while the model Kindle Voyage $ 199 received high-resolution display and became the thinnest in the line of the company.

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Amazon Fire Phone: Rate Software

Amazon Fire Phone: Rate Software

 Amazon today announced its first smartphone Fire Phone, which in its essence is one in a series of similar devices, but it is only from a hardware perspective. In the software area, the Company has advanced much further. Apparently realizing load the smartphone market, the head of Amazon Jeff Bezos emphasized the unusual set of features would help kotoroye Fire Phone stand out from the mass of similar devices. program in the field at the Fire Phone, probably not revolutionary innovations, but the company analyzed competitors' offers, summed up their and wrapped in its own package, seasoned seasoning of your own Internet services. For example, a new feature FireFly, the presentation of which was paid quite a lot of time, is a mix of scanning functions, identification and content analysis. 

For example, using the FireFly smartphone users can "listen to" sounding music in the room and that will determine the track title like service Shazam. In the case of Firefly, Amazon is a little further, and offers excerpts definition movies and TV shows. Last implemented through cooperation with IMBD.com (which belongs to Amazon). Also using Firefly can define text and numbers that fall into the lens of the smartphone. Many third-party applications for Android and iOS allow you to do the same. However, Amazon and here goes further, offering a function of barcode scanning and price tags. At the same time, smart checks to see if a similar product listing Amazon at a lower price.

 Overall, Firefly function passes through a significant part of the functionality of your smartphone. Under her producer even allocated a separate button on the unit. For Westerners, in particular the United States, the device can be quite useful, as it in fact has access to many consumer services - this movie, and price comparisons, and system rental and other digital books. So that users can get a taste of content, Amazon has decided to open access to the Prime Fire Phone buyers for 12 months. 

Moreover, the company offers a significant part of the functional program filling for third-party developers through the API, you have access to potentially new developments could get and independent programs. few words about another product features: Dynamic Perspective, which equips the device interface 3D-effects. However, Amazon does not have to objects "jumped out of the screen of the smartphone," but instead the interface itself was created based on a dynamic perspective and create a pseudo-three-dimensional in some objects. Moreover, Dynamic Perspective smartphone works with cameras and image adapts depending on how the user looks at the device.

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Amazon smartphone presented Fire Phone

Amazon smartphone presented Fire Phone

Director General of online retailer Amazon Jeff Bezos today announced the first in a line of its smartphone at an event held in Seattle. The new device is called Fire Phone and actually adds to the family he previously released Kindle Fire devices and set-top boxes Kindle TV. told Bezos, smart phone has a 4.7-inch IPS-display capable to work in HD-resolution. As a rule, HD-resolution 720p resolution understand that there is a record for Android-powered smartphone, but the company says that the smartphone has been designed so that it can be used with one hand. Fire Phone has a rubberized frame, glossy back side and anodized aluminum buttons. To protect the display used Gorilla Glass cover 3, preservative not only from damage but also from scratches. inside the machine rather plain, but modern filling: SoC-chip quad 2.2GHz and Adreno 330 graphics core, as well as 2 GB of RAM. 

According to unofficial information as it uses processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. Also, there are 13-megapixel camera with a 5-element lens and optical image stabilization system. There is also a dedicated button quickly activate the camera, which is present on many Windows Phone device, but not in the Android-powered devices. Bezos noted that the Fire Phone users get unlimited photo storage space on the service Amazon Cloud Drive. Moreover, he said that smartphone uses the stereo speakers and a special headset with earhook. In order to further enhance the attractiveness of Fire Phone before Google and Apple, in Amazon announced their readiness to open as widely as your own content ecosystem for buyers smartphone. Clients of Prime and Fire Phone buyers will have access to Kindle Lending Library and Prime Instant Video. In addition, the smartphone will come with pre-installed third-party software. So, for the U.S. market this program Netflix and HBO Go. 

Naturally most discussed functionality of the device is its screen capable of watching the movements - four cameras on the front panel allow you to track the movements of the head near the phone, and infrared sensors help ensure that the system works even in dark. Also in the smartphone has a three-dimensional display, which lets you create a dynamic effect the prospects for the person looking at it. there in the smartphone and feature Firefly, which allows you to identify music sounding similar to Shazam. Also, the smartphone will feature Mayday, previously appeared in the Kindle Fire HDX and available around the clock technical support smartphone. Among while talking about U.S. sales Fire Phone. In the U.S. smartphone sales partner acts operator AT & T. Version Smartphone 32GB worth $ 199 with a two year contract, and 64 GB - $ 299. In the U.S., pre-order the smartphone starts today, but the device will go on sale only on July 25.

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Amazon today announces its first smartphone

Amazon today announces its first smartphone

The world's largest Internet retailer Amazon, as expected, today presents its own smartphone, working with innovative 3D-TV. Company tonight at headquarters in Seattle will hold a presentation of new items that can not only get the original screen, but some cameras that allow users to take pictures in 3D. At the official presentation of the Amazon to make no comments regarding the launch of a new device, but analysts are unanimous: the company will promote smartphone by analogy with previously released devices Kindle. That is, the device will be sold with a minimum trading margin, perhaps even at cost, but it will be strictly tied to the content services company - digital books, films and music. It is on digital purchases the company and will do a basic income from the sale of the device. 

At the same time, the smartphone market is now strong enough to produce full and one more traditional machine does not make sense. Against this background, the company is focusing on 3D-technology to somehow highlight its development from the crowd of competitors. Note that this year Amazon has not made ​​updates to their hardware lineup, although last year the company has released several new Kindle family of devices . Various publications give different predictions about the debut device. Some report that the smartphone will be shipped with the original service Prime Data, which enables real-time to receive a wide range of audio and video content. Others note that for smartphone buyers Amazon will sell content at special discounted prices. Others report that unlike with Kindle, which are sold only on industrialized markets, the smartphone will have a wider geography of sales. Recall that the rumors about the smartphone Amazon in the IT industry have been circulating for about two years.

 Earlier, analysts said that Amazon may release a "free" smartphone, which will be funded by binding to the content Amazon. Later called the data that the company may issue a decision with 3D-screen (like Nintendo 3DS). Analysts believe that Amazon is quite capable to release advanced electronic devices, as considerable experience in this field of Internet retailer received a sample Kindle. Moreover, Amazon has a good connection with manufacturers of hardware components. Analysts also believe that Amazon will try to do as much as possible cheap smartphones to give users additional revenue through advertising, as well as collecting user information and offers them a shopping service on its own retail portal.

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