Amazon focused on simplicity and functionality on their first tablet computer version of the Kindle known as the Kindle Fire. While the previous versions may have paled in comparison compared to the iPad, the latest Amazon device released in November 2011 will be a tough competitor in the tablet computer industry with its top-of-the-line specifications. Moreover, Amazon offers this product at roughly half the price compared to the top brands currently in the market.
This alone makes it easy to choose Kindle Fire.
At $199, consumers will get a gorgeous full-color multitouch screen display with a powerful processing power to match. The Kindle Fire has a 7-inch display capable of delivering up to 16 million colors on a display resolution of 1024 by 600. This beautiful display is matched with a Texas Instruments OMAP 4 processor that runs on dual-core technology at an under-clocked speed of 1 GHz. Employing the silicon on chip (SoC) fabrication design technology, the same processor houses the powerful graphics processing unit (GPU) known as PowerVR SGX540 at 304 MHz.
The amazing figures concerning the processing power of the Kindle Fire simply means more than enough capability for the device to run the latest Android apps. On its launch, it will run the Gingerbread OS also known as Android 2.3. Apps will be hosted in the Amazon Appstore. The company, known to be the largest online seller, is going to extend its years of experience in organizing content so as to provide consumers with the best and useful Android apps.
Aside from the Android apps delivered through the company website, the Kindle Fire will be backed by comprehensive content through the digital distribution system of Amazon. Richly colored eBooks and magazines would easily fill the digital library of the Kindle user. More than the typical reader content, the device will also be home to a hundred thousand high-quality movies and TV shows as well as over 17 million songs.
Apps, eBooks, magazines, movies, TV shows, music, and the rest of the multimedia contents hosted by Amazon might easily fill the onboard 8-GB storage capacity of the Kindle Fire. To augment this limited storage space, the company introduced the Amazon Cloud web storage platform. Unlimited storage for Amazon content is offered to every user.
The Kindle Fire is a mighty tablet computer at the price of only $199. By stripping off other peripherals such as microphone, camera and accelerometer, manufacturing cost is significantly reduced and the device is able to last longer on full battery charge.

