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mazon.co.uk has recently introduced the “all-new”
Kindle, which takes the honour of being the lightest
and smallest Kindle so far, with parental controls, improved
fonts and faster page turning. It has been just two years
since the Kindle was first introduced to the UK market,
and already there are claims that more people are
buying Kindle books than hardback and paperback books
combined. It has also retained the title of number one
best-selling e-Reader in the world for five years in a row.
The “all-new” Kindle has the usual features of a six-
inch screen and a high-contrast E-Ink display that is devoid of glare
even in bright sunlight, as well as the already mentioned new additions,
such as the 15% increase in the speed of turning pages and a weight that
comes to just 170 grams.
The Kindle’s E-Ink screen achieves
its total lack of glare by actually
reflecting sunlight. The text that you
read appears “print-like” thanks to
specific ink particles. With Amazon.
co.uk’s Kindle Store hosting a selection
of over one million books to buy, it is
probably no surprise that Kindles have
been so popular. The books sold in the
Kindle Store include UK best-sellers
and even magazines, newspapers, and
blogs. There are even 180,000 titles
that are exclusive to the Kindle Store,
meaning that you will not find them
to purchase anywhere else. Kindle
users have the freedom to read their
books on android devices such as
PCs, Apple Macs, iPhones, and iPads
and Windows phones thanks to the Kindle Reading
App. Through Amazon’s “Whispersync” technology, a
customer will always be able to pick up on the last page
they read, no matter what device they are reading from.
The fonts in the all-new Kindle have not just been
improved in appearance; you can also modify the fonts to
completely different fonts, whichever one suits you. The
Kindle even has a built-in dictionary. Once you have bought
a book, the free wireless delivery enables you to start
reading it just sixty seconds later. And best of all, you do
not need a computer to download new content.
The Kindle is able to hold up to 1400 books, so you
will never have to worry about which one of your favourites
you have to leave behind. Furthermore, there is never
the threat of losing even just one book, as each book
is backed up in the Kindle’s system, or “Cloud”. The
concerns and worries almost all fade away with one new
breakthrough after the other; with the wireless switched
off, you can use your Kindle for up to a month without
having to recharge it.
For first-time customers, the Kindle is automatically
pre-registered, so no set-up procedures are there to
prevent you from using your Kindle immediately. And
finally, parental controls ensure that access to the Web
can be limited or completely restricted, as well as access
to archived items and the Kindle Store. With all of these
classic and welcomed new features, it is no wonder that
the Kindle just keeps increasing in popularity.
www.amazon.co.uk/kindlefire
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he Kindle Fire has been the number one best-selling
product for the past twelve months on Amazon.com,
and it is now available to buy in the United Kingdom.
It claims to have a faster processor, longer battery life, and
a greater memory space. Hand in hand with this new arrival
comes the Kindle Fire HD, a seven-inch tablet with a High
Definition screen, a processor and graphics engine, Dolby
audio, 16GB of storage, and eleven hours of battery life.
Both forms of Kindle Fire give customers instant access to
the 22 million books, magazines, films, TV shows, songs,
albums, apps, and games available on Amazon.co.uk, and
they are also offered a free month of LoveFilm andAmazon
Prime. The Kindle Fire was the most successful launch of
a product on Amazon.com. Over 10,000 customer reviews
of the Kindle Fire were five star reviews, and 22% of tablet
sales in the US over the course of nine months, was made
up of sales of the Kindle Fire.
The Kindle Fire HD has a touch-sensor display with a
1280
x 800 resolution that boasts 25% less glare, and Wi-Fi
that promises 40% faster streaming and downloads. This
is because the Kindle Fire HD uses dual-band Wi-Fi, with
the ability to switch from the 2.4GHz network, which
can get crowded and slow due to other devices
such as baby monitors, Bluetooth, and
microwaves, using it, to the newer
5
GHz network. This enables the
user to download High Definition
files of films.
The device also comes with Dolby
Digital Plus audio on dual stereo
speakers, and a front-facing HD camera,
enabling you to make video calls on Skype
from anywhere you want. The Kindle Fire
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canmodify the audio to suit the entertainment,
be it a film or music, and also to suit the mode
of wearing headphones, so you can be certain
of always hearing audio that is balanced in
volume, texture, and content. The Kindle Fire
HD has a screen made from “Gorilla Glass”.
The glare on screens is created by the air gap
between the LCD glass at the bottom, and
the touch sensor on top, the air gap creating
space for light to reflect off the LCD,
having come through the touch
screen. With the Kindle Fire
HD, the two sheets of glass are
laminated together, reducing
glare by up to 25% less than an
iPad 3. Furthermore, the LCD
panel also has an “Advanced True
Wide” polarising filter, which
prevents colours from appearing
washed-out and faint from certain
angles.
Despite all of its features, the
Kindle Fire HD just weighs 395
grams, and its thickness comes to
only 10.3mm. The device supports
Bluetooth, making the connection of
Bluetooth headphones and speakers
the simplest of acts, and comes in a
variety of different coloured leather covers
to choose from. It keeps the Kindle secure
with a magnetic clasp, putting the device
“
to sleep” when the cover is closed, and
“
waking” it when it is opened again.
With a myriad of extra features such as
X-Ray for books and movies, Whispersync
for games, your pictures and photographs
in HD, and a new calendar and email
functions, there seems to be no end to the
surprises the Kindle Fire has in store for its
owners.
www.amazon.co.uk/kindlefir
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KINDLE FIRE & KINDLE FIRE HD
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