Up Coming BA - new Amazon Kindle & Kindle Fire tablet

Svetti Arss

Amazon announced some new kindles today but what really caught me eye was a new tablet kindle running android for an amazing for $199. These devices are not available yet but you can pre-register. Don’t know if you will be able to purchase them from amazon.com. The .co.uk website only mentions the new kindle but not the wildfire.

Details are on the front page of the .com & .co.uk sites..

celj

All boardsies that didn't get a HP Touchpad should email them asking for a discount on this.
FNAC gave us €100 voucher for messing us around,Amazon should do us a favour now!
I'm going to email them now!


EDIT:They are only selling the Fire tablet in the states for now.

Svetti Arss

If I remember rightly thats what happened with the last kindle - released stateside first and UK a few weeks (Or Months) after.

indiewindy

We can only buy the kindle from their U.S site:( so hopefully the kindle fire will be available to us from U.K site whenever it goes on sale

Svetti Arss

Not correct. I had my kindle delivered to a relative in the UK and forwarded on. My registered address with amazon.co.uk is and always has been in Ireland.

Keith186

I looked this up a few weeks ago when the specs came out.

I don't remember the website but I do remember being fairly underwhelmed by the specs compared to fully fledged android tablets.

okidoki987

It's a good price $199 (€150 approx).

jayteecork

That'll be €200 at least here.

Still good though, the compuB store in Cork sells 64GB ipad2 for €799! lol.

emo72

only 512 ram and 8 gig storage with NO sd card slot and no camera and only running 2.1 android. Honestly its a little underwhelming. But if 199 dollars translates into 150 euro and we can root it and update it, then, maybe it will be value

mayordenis

jayteecork wrote: »

That'll be €200 at least here.

Still good though, the compuB store in Cork sells 64GB ipad2 for €799! lol.

that's 8 times the storage at only 4 times the price, total bargain....

unklerosco

emo72 wrote: »

only 512 ram and 8 gig storage with NO sd card slot and no camera and only running 2.1 android. Honestly its a little underwhelming. But if 199 dollars translates into 150 euro and we can root it and update it, then, maybe it will be value

It seems to be designed purely for streaming data. Near enough all the data, movies, music etc, are streamed to it. The 8gb is for games, books etc which would be plenty... Nice device to have around the house, gonna get one for the missus.

_Whimsical_

Anyone know if it will play flash?

Or if it's going to be locked down to amazon proprietary formats as the Kindle is with it's ebooks?

paddyp

Keith186 wrote: »

I looked this up a few weeks ago when the specs came out.

I don't remember the website but I do remember being fairly underwhelmed by the specs compared to fully fledged android tablets.

the good:
ti IMAP 4 dual core system, 512mb of ram, gorilla glass multi-touch, IPs screen 1024x600, silk browser could be fab or a flop, those are good specs for the price

the bad:
8gb storage, no camera, no sdcard

Svetti Arss

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Anyone know if it will play flash?

Or if it's going to be locked down to amazon proprietary formats as the Kindle is with it's ebooks?

The Kindle is not locked down you can view pdf and mobi ebooks on it.

ted1

No 3g version yet. It's also a much smaller screen that the iPad. With the lack of amazon services available here such as prime it'll be used at severly limited capacity. By prime I mean the full service such as movie rentals

Gadge

Feck sake I only bought a Kindle for myself & my aunt lately, I hadn't heard of these.

Onikage

Hardly as good as a 32GB TouchPad with kindle app though?

dvpower

How is this a bargain alert?

paddyp

Gadge wrote: »

Feck sake I only bought a Kindle for myself & my aunt lately, I hadn't heard of these.

I wouldn't worry tablets make a poor book reader, so if you bought it for reading books then you bought the right product, you won't be charging it every 7 hours, the e-ink will be a LOT easier on your eyes and you'll be able to finish a book without people 'just' checking their email, playing angry birds or popping onto bargain alerts for 'a minute'.

Doodah7

dvpower wrote: »

How is this a bargain alert?

Agreed, where is the bargain alert in this thread??

rivalius13

Kindle is €120, want to see how much the Touch is, awfully tempted.

Svetti Arss

tallpaul wrote: »

Agreed, where is the bargain alert in this thread??

Read the title.

paddydriver

Gadge wrote: »

Feck sake I only bought a Kindle for myself & my aunt lately, I hadn't heard of these.

They are still current and still a good device IMHO. They have now introduced the new Touch one below it but spec's not as high for storage and battery etc... but does have touch screen and is lighter:o

Gadge

Good points guys, thanks.

Plus I prefer a real keyboard anyway.

the groutch

very disappointed, thought it was going to be a proper tablet, not just a Kindle with an outdated version of Android thrown in

neacy69

Onikage wrote: »

Hardly as good as a 32GB TouchPad with kindle app though?

no TP is much better but tis awful hard to get your hands on a touchpad these days

Dades

Gadge wrote: »

Good points guys, thanks.

Plus I prefer a real keyboard anyway.

Also the "Touch" has done away with the forward/back buttons.

I think you have to touch the screen to change page. :pac:

MADNESS.

Ste-

Dades wrote: »

Also the "Touch" has done away with the forward/back buttons.

I think you have to touch the screen to change page. :pac:

MADNESS.

On most tablets and reader apps you can use the volume keys (most tablets have those at least) to change pages.

Zab

I can't tell for sure but I don't see volume controls in the pictures and I'm not sure if you can use them to change the page on a kindle anyway. I was wondering if you were going to have to touch the screen to change the pages when I first saw the thing. Seems odd but I'd have to try it I guess. The buttons they have on the side these days are so small though that they could have just included them. I will say that I often find myself holding the kindle along its top where there aren't any buttons so it could be handy in that regard.

MagicMarker

When will the Kindle Touch be released? And will it be much of an improvement on the latest model?

paddyp

Looks like the amazon silk is just a datamining excercise to at best target you with crap at worst its going to intercept even your https traffic. Stay well clear ...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/29/amazon_silk_looks_phormulaic/

neacy69

Zab wrote: »

I can't tell for sure but I don't see volume controls in the pictures and I'm not sure if you can use them to change the page on a kindle anyway. I was wondering if you were going to have to touch the screen to change the pages when I first saw the thing. Seems odd but I'd have to try it I guess. The buttons they have on the side these days are so small though that they could have just included them. I will say that I often find myself holding the kindle along its top where there aren't any buttons so it could be handy in that regard.

There are no hardware buttons on the Fire apart from the power on/off button so you would need to use touchscreen to change page/ adjust volume

Zab

neacy69 wrote: »

There are no hardware buttons on the Fire apart from the power on/off button so you would need to use touchscreen to change page/ adjust volume

I was referring to the Kindle Touch rather than the Fire, although I think the same applies.

Dades

Yep, only the new base (non-touch) model of the new keyboard-less Kindles now has side buttons.

Ironically making it the most desirable of the range, imo.

Dman001

I don't understand why we have to purchase a Kindle from the US Amazon Store, and not the UK one? It works out better with the exchange rate, but why are Amazon enforcing this?

jayteecork

No SD card slot. (probably already mentioned)

Mind boggling really.

kearneybobs

jayteecork wrote: »

No SD card slot. (probably already mentioned)

Mind boggling really.

It does seem like an odd omission to me too but you have to think about how they are making this so cheap in the first place.

killbillvol2

Interesting article on it on Android Police.

A lot of sense there - it's not really aimed at Android fans, more at Amazon fans. And there are lots of them. We'd be missing a lot of the best bits in Europe though.

indiewindy

Dman001 wrote: »

I don't understand why we have to purchase a Kindle from the US Amazon Store, and not the UK one? It works out better with the exchange rate, but why are Amazon enforcing this?

they blame copyright issues on their refusal to sell them from the U.K site to us.

slave1

I think the $79 Kindle is a definite bargain, I bought herself a Kindle 3 for Xmas and it's used every day, for anyone with mates in the US that's a steal for a quality e-reader

Zab

Would anybody else pay $30 to be ad free?

rai555

pretty nice tree of kindles : http://lifehacker.com/5845092/the-pick-your-kindle-flowchart-helps-you-decide-which-is-the-perfect-kindle-for-you

crystallove

amazon is so great, they will lead the tablet to a new century。。。
I like this kindle fire very much。。。

user1842

Ok so I bought the new Kindle basic last Wednesday. Got it last Friday. Have to say excellent piece of kit.

Was waiting for this since my last Kindle was stolen on a Ryanair filght.

By the way if you want to buy it in Ireland from Amazon.com it will cost you €120 for the non touch basic version (the only one actually released last Wednesday).

Just to clarify the $79 version is the ad supported version and is not available outside the US. You pay $109 + approx $40 for import taxes and shipping.

Zab

That's good info, thanks.

jamesd

dmclean1842 wrote: »

Ok so I bought the new Kindle basic last Wednesday. Got it last Friday. Have to say excellent piece of kit.

Was waiting for this since my last Kindle was stolen on a Ryanair filght.

By the way if you want to buy it in Ireland from Amazon.com it will cost you €120 for the non touch basic version (the only one actually released last Wednesday).

Just to clarify the $79 version is the ad supported version and is not available outside the US. You pay $109 + approx $40 for import taxes and shipping.

Did you go 3G with it? I am going to get one for my otherhalf but was just going to go wifi.

Aishae

jamesd wrote: »

dmclean1842 wrote: »

Ok so I bought the new Kindle basic last Wednesday. Got it last Friday. Have to say excellent piece of kit.

Was waiting for this since my last Kindle was stolen on a Ryanair filght.

By the way if you want to buy it in Ireland from Amazon.com it will cost you €120 for the non touch basic version (the only one actually released last Wednesday).

Just to clarify the $79 version is the ad supported version and is not available outside the US. You pay $109 + approx $40 for import taxes and shipping.

Did you go 3G with it? I am going to get one for my otherhalf but was just going to go wifi.

The older 3G model I have has gone down to 139 dollars or so on the site

alastair_doom

dmclean1842 wrote: »

Ok so I bought the new Kindle basic last Wednesday. Got it last Friday. Have to say excellent piece of kit.

Was waiting for this since my last Kindle was stolen on a Ryanair filght.

By the way if you want to buy it in Ireland from Amazon.com it will cost you €120 for the non touch basic version (the only one actually released last Wednesday).

Just to clarify the $79 version is the ad supported version and is not available outside the US. You pay $109 + approx $40 for import taxes and shipping.

PC World yesterday had the old wifi kindle for €129, and the old 3G kindle for €179 (dropped from €149 and €199). These seem alot more attractive to me than the new versions they just released.

user1842

jamesd wrote: »

Did you go 3G with it? I am going to get one for my otherhalf but was just going to go wifi.

The basic version has no option for 3G, only WiFi. You would have to wait for the Touch version (21st November).

Captain Darling

dmclean1842 wrote: »

Ok so I bought the new Kindle basic last Wednesday. Got it last Friday. Have to say excellent piece of kit.

Was waiting for this since my last Kindle was stolen on a Ryanair filght.

By the way if you want to buy it in Ireland from Amazon.com it will cost you €120 for the non touch basic version (the only one actually released last Wednesday).

Just to clarify the $79 version is the ad supported version and is not available outside the US. You pay $109 + approx $40 for import taxes and shipping.

Is that the one without the keyboard? Has the web browser improved any? I know it was only for downloading books really, but the one on my old one was very, very poor.

user1842

Captain Darling wrote: »

Is that the one without the keyboard? Has the web browser improved any? I know it was only for downloading books really, but the one on my old one was very, very poor.

No keyboard, there is an on screen virtual keyboard which you use the direction pad to navigate. A bit tedious but I only use it to type in the wireless key.
The web browser is not good, same as before I think but I don’t use it so I don’t really know.