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It will Launch in September 14th. The 8.9 inch tablet goes up for pre-order today for $299, and ships starting November 20th.The 8.9 inch model has a 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS display with 254 pixels per inch.It also reflects 25 percent less glare thanks to improved screen technology.The 7 inch tablet has a 1280 x 800 pixel screen.
This model will get 11 hours of battery life, although a battery life claim for the larger model is curiously absent.Since HD video takes up more space than standard definition, Amazon is increasing the amount of storage available. The Kindle Fire HD will be available in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB varieties.
The Kindle Fire HD tablets feature TI OMAP 4470 dual core processors, offering percent better performance than the chip in the original Kindle Fire and Amazon claims it also faster than the NVIDA Tegra 3 quad-core chip (at least in terms of memory bandwidth… which is one way to measure things, I suppose).The new tablets have dual stereo speakers, Dolby Digital Plus audio, two antennas and other upgrades to improve WiFi performance.
There’s also a front-facing HD camera.The tablets also feature HDMI output, WiFi, and Bluetooth.Amazon is also introducing new software features including WhisperSync for voice, which lets us listen to audiobooks and pick up reading where you left off with a text book.With starting prices of $199, the new Kindle Fire HD tablets may have out-done the Google Nexus 7 in the spec department.
The 7 inch model has Bluetooth and HDMI, which the Nexus 7 lacks. It also has 16GB of storage memory, which is twice what you get with Google’s tablet.The Google Nexus 7 also includes a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 chip, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean software and support for the Google Play Store with access to hundreds of thousands of apps (the Amazon Appstore has just 50,000).
But Amazon’s making a pretty compelling case for its tablet with Whispersync for games, videos, and more, and Amazon already has the better book, movie, and music stores.
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