Amazon the biggest online book store previously introduced a revolutionary eBook reader, kindle with eInk display. The display is not backlit and not giving any strain to readers eye as same as real paper. It became a blast and became a day to day item for most eBook junkies.
One of the best thing about Kindle is it came to the market for really affordable price. Following this trend Amazon introduced multimedia 7 inch Android tablet to the market. Back in 2011, it was the era of iPad, but Kindle Fire gained a significant popularity due to its great features that came for just $199.
Recently Google released their very first Nexus branded 7 inch tab with latest Android Jelly Bean. But the originator of 7 inch tablet trend is Amazon Kindle Fire and it’s under NOG spotlight today.
Quick Catch-up
Device Configuration
Processor and Storage
Processor in this device is 1 GHz Dual Core Cortex A9 running on TI OMAP 4430 chipset with PowerVR SGX540 GPU. RAM is 512 MB and internal storage is 8 GB non expandable.
Operating System
The original operating system that comes with the device is Android 2.3 Ginger Bread. This is highly customized by Amazon and embedded many of their own features in to OS itself. However, if you are willing to take the risk you can root the device and install 3rd party ROM such as Cyanogenmod.
Display
Display is 7 inch IPS panel with resolution 1024 x 600 pixels which will give you 170 ppi of pixel density. The pixels density here is greater than most of the other 10 inch tablets and make a good platform to display sharp textual contents.
Connectivity and Interfaces
This device keeps its connectivity and interfaces at a minimum level probably having the objective of keeping the price low. To connect to internet you can use built in Wi-Fi and for further content transfer there is a USB port as well. Interestingly there is a FM radio built in.
There is no GPS, Bluetooth and HSDPA connectivity built in. So for the data connectivity you have to totally rely on Wi-Fi.
Battery Life
The battery in this device is Li-Ion 4400 mAh. Practically this will give you 8 hours of time with general usage.
Wrapping Up
If you do a research on sales stats of Kindle Fire you will be surprised. It was holding more than 50% of Android tablet market share in year 2012. No other tablet could go viral like this in Android world. Even if you take a look at sales stats of popular Samsung Galaxy Tab series, they are having nearly 15% of market share. Kindle Fire is the one who made 7 inch Android tablet popular and made the way for many other 7 inch tablets.
No doubt that Kindle Fire is a great Android tablet for great price. Its features are not the best but good fit for many people and their general work. Now in the market it’s having a tight competition like never before. Google has introduced Nexus 7 tablet which is way powerful than Kindle Fire in every way, but costs the same. Time is ripe to Amazon to do a major paradigm shift in their future development.
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