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| Amazon Kindle Fire |
Just four months after its release, the tablet from Amazon in the U.S. represented over half of the market (54.4%), excluding iPad, according to data from comScore Institute released Thursday. His closest competitor was the Galaxy Tab by Samsung, whose share decreased from 23.8% to 15.4% in three months.
DealNews says that Amazon will follow in the footsteps of Apple, which has kept the iPad 2 and the new iPad, then it would mean that the price of Amazon Kindle the Fire will probably drop to $ 169
Besides its rate, the Kindle Fire has two other characteristics. First, the version of Android (2.3) was amended by Amazon to better reflect its services. Finally, the tablet does not use the Google Android Market, but the Amazon Appstore, launched a little over a year now.
technical specifications Amazon Kindle Fire
| OPERATING SYSTEM | Android 2.3 | |
| RAM : | 512 MB | |
| STORAGE | 8 GB | |
| STORAGE EXPANSION | NO | |
| DISPLAY SIZE | 7.0 inch (177.8 mm) | |
| DISPLAY RESOLUTION | 1024 x 600 | |
| HEIGHT : | 7.5 inches (190.5 mm) | |
| WIDTH : | 4.7 inches (119.4 mm) | |
| DEPTH : | 0.45 inches (11.4 mm) | |
| REAR-FACING CAMERA | NO | |
| FRONT-FACING | NO | |
| CAMERA FLASH : | NO | |
| BATTERY TYPE : | 16.28 Watt-hour battery | |
| BATTERY LIFE : | Up to 8 hours of continuous reading | |
| WI-FI : | 802.11 b/g/n | |
| BLUETOOTH : | NO | |
| PRICE | $199 | |