Amazon Kindle Fire 2 launch event in July - report

Amazon Kindle Fire 2 launch event in July - report

Tue 26 Jun 2012 8:36pm GMT / 4:36pm EDT / 1:36pm PDT
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Amazon may unveil the successor to the Kindle Fire this summer

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An anonymous source has told CNET that Amazon will reveal the next Kindle Fire tablet at a launch event on July 31. The source said that the tablet would add a camera and physical volume buttons to the overall hardware. Other upgrades, including resolutions and chipset, were not mentioned. A Digitimes report calls for the new Kindle Fire to add a 1280x800 screen.

Amazon is expected to keep the same $199 price point for the new Kindle Fire, while dropping the price for the old unit.

These rumors come only a day before Google is rumored to be announcing its 7-inch Nexus tablet, which would go head-to-head with Amazon's offering.

2 Comments

Morville O'Driscoll
Games Blogger & Journalist

Will this be available outside of the US/Canada?

IF yes THEN give a monkey's.
IF no THEN shrug and regard Amazon as foolish.

(yes, I can see all you programmers wince at that. I don't care. :p )

Edited 1 times. Last edit by Morville O'Driscoll on 26th June 2012 10:21pm

Posted:10 months ago

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Bruce Everiss

The original Fire wasn't designed by Amazon, they merely branded a device that had already been put together by a manufacturer.
What Amazon did was to load it with their walled garden version of Android.
The new device(s) are much closer to what Amazon actually want.
There are rumours of a 10 inch as well as a 7 inch version. Just as Apple are rumoured to be making a 7 inch iPad to accompany the 10 inch version.

Posted:10 months ago

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