Amazon has announced a bevy of devices today available for pre-order (shipping in October).
First up, the newest Fire HD tablet which starts at $100 for the 8GB ad supported 6" version ($134 for the 16GB non ad supported version). It features front and rear cameras and sports a quad core 1.5 GHZ processor.
Next up is the Fire HD Kids Edition which is very similar to the new Fire HD starting at $149 for a 6" and $189 for a 7". The big difference here is the ruggedized tablet has a 2 year Accidental Damage Warranty which covers it even if your 5 year old tries to flush it down the toilet. Amazon bills it as a "Real tablet, not a toy"... and it is. This includes a year of "Amazon Freetime" which is like Prime for kids.
Third is a refreshed Fire HDX 8.9 which features a new processor and GPU and Amazon claims it is 70% faster then the previous HDX. Amazon says the display has 30% more pixels and is lighter then the iPad Air.
Finally, 2 new E-readers, the cheapest Kindle ever released ($79) now with a touch screen and the high end Voyage E-reader ($199 + ads, $219 w/o) which is supposedly the closest that an E-reader has ever come to actually reading paper. It's the thinnest Kindle ever released and features a new "Adaptive Front Light" enabling you to read in any lighting condition. I do find it odd for that kind of money, the Voyage doesn't include the wall adapter for the USB cable they include.
Impressive??? Or not???
http://www.amazon.com/