It’s Official: Amazon Kindle Fire for $199

September 28, 2011

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It's Official: Amazon Kindle Fire for $199 4

I am not sure if this is really going to be the iPad killer, but Amazon is definitely pricing it right. The Kindle Fire will be a 7-inch Android tablet for $199. The will also offer a free 30 day trial of Amazon Prime which costs $79 per year. Amazon Prime includes streaming video and free two-day shipping.

It's priced right, but let's face it, it is a very stripped down tablet. You won't find an embedded camera or a microphone. We believe is is based on Android 2.1, but they dramatically changed it.

This appears to be marketed to consumers who want an e-reader, and not a full fledged tablet. The Kindle Fire should be successful because of the “Amazon” name and price, which is lower than the Barnes & Noble Nook Color.

[via bloomberg]

Robert Nazarian Author

Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.