When you think of the Kindle, you think of a crude web browser and Ink Pearl screen displays – not very impressive technologically, but great for reading books.  The Kindle Fire is about to change all of that.  This new tablet, available for pre-order on Amazon, has a launch date of November 15, 2011 – just around the corner.  At a mere $199.99, the Kindle Fire boasts a 7 inch multi-touch full color display, something that the Kindle has never had in its lifetime.

 

 

The Kindle Fire Is A Tablet

The Kindle Fire, unlike some of the previous Kindles, does not have 3G capability, only Wi-Fi.  What it does have, though, is the ability to display full color movies, magazines, books, TV Shows, and more with it’s impressive dual-core processor.  Basically, the Kindle Fire is a full-blown Tablet, even more so than the Nook Color.  Why do I still think that the Kindle Fire will sell very well?  Cross the perilous paragraph break to find out, and be sure not to fall into the water.  Those sea trolls bite real nasty.  *Rubs scar on leg*

Why It Will Make The Big Bucks

The Kindle Fire will undoubtedly be a success.  Why?  There are a couple of key reasons.  The first has to do with the brand name – Amazon.  People trust Amazon – they buy things from the website, and have probably had a previous version of the Kindle at some point.  The previous Kindles, though rather basic, did what they promised to do in an efficient manner.  Thus, people will feel more secure about buying the new Kindle, figuring that if any of the previous ones were an indication, this can only be an improvement to the saga.

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Amazon’s Got The Goods In The Trench Coat

The second reason that the Kindle Fire will succeed is the fact that Amazon already has a well-established library of content.  One of the main statements that opponents of the Nook repeatedly made was that Barnes and Noble does not have a wide-enough variety of books.  The Kindle Fire will not face such opposition, since the Kindle store has, literally millions of books and over 100,000 TV shows.

Kindle Fire Equipped With Amazon Silk

 

 

One of the biggest reasons, for tech savvy people, at least, that the Kindle Fire will succeed is the new internet browser.  The previous browsers?  Rubbish at best, stepped-on gum at worst.  Amazon Silk, the new browser, doesn’t just bring the Kindle Fire up to speed with other tablets, it brings it in front of the competition.  Amazon Silk utilizes something called a “Split Browser Architecture” which employs “Cloud Acceleration.”

Split Browser Architecture

The Split Browser Architecture that the Kindle Fire employs is a connection between your device, which implements Wi-Fi, and Amazon’s AWS EC2 servers.  (AWS is Amazon Web Services.)  These EC2 servers are extremely powerful, and can download data much faster than your tablet, guaranteed.  What Amazon Silk allows the Kindle Fire to do is divide the work between the device itself and Amazon’s servers, making your web surfing incredibly fast.  This technique of using cloud servers to speed up web browsing is referred to as “Cloud Acceleration.”  You know what’s cooler than that, though?  Inventing a gun that makes clouds move really fast.  That’s what I call Cloud Acceleration – the ability to control the weather.

Miscellaneous Specifications

The Kindle Fire has 8 GB of internal storage, enough for 6,000 books, and has a battery life of 8 hours.  Granted, this is less than the proclaimed 2 months that the other Kindles had, but when you start getting into the world of tablets, batteries are going to get drained much more quickly.  There are also built in speakers and a standard audio jack on the Kindle Fire.

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