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Amazon’s Kindle Fire Ready to Order, Combines Device with EC2 Services seamlessly

Kindle Fire
Kindle Fire Image by Dekuwa via Flickr

At $199, the color Kindle Fire is less than half the price of the Apple iPad. It’s browser Silk, partly living in the cloud, is very fast and turns the device in something like a phone tethered to a very clear set of services. OS is Android, apps only available through Amazon Appstore. Screen resolution about 132 pixels per inch, higher than IPad’s.

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