Part successor to the Kindle Fire and part competitor to the critically-acclaimed Nexus 7, Amazon today launched the Kindle Fire HD — a sub-10 inch tablet that is available in both 7-inch and 8.9-inch editions.
The 8.9-inch edition of the new Kindle tablet will have a price point of $299 for 16GB of storage, and will ship on November 20. The 7-inch model will be available much sooner, on September 14, and will be priced at $199.
“People don’t want gadgets anymore,” said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at the launch event in Santa Monica. “They want services that improve over time.”
The 8.9-inch edition is feature rich and is likely intended to compete against the iPad, as opposed to sub-10 inch tablets like the Nexus 7. The tablet comes equipped with LTE connectivity, HDMI, a 1,920
