The Amazon Kindle Fire HD and HD 8.9 release date has floated ashore, merely a day after we reported that the company has launched its app store in roughly 200 nations. It has stated that both the slabs which are currently up for pre-order, will be striking approximately 170 countries across the globe by June 13.
This should be a remarkable milestone for the manufacturer, considering the tablets had so far reigned only in a handful of regions. The first device mentioned is a 7-inch contender exhibiting a 1280 x 800p display which features polarizing filter and anti-glare technology. The integration of Exclusive Dolby audio and dual-driver stereo speakers should complement the pictures and videos spurted out by this screen.
There’s naturally more to the device than what meets the eye. Residing within the comforts of the slate’s chassis is a dual core OMAP4460 processor ticking at a clock speed of 1.2GHz. And accompanying this chipset into the interiors is PowerVR graphics. Not only does the slab offer apps and movies for users to enjoy, it moreover tags along a front-facing HD camera so as to enable chats over Facebook and Skype.
Let’s now move on to the 8.9-inch member of the series. Along with proffering a bigger screen estate than the aforementioned tablet, the slate possesses a higher resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels. If we were to count the correspondence between both gadgets, we would find the larger device accommodating a similar anti-glare display with advanced polarizing filter and a front-facing HD camera.
Internally, it is powered by a 1.5GHz dual core OMAP4470 processor and its onboard battery should be able to render up to 10 hours of usage time while enjoying video and music playback as well as browsing the web over Wi-Fi. Connectivity-wise, there’s Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and Bluetooth to conduct wireless sharing as well as A-GPS for turn-by-turn navigation.
The 16GB variant of the Amazon Kindle Fire HD has been pegged at a price of $214, while the 32GB model will be going up on sale at $244. The 16GB unit of the HD 8.9 can be pre-ordered for $284, whereas the device with 32GB flash storage will be up for grabs for $314.
