Kindle Fire Demo Video

I found below video interesting. It demos Kindle fire, the color version of Kindle. Have a look...

Well, well Amazon surely surprised me!

Well, I was taken completely by surprise with the new range of products and specially by their prices yesterday, when Amazon announced their range of Kindles, including Tablet like "Kindle Fire". Amazon came with a range of products which will satisfy everyone other than who has purchased Kindle before this new release.

Traditional Kindle still there. They have gone for touch screen for who like touch, they have bought color with the new kindle fire and they have sticked to their most popular reading screen by E Ink. But what impressed me most was the price. It all starts as low as $79. Even the much waited and much hyped color version of Kindle(With normal LCD display and touch), is priced much lower than what was expected at $199. It was originally thought to be priced at $249. But when it came out, it was much cheaper and looks very promising.

I really liked how Amazon's home page looked on the day of release of these products. A personal and compelling letter from Jeff Bezos, who is the founder and the chairmen took the home page of Amazon. It gave some push to Apple, when it spoke about two types of companies which are in existence today. Yes, the color version of kindle is much cheaper than a iPad and they are directly competing with iPad by the looks of it. Amazon is talking about their far superior web browser called "Silk" which is backed by Amazon's huge cloud computing power.

Put all these together, it looks like Amazon is going for the kill. If you want more information about the range of products they offered follow this link.

A screenshot of the Amazon home page

Amazon Tablet, Is it the new color Kindle??

There had been rumors about a tablet computer which Amazon was working on for some time in the technology circles. But it was not very clear what it was and what was the purpose of it. Most of us thought it is something seperate from the specialized reading device, Kindle. But now there are some suggestions to think in fact this new tablet can be the new version of Kindle. While nothing is offcially confirmed, a techcrunch writer says he not only saw the device and in fact played with it.

According this article, the this new device will be about $250 in price and will run Android(A very customized version of it). It will have a 7" display while there are plans to produce 10" version by next yer. It also raveled that this device will hit the markets before the 2011 Christmas holidays. Yes, this is interesting news, specially if you are a fan of Kindle. But for me there is some sad news too.

The sad news is Amazon seemed to move away from its natural paper like display, which was produced by E Ink. I have posted another article on the new color version of E Ink and thought it will be available on the new color Kindle. But it looks like they have opted to use a display with a backlight, which surely makes me unhappy. But we have to wait and see how it will work. I am curious how kind this new display will be on our eyes and how long the battery will last. Long lasting battery and the paper like display were two main advantages offered by Kindle. So a kindle lacking in both these areas can cause some issues to the Kindle fans.

All said and done, the device will hit the markets by November 2011. We will have to wait until we see the device to draw any conclusions.

You can read the original techcrunch article here.

E Ink Video On Color e-paper display

Main part of the Kindle is its ePaper display. That separates Kindle from things like iPads, Samsung Galaxy and other tabs and so on. But this technology had one drawback. That is it did not have a good color display with all the other features that of a black and white display. So the Kindle was color less for the moment. But will this change?

E Ink, manufacturer of Kindle display announced their new color display technology. It is called "E Ink Triton Imaging Film" and it is the only one of its kind commercially available according to the promotional video. This new technology promises most of the same features its black and white ancestor provides. It has no back light, it can run for a month with without charging and it just looks like color paper. Well, what all these has to do with Kindle 4?

Obviously, one of the main drawbacks to the Kindle is its inability to display Color content. Especially this was critical as now more and more magazines are available via Kindle. By now, this technology seems matured enough to be used in a actual production item like Kindle. So will we see Kindle in color sooner than we anticipated? Well, this needs some waiting. I am sure Amazon will not rush to put their color Kindle versions to the markets. They are in no hurry by the looks of it. On the other hand the black and white sales are soaring for the time being. So they have the time to work their way through before going in to the color display. But this new technology shows us one of the most anticipated changes will happen in the Kindle sooner than later.

Watch the E Ink video below.

Upto Kindle 3 - What happened and what will change

When it comes to Kindle, latest version is called the Kindle 3. Kindle 3 is lighter, faster, thinner and smaller than the versions before. Most users preferred this version of Kindle to the prior versions. Main attraction to Kindle 3 was its high contrast display. Although it is still a black and white device, you will be able to see the characters much sharper (50%) than the other versions. Shades of gray will give you a better reading experience. In addition, Kindle 3 is less expensive. WiFi version is prices just at $139, making it one of the most cost competitive eBook readers of its kind. If you live in US, there is a special advertising supported version of Kindle where you will see some advertisements in the form of screen servers when you do not read. Amazon has specially stated these advertisement will not distract the reading experience. This special version is $25 less expensive to the WiFi version.

If you like the full freedom and do not want to look for WiFi hotspots to download new books, then you have the choice of Kindle WiFi+3G. This will work either with WiFi or on 3G connections and you will get the full freedom. But this is little expensive though. This version will cost you $189. 3G services are supported for over 100 countries, so this is a true travelers kind of a reader.

Among the negatives of these devices are its inability to display colors and relative high cost of the device. But you will see a long term benefit as Kindle version of the book is less expensive than the printed versions. And you will save some money over the transportation charges. For me, still Kindle is a good investment.

Welcome To Color Kindle Blog

Are you a Kindle enthusiast? Are you looking forward to the resale of Kindle 4(Or the color version of Kindle)? Then you are in the correct place. In this blog you will find information about Kindle and related technologies. We will compare Kindle to other versions of eBook readers available out there. We will discuss both the good and bad about the Kindle. But our special focus will be on the release of the new Kindle version, which is eagerly anticipated by many.

If you need more information about the upcoming Kindle please leave your information on the form to your right. We will let you know the things as they unfold.