Mini Tablet: Amazon, the Kindle Fire HD reaches 170 countries

Floriana Giambarresi , May 23, 2013, 15:09

Amazon has just announced that its Kindle Fire tablet HD , both in the 7-inch version in the 8.9-inch, is now available in over 170 countries and regions around the globe . Customers who are part of the new territories where is reaching the device can already reserve beds unit on the official website Amazon, while shipments will take place from 13 June.

Into In particular, the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD is bookable from today to 284 dollars, while the variant with smaller panel size has a Price instead of 214 dollars. At the same time, the giant of online sales has extended to 200 countries around the world their own App-Shop . The goal is clearly to gain further segment of the cabinet and the distribution of digital content.

Into “Furthe r extending the deployment of applications to millions of customers around the world, we continue to give them the possibility to easily download and enjoy applications on Amazon Kindle Fire or any other Android device,” said Mike George, vice president division applications and games at Amazon. The App-Shop includes in fact millions of apps, games, magazines and digital books, including more than 300,000 eBook exclusive to the Kindle Store. Finally, the ‘ App Store for Android is now available in nearly 200 countries .

Into The Kindle Fire represent a genuine threat to other producers who have invested in the production of tablets with Android heart, not so much for the Amazon brand – well known globally – or for specific hardware, but mostly because of the highly competitive price with which the company of Jeff Bezos has made the devices for sale. A much more affordable price than the Apple iPad or the Samsun g Galaxy Note and Tab The only digital tablets prominent competitors that are offered to the public in a low-cost are the Google Nexus 7:10.