Amazon Kindle allows you to customize the cover - WebNews

Amazon launches a new service for the Origami cover dedicated to tablet and Kindle eBook Reader: now you can customize with pictures and skins. Free.

Floriana Giambarresi , 15 November 2013, 15:12

Amazon has just introduced a whole new service that allows customers to customize the cover for Kindle at the same price as the standard cover, or without any additional cost . So now you will have the opportunity to design their own Origami Amazon cover with a variety of colors and skin simply sending a photograph of your choice, or opting for a photo, logo, design or pattern among those present Amazon in the library.

Into The well-known giant of Seattle allows you to print selected images is only a part of the case, that on both sides: in both cases there will be additional charges. Among the design made available from Amazon there are those created by Peanuts, National Geographic, and then those taken from Breaking Bad, Star Trek and other series.

Into The houses are customizable as well as those made of leather or leather and are available for most of the range Kindle, including the Kindle Fire HDX, the Kindle and the Kindle Fire HD Paperwhite. Underlines the company of Jeff Bezos that “with this new service, we are making it possible for consumers to dream virtually any design and turn it into a cover virtually Kindle – at no additional cost. We also created exclusive designs for Amazon that fit perfectly with our new Origami cover to give customers many more options. We are excited to bring this new technology to accessories for Kindle and can not wait to see what you will do the customers. “

Into This is a free news that will surely be pleasing to all those who want a cover for your ebook reader or tablet-Kindle, which now not only will protect your device but also aesthetically reflect the specific tastes of each user.

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online reviews on Kindle Fire HDX 8.9. The Amazon tablet will be available in the U.S. from November 15 (in Italy from 21) with prices starting at $ 379. It ‘a top of the range, has a better screen rivals Retina, autonomy fantastic and the best Snapdragon processor on the market.

Into Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 receives positive ratings, above the average of 7 (or 4 out of 5 stars) but it remains a tablet particular, be directed to a specific range of users, much cheaper than many equal size but less mainstream the younger brother. Here’s what comes out of international reviews. Kindle Fire HDX has been tested by theverge, engadget, cnet, wired and techhive uses.

• The design is to HDX 7 Fire, nothing changes;
• ergonomics is very good for a tablet so great. It weighs 34% less than the 2012 model and 20% less than the iPad Air, and is perfectly balanced for use with one hand;
• it functions also support the cover with “origami”
• gives her best in landscape mode, the buttons on the back are more easily
• the contrary, it is inconvenient to find the volume keys and power back when you are in portatrait
• the rear 8 MPX camera is average, not great;
• stereo audio confirmation of the good things of the previous model, but loses some ‘quality
• the screen is on absolute levels for sharpness, contrast and color range, is the best possible display for watching movies (all consider it to be better than the one mounted on iPad Air)
• high brightness and anti-glare treatment make it good even outdoors
• reading mode is actually useful (adjusts the screen so tiring as little as possible and consume very little – autonomy see note below)
• is no support Miracast and WiFi MiMo but not yet the functionality of the sub-screen promise (and it is unclear when it will be implemented)
• Fire OS 3.0 does not convince as of 7 inches. Great content with Amazon but still limited;
• is much improved content management, both local and cloud
• assistance MayDay is confirmed useful, but it will be re-tested in the most intense periods;
• compression technology of the Silk browser makes it fast when it is running smoothly, but it is not always efficient;
• lacks support for wireless printers
• the performance is excellent, there is provided the fluidity and increased the sensitivity of the touchscreen
• only in the most demanding games, since the density of pixels to handle, captain of hesitation;
• the 16 GB version has 10.9 GB free, if the goal are few movies and music;
• optimal temperatures, the tablet is never hot enough to cause discomfort;
• autonomy with average use / intense is 10 hours. In read mode will exceed 15 hours.

HDX 8.9 Into Kindle Fire is the best tablet Amazon but as written at the beginning of article (and as confirmed by international) is a model turned to a user specifies. Customers with Amazon movies and multimedia content to be “consumed” will find it perfect (also in relation to the sale price), while all other Fire is advisable to buy HDX 7 inches. Or – as cnet writes in reference to the U.S. market – it is advisable to take this model HDX 8.9 as a pretext for a subscription Prime.

Into The new Amazon tablet will arrive in Italy next week. Since November 13, we will have HDX Fire 7-inch and 21 from the larger model. There will be no difference in the marketing of weeks USA / Italy as happened last year, and this is undoubtedly a sign of the company’s growth in Europe. Amazon aims to Christmas 2013, which is why I hope to see even offers and promotions on the new tablet. Keep an eye on the section Fire HDX Amazon.it .

Display: Kindle Fire beats iPad HDX Air and Nexus 10 - WebNews

Floriana Giambarresi , November 5, 2013, 17:34

Into The HDX display of the Kindle Fire, iPad and Nexus Air 10 are the best never tested by DisplayMate, a company specializing in panels that decided to conduct a thorough test of those integrated into these tablets, But attributing a record for the product quality branded Amazon.

Into The screen of the Kindle Fire HDX is absolutely one of the best of the entire market and narrowly beats that of the lightest Apple solution, and several points that of the device made by Google. To be precise, the Kindle display is equipped with a 8.9-inch IPS LCD technology with Low Temperature Poly Silicon and resolution of 2560 × 1600 pixels at 339 ppi, for the Apple iPad Air has chosen one panel PS / Fringe Field Switching LCD 9.7-inch technology with Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide and resolution of 2048 × 1536 pixels at 264 ppi. Finally, the Nexus 10 relies on a 10.1-inch LCD with a resolution of 2560 × 1600 pixels at 300 ppi, based on Plane to Line Switching technology.

Into “The new Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 made a jump in class as impressive as the most powerful display for tablet we’ve ever tested. It has a very high brightness, a reflection of very low ambient light with excellent performance and excellent factory calibration with the absolute best color accuracy and image contrast, “says DisplayMate in clarifying the reasons which led to the choice of the Amazon tablet as the best ever, on this front.

iPad Into Air is the square slightly below the rival product. “More than other improvements but significant improvements over the already excellent display of iPad 3 and iPad 4. Compared to the fourth generation, the reflex is decreased by 23%, the peak brightness is increased by 7% and the rating of the contrast high ambient brightness is increased by 23% – all good. [...] The improvement of greater importance in terms of the display comes from the passage from an a-Si LCD silicon to a much more performant IZGO LCD, which produces an impressive 57% improvement in terms of power efficiency of the display compared to the previous iPad with Retina Display. “

Into The Nexus 10 was presented about a year ago and is therefore now near the end of its life cycle, but it still remains one of the best panels on the market. It was the first tablet to provide a high resolution video (2560 × 1600 pixel, the highest at the time of its debut on the market) and is currently better than many other rival products. However, it is slightly less than the iPad and the Kindle Fire in the Air chroma, contrast and calibration.

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The screen HDX Kindle Fire beats iPad and Nexus Air 10 - Tom's Hardware Guide

Into The Kindle Fire 8.9-inch HDX has one of the best screens on the market : Air beats the iPad is that the Nexus 10. To decree the victory of the Amazon tablet was DisplayMate, a specialist in calibration that often dabbles in-depth reviews on the panels for TVs and mobile devices.

Into The display of the last Kindle Fire, iPad and Nexus are recognized as the best ever tested by its laboratories. The comparative analysis of the relevant technical data sheets in fact confirms that we are facing excellence in the field of LCD . The Kindle Fire features a 8.9-inch IPS panel (In Plane Switching) LCD technology with Low Temperature Poly Silicon and resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels at 339 PPI.

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HDX 8.9-inch Kindle Fire

The iPad Air relies instead on an IPS / Fringe Field Switching LCD technology with 9.7-inch Gallium Indium Zinc Oxide and resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels at 264 PPI. Finally, the Nexus 10 relies on a classic 10.1-inch LCD with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels at 300 PPI, based on Plane to Line Switching technology.

Into In terms of visual quality (color, color accuracy, image, viewing angle, calibration, contrast, etc.). Kindle Fire Air and iPad are at the top , with a subtle advantage for the Amazon product level measurements. The Nexus 10 is an excellent product but slightly lower than the shades of color, contrast and calibration.

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Test – click to enlarge

The strongest deviations detected in the laboratory include the reflection: the Kindle is perfect , the iPad good, while the Nexus 10 in some cases insufficient. As for brightness and contrast leadership is always Amazon. The iPad suffers a bit ‘of breathlessness at the level of contrast in brighter environments. The Nexus is always third.

Into The last note could not be devoted to consumption: classification unchanged, because in this case the Kindle Fire beats all.

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Test – click to enlarge

The Nexus 10, however, does not come out so bad, considering the fact that its overall final assessment is quite good and features a panel with cutting-edge technology is not. Just wait for the new model, expected by the end of the year.

James Dotta , 14 November 2013, 15:00

Into Working through Amazon, we had the opportunity to compare the two successive generations of Kindle Paperwhite . For a few weeks now, in fact, the group of Jeff Bezos has replaced the previous generation of their ebook reader, bringing to market a new generation that promises “new Paperwhite screen, high resolution, high contrast, light integrated next generation.”

Into These are characteristics that, when it is presented, not apparently seem to result in any revolution, stating the whole thing as a simple evolution of the model. The field tests, however, tell something deeper: the small improvements in various aspects of the device, in fact, make the reading experience even more immersive, further eliminating friction for those accustomed to the paper, looking into the street Kindle teacher to digital. Same frame but different engine. It comes out a Kindle Paperwhite with a higher gear.

Kindle Paperwhite comparison

Into The evolution which occurred is largely a visual level: in the face of a confirmed form factor in any detail (the only thing to change is the brand name printed on the back: from “Kindle” Switching to “Amazon”), is introduced a new technology that makes the Kindle even more Paperwhite “paperwhite” . The feeling of reading on paper is in fact even more obvious, improving the contrast, definition and tone of the white background. The comparison, which is available in the photo gallery published, becomes even more evident in the simple statement to follow. In the image are in fact portraits captured two blank spaces on the first and second edition of Kindle Paperwhite, with the same ambient light and bright with the same setting on the device:

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Into the first pane, you can see an excerpt from the first generation of Kindle Paperwhite. In the second panel shows clear color instead a far more clear, the result of new type of panel backlight used on the new Paperwhite . The consequence is evident from many points of view: best readability under sunlight, less eye fatigue, greater involvement in reading thanks to lower objective difficulties encountered.

Into But there is another aspect to reward the next generation of readers: “ The processor of the new Kindle Paperwhite is faster than 25% . The books are opened and the pages turn faster, for a more fluid. ” The improvement is noticeable after a few “tap” on the display. The reader is accustomed to the traditional time of the paper, where you flip the pages and emphasizes proper times of this kind of practice and known to all, the reader of the “Generation Y” is used to touch on smartphones and reading on the screen, with the immediacy of today’s digital tools. An e-reader that knows how to improve their performance, doing little by little disappear the tool to offer a more direct contact with the content, is an e-reader that has made important steps forward towards an ever more solid and viable reading on e-ink. Highlight, annotate and share such actions become easier and faster, making the experience more fluid and relaxed reading.

Kindle Paperwhite, more than one step ahead

Into The new Kindle Paperwhite, an evolution of the previous generation, thus presents a leap forward that is worth a lot more than just 10 euro difference today between the one and the other version . The advice to anyone who approaches the purchase is therefore to avoid a saving so few compared to a greatly improved the quality of experience of use . This aspect, which is not secondary: the reading experience, which by its nature can absorb hours and hours of time, needs a comfort and a smooth ceilings.

Into The relationship between content and player should be as direct as possible: if the instrument disappears, experience has reached its perfection. The previous limit was that of the paper, passed under many points of view (handling, cloud archive, prices of contents, etc.), the leap forward in performance and visual quality is a further blow that Amazon makes mark in this evolutionary process , with the benefit of hindsight, will probably be the story of a revolution. The smell of the paper will leave at that point the space to the scent of the bits, but this will happen only and only when the bits will be fully deserved their priority from every point of view.

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He made his debut in Italy, the third-generation Amazon tablet: we tried the 7-inch version

Into The Kindle Fire HDX arrives in Italy after the good sales of the previous models, which have long been the only real competitors of Apple’s iPad. E ‘available since yesterday in the 7-inch version and next week will come from the 8.9, so we tested the smallest model.

Into From a design perspective, some may not appreciate the look more squared or the contrast between glossy and matte plastic, others will find the Amazon logo too big (and not Kindle) on the back, and yet there seems to be more annoying the fact that the volume and power buttons are flush with the chassis and therefore difficult to identify.

Into But the most important element of a tablet is the screen, and the Kindle Fire HDX does not disappoint, with its 7-inch display, the colors are natural, razor-sharp text, excellent resolution (1920×1200, with pixel density equal to 323 ppi). Even within the Amazon tablet is all new: a more powerful processor (quad-core Snapdragon 2.2 GHz), more powerful battery and a battery life of up to 11 hours. Also increased memory, which now comes up to 64 GB, but still not expandable with SD cards, like on most Android tablets and Windows 8.

Into Very good sound, thanks to the two speakers and Dolby Digital Plus, the interesting possibility of duplicating the screen on the TV at home through standard Miracast (works with wifi and smart tv only on some of the latest generation). Fair the front camera, designed more for video and photo recordings. Beautiful and strong magnetic custody Origami, which bends in different ways and also works as a stand, too bad it still increases the thickness of the device, have not really reduced.

Into Jeff Bezos said that Amazon does not gain when it sells the Kindle, but when people use them. This is true both for eBook readers that for the tablet, and even multimedia content on the latter are more diverse: not only books (that are read very well with the appropriate app), but also music, video, films. To buy or rent directly in the store Amazon, or download via the cloud: for example, if you were reading a book on Paperwhite, the new Kindle will sync automatically and the app will open on the last page you visited, keeping records and bookmarks (and the best part is that this applies even if you use an iPad).

Into its third generation, the Kindle Fire does not contradict its nature as a device designed more for media consumption than for production. Also in the new operating system, still based on Android, but reworked so that they have nothing in common with Google’s software: Fire Os 3 adds to the carousel of apps and media most recent also a row of icons most used, and most importantly allows easier access to content that is in the settings.

Into The app can not be installed from the Google Play Store, but must be purchased on the App Shop, Amazon offers a limited choice of software for Android that is optimized to work best on the Kindle: there are Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, ??ilMeteo ??GialloZafferano . Do not miss the most popular games, with titles like FIFA 14 , Angry Birds Star Wars II, Asphalt 8: Airborne ??Colorado Joy Mission and others. Among the app information and newspapers, there is also ??La Stampa , while for the video highlight Y ??outube, VideoMediaset, TgCom24, Rai TV .

Into The Kindle Fire HDX is always very easy to use, even in the face of greater flexibility and new or improved features (such as the Parental Control evolved to prevent access to certain apps or certain documents). And yet it is designed to be used without problems in a professional environment, with a clever split between apps for work and all the others, as well as enhanced support for Exchange email.

Into But compared to last year, when it debuted in Italy, the tablet U.S. is currently facing strong competitors such as Samsung and Google itself, with the Nexus 7. Can no longer do the vast Amazon ecosystem its only strong point, and in fact is also focusing on performance as well as on price.

Into In addition, Bezos has an ace up its sleeve: a service that allows you to talk to an expert to resolve any problems with your tablet. It’s called Mayday: just a touch, and in a corner of the screen shows a customer service representative, every day, all day. He is a person of flesh and blood, not a virtual assistant, and it is the first time that such a service you see on a device so cheap (a similar work exists on mobile phones Vertu, costing several thousand dollars).

Into Mayday is currently active only in the U.S. and UK, and so in Italy the Amazon tablet can not rely on a very useful feature, especially for those who are not brought to the technology. But if the Kindle Fire Hd was a great tablet at an attractive price, the new model is a step forward in almost all points of view: the package this time there is even the power supply usb.

Price : from 219 € for the 16GB model with special offers

Merits : excellent display, easy to use, excellent integration with Amazon services, low price

Defects : memory is not expandable, can install apps only from the Store Amazon, no cellular connection, only front camera

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Into Alessio Caprodossi

From selling books online e-commerce giant idolized by startuppers around the world, Amazon continues to place a plot twist after another.
The last budget of the Seattle company reported a loss (expected) of 40 million and no profit for shareholders, more and more satisfied, however, the vision of Jeff Bezos, the creator of a constantly growing turnover in the last three months rose to 17 , 09 billion (+24% compared to 2012).
The expansion has no limit. “Our mission is to offer the best hardware at the lowest possible price,” says Alessio Santarelli, Kindle content manager. A philosophy indispensable, so that the price of the Kindle Fire HDX jaw-dropping. The new tablet in the 7-inch version and 16GB cost 229 euro, the 8.9-inch 369 EUR. Interesting numbers, especially when compared with the competition (Mini iPad 2 starts at 389 Euros and expects the new Google Nexus 8). Wonder if the dollar-euro exchange at par, the surprise becomes wonder for a tablet that combines an ultra high-resolution, 339 pixels per inch for the maxi and 323 ppi for the younger brother, with the Qualcomm chip Snapadragon 800 2.2 GHz , the best on the market. Lighter and thinner than the previous Fire (in price to 139 EUR), runs with Fire OS 3.0 – the latest version of the operating system based on Android Amazon and revised with the addition of cloud services – and incorporates new features such as Quick Switch for faster navigation between applications and content without going to the home screen and is devoted to productivity.
From the U.S. get rave reviews that reward display and autonomy, estimated at over ten hours with heavy use. Today begin deliveries in Italy, where there will be no real-time assistance MyDay, exclusive of the United States: “We want to follow the needs of customers and, despite not having reliable data, arrival is only a matter of time,” says Santarelli.