Techcrunch: The Kindle "Fire"

kjk · 09-26-2011, 05:00 PM

http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/26/amazon-kindle-fire/

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On Wednesday morning in New York City, Amazon will unveil the Kindle Fire. Yes, this is the name Amazon has settled on, to help differentiate the product from the e-ink Kindles, which will still be very much alive and for sale. And while Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will show off the Fire on stage, it won’t be ready to ship until the second week of November, we’ve learned.

Maybe it has custom flame graphics on the sides!

edit: GDGT says it looks like a RIM Playbook:

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Although Amazon did refresh the ID of their PlayBook derivative, I'm told that this first tablet of theirs is "supposed to be pretty poor" and is a "stopgap" in order to get a tablet out the door for the 2011 holiday season -- which doesn't exactly leave the best taste in my mouth.

boswd · 09-26-2011, 05:12 PM

The Fire? Oh my goodness, I really hope that was only the internal code name.

afa · 09-26-2011, 05:17 PM

Good God, that better not be true.

That sounds terrible. Both the device and the God-awful name.

MrsJoseph · 09-26-2011, 05:18 PM

LOVE this commenter quote:

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Max Woolf
Once the Microsoft Earth, the Samsung Wind, the HTC Water, and the Apple Heart are created, they can combine their powers with the Kindle Fire to summon Captain Planet.

OtterBooks · 09-26-2011, 05:27 PM

Please let this be a joke.

boswd · 09-26-2011, 05:38 PM

It has to be either a joke or just their internal code name. As you all know I'm not the biggest Kindle fan but I will give credit where it's due. Amazon has one of the best Marketing teams in the business, I cannot see them sitting around the conference room and having them all say "Yes the Fire, perfect, Fire is HOT, this will be the name".

No way .

bZkindle · 09-26-2011, 05:40 PM

kindle fire? what an awful name.
perhaps the back-lit screen will burn your retinas out...

seajewel · 09-26-2011, 05:53 PM

Then again, people said this about the Kindle name back when it came out, too.

JeremyR · 09-26-2011, 06:07 PM

I'm not saying it's a great name, but it is a fairly obvious one.

Still, it sounds rather underwhelming as a product.

RainingLemur · 09-26-2011, 06:10 PM

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Max Woolf
Once the Microsoft Earth, the Samsung Wind, the HTC Water, and the Apple Heart are created, they can combine their powers with the Kindle Fire to summon Captain Planet.

Hmm. Wonder if that means that the various cheap Chinese knock-off tablet makers would form the new version of the Eco-Villains to summon Captain Pollution.

Sil_liS · 09-26-2011, 06:17 PM

Kindle ... Fire ...
What's the problem? Similar while being different.

Daithi · 09-26-2011, 06:30 PM

I don't have a problem with the name. It's the 7" screen powered by a "fork" of an old version of Android that I think sucks.

stonetools · 09-26-2011, 06:48 PM

I liked this comment:

Flame on!

It sounds pretty much as expected- a Nook Color clone based on a fork of Android. For the people who are disappointed : What did they expect- some kind of Android dream tablet, as good as the iPad but half the price, with full on access to the google market, and assorted bells and whistles? Time to give up hunting that unicorn.

Hellmark · 09-26-2011, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph

LOVE this commenter quote:

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Max Woolf
Once the Microsoft Earth, the Samsung Wind, the HTC Water, and the Apple Heart are created, they can combine their powers with the Kindle Fire to summon Captain Planet.

Hey, if HTC and Apple aren't on board, they can at least go on tour.

teadonkey · 09-26-2011, 07:04 PM

I also don't have a problem with the name. I like the connection to Kindle. It's like the next level - color tablet. Kindling is the level below fire.

I do wish they were releasing a new KINDLE, though.

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09-26-2011, 05:12 PM	#2
boswd Banned Posts: 2,391 Karma: 1001781 Join Date: May 2010 Device: The Nook, Nook color and Droid X	The Fire? Oh my goodness, I really hope that was only the internal code name.

09-26-2011, 05:17 PM	#3
afa The Forgotten Posts: 1,136 Karma: 4689999 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Dubai Device: Kindle Paperwhite; Nook HD; Sony Xperia Z3 Compact	Good God, that better not be true. That sounds terrible. Both the device and the God-awful name.

09-26-2011, 05:27 PM	#5
OtterBooks Wizard Posts: 1,262 Karma: 2979086 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 4, iPad Mini/Retina	Please let this be a joke.

09-26-2011, 05:38 PM	#6
boswd Banned Posts: 2,391 Karma: 1001781 Join Date: May 2010 Device: The Nook, Nook color and Droid X	It has to be either a joke or just their internal code name. As you all know I'm not the biggest Kindle fan but I will give credit where it's due. Amazon has one of the best Marketing teams in the business, I cannot see them sitting around the conference room and having them all say "Yes the Fire, perfect, Fire is HOT, this will be the name". No way .

09-26-2011, 05:40 PM	#7
bZkindle Fanatic Posts: 510 Karma: 1025024 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Canada City, Soviet Canuckistan Device: k2, k3G, kindle DXG, Sony T-1, iPad, iPhone, stone tablet	kindle fire? what an awful name. perhaps the back-lit screen will burn your retinas out...

09-26-2011, 05:53 PM	#8
seajewel Fanatic Posts: 589 Karma: 1451235 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505, Sony PRS-950	Then again, people said this about the Kindle name back when it came out, too.

09-26-2011, 06:07 PM	#9
JeremyR Guru Posts: 973 Karma: 2458402 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: St. Louis Device: Kindle Keyboard, Nook HD+	I'm not saying it's a great name, but it is a fairly obvious one. Still, it sounds rather underwhelming as a product.

09-26-2011, 06:17 PM	#11
Sil_liS Wizard Posts: 4,896 Karma: 33602910 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: PocketBook 903 & 360+	Kindle ... Fire ... What's the problem? Similar while being different.

09-26-2011, 06:30 PM	#12
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	I don't have a problem with the name. It's the 7" screen powered by a "fork" of an old version of Android that I think sucks.

09-26-2011, 06:48 PM	#13
stonetools Wizard Posts: 2,016 Karma: 2838487 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Washington, DC Device: Ipad, IPhone	I liked this comment: Flame on! It sounds pretty much as expected- a Nook Color clone based on a fork of Android. For the people who are disappointed : What did they expect- some kind of Android dream tablet, as good as the iPad but half the price, with full on access to the google market, and assorted bells and whistles? Time to give up hunting that unicorn.

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09-26-2011, 07:04 PM	#15
teadonkey Zealot Posts: 132 Karma: 2179008 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle 3 WiFi	I also don't have a problem with the name. I like the connection to Kindle. It's like the next level - color tablet. Kindling is the level below fire. I do wish they were releasing a new KINDLE, though.