Register Guidelines E-Books Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book Readers > Amazon Kindle > Kindle Fire

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 09-06-2018, 09:56 AM   #1
jhowell
Grand Sorcerer
jhowell ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jhowell ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jhowell ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jhowell ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jhowell ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jhowell ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jhowell ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jhowell ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jhowell ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jhowell ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jhowell ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
jhowell's Avatar
 
Posts: 6,470
Karma: 84000001
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida
Device: Kindles
New Amazon Fire HD 8

Amazon has announced an updated Fire HD 8 model. From the press release:

Quote:
Amazon today announced the next generation Fire HD 8—now with always-ready, hands-free access to Alexa. With up to 10 hours of mixed use battery life, the all-new Fire HD 8 offers a stunning 8” HD display with over 1 million pixels, a quad-core processor, 16 GB of internal storage with support for up to 400 GB more, plus hands-free access to Alexa—only $79.99. The all-new Fire HD 8 is available for pre-order today at www.amazon.com/firehd8.
...
Availability

The all-new Fire HD 8 comes in four fun color options: Black, Marine Blue, Punch Red, and Canary Yellow, and is available for pre-order today starting at $79.99. Fire HD 8 will begin shipping on October 4; order the new Fire HD 8 today at www.amazon.com/firehd8.

Fire HD 8 tablet cases are also available in matching colors and can stand in both landscape and portrait orientations—only $29.99.

In addition to the Fire HD 8, Amazon also today introduced the all-new Fire HD 8 Kids Edition tablet for $129.99, available for pre-order at: www.amazon.com/firehd8kidsedition. The Fire HD 8 Kids Edition will start shipping on October 4. Amazon also today announced Amazon FreeTime and FreeTime Unlimited is now available in Spanish—for more information, read this press release.
Looks to me like just a refresh with no major new features.
jhowell is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2018, 10:41 AM   #2
Josieb1
Grand Sorcerer
Josieb1 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Josieb1 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Josieb1 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Josieb1 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Josieb1 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Josieb1 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Josieb1 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Josieb1 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Josieb1 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Josieb1 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Josieb1 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 5,006
Karma: 18018738
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: UK
Device: Kobo Forma, Libra2, Clara 2e, Kindle PW SE & Kindle 2022
i've got the 6th Gen, same 1.3 processor, same 1.5 ram. I can't do much with it and wouldn't buy another one.
Josieb1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2018, 01:26 PM   #3
Paperbackstash
Wizard
Paperbackstash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Paperbackstash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Paperbackstash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Paperbackstash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Paperbackstash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Paperbackstash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Paperbackstash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Paperbackstash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Paperbackstash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Paperbackstash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Paperbackstash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Paperbackstash's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,575
Karma: 20086276
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Central Florida
Device: Oasis 3, PW 3, 4, 5, Fire HD 2012, Fire HD 8 (8th Gen)
Yay!! I'm not in the market for a new Fire since I have an old version, and honestly like some of its features offered back then even if it's slow, but I rarely use it other than for digital comics, digital cookbooks and color needs.

I'm salivating waiting to hear - and hopefully not be disappointed - of any new released e-ink models this year. Here's hoping but you never know. They are trying to push their Alexa devices quite a bit, which gives a bit more incentive to release another fire that supports it, so that doesn't necessarily guarantee other e-reader releases.
Paperbackstash is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Changed password on Amazon - how to change on Fire HD 8 or Fire TV? Purple Lady Kindle Fire 23 12-20-2016 02:41 AM
Amazon Announces New Fire Tablets & Fire TV tubemonkey News 90 03-23-2016 03:38 PM
Amazon Fire Devices moving to Fire OS 5 fjtorres News 10 06-21-2015 06:53 AM
Amazon Fire? kindlekitten Lounge 8 05-19-2014 08:34 PM
Physical Retail Stores that carry Amazon 2012 Kindles (Paperwhite, Fire 2, Fire HD) Top100EbooksRank Amazon Kindle 6 09-21-2012 07:57 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:52 PM.


MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.