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<p> Earlier today Amazon revealed four new Kindle devices: a new Touch e-reader called the Kindle Paperwhite; the latest update to the Fire (not the Fire 2, just Kindle Fire); the Kindle Fire HD 7", and Kindle Fire HD 8.9". You can read the "liveblog" covering the event here.</p> <p> Amazon's full-on assault against tablets and e-readers doesn't come as much of a surprise, but their announcements regarding actual hardware are interesting. Sure, everything's thinner, lighter, with a better battery and plenty of new software features. But all of the tablet devices are also running on TI's OMAP chips. In order, the Fire (2012) uses the 4430, Fire HD 7" has the 4460, and the 8.9" has the 4470. </p> <p> Benchmarking was wholly restricted, so I was really limited with what I could do per device. Both of my Sunspider tests, which would have been skewed regardless due to really shoddy Wi-Fi plus Amazon's Silk browser (which runs a lot of the processing on the backend to produce faster results), were foiled by Amazon representatives. I spoke with Peter Larsen, VP of Kindle at Amazon, and he said they weren't allowing any benchmarks as of yet. So all preview notes are my own qualitative thoughts.</p> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="575"> <tbody> <tr class="tgrey"> <td align="center" colspan="7"> Amazon Tablet Specification Comparison</td> </tr> <tr class="tlblue"> <td width="120">  </td> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="85"> Kindle Fire</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="85"> Kindle Fire (2012)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="85"> Kindle Fire HD 7"</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="85"> Kindle Fire HD 8.9"</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Dimensions</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 190 x 120 x 11.4mm</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 189 x 120 x 11.5mm</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 193 x 137 x 10.3mm</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 240 X 164 X 8.8mm</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Display</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 7-inch 1024 x 600 IPS</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 7-inch 1024 x 600 IPS</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 7-inch 1280 x 800 IPS</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 8.9-inch 1920 x 1200 IPS</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Weight</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 413g</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 400g</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 395g</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 567g</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Processor</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 1GHZ TI OMAP 4430 (2 x Cortex A9)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4430 (2 x Cortex A9)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4460 (2 x Cortex A9)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 1.5GHz TI OMAP 4470 (2 x Cortex A9)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Memory</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 512MB</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 1GB</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 1GB</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 1GB</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Wireless</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> Single-band Wi-Fi</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> Single-band Wi-Fi</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> Dual-band, dual antenna (2.4GHz, 5GHz, MIMO)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> Dual-band, dual antenna (2.4GHz, 5GHz, MIMO)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Storage</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 8GB (6.5GB usable)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 8GB (5.5 usable)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 16GB/32GB (12.6GB/26.9GB usable)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 16GB/32GB Wi-Fi, 32GB/64GB LTE</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Battery</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 16Whr</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> ?</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> ?</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> ?</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Pricing</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> $199 (original price; no longer available)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> $159</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> $199/$249</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> $299/$369 - Wi-Fi
$499/$599 - LTE</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>  </p><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/>

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