Kindle Is on Fire

Kindle Fire

What a game changer! The Kindle Fire preview seems fantastic and at only $199, is a perfect present for loved ones. If I didn’t already have an iPad, I’d be begging my husband for one for Christmas and, if he didn’t comply, I’d buy it for myself.

According to Amazon.com, the Kindle Fire is capable of running movies, apps, games and music, and of course is the ultimate reading platform.

It’s using Amazon’s revolutionary, cloud-accelerated web browser, Amazon Silk. I haven’t had the opportunity to try it, but hope to do so soon.

It’s color touchscreen has an extra-wide viewing angle and it uses a fast dual-core processor, which enables “prime members” to instantly stream movies and television shows.

It uses Amazon’s Whispersync technology, which automatically synchronizes your library and the book you’re reading to the last page viewed. The Kindle Fire also uses Whispersync for streaming video.

And in addition to all the fun multimedia, you can browse the web, check email and even read your documents. That’s right, Kindle Fire lets you take documents — Word, PDF and more — with you or e-mail them.

And don’t worry about the space needed for the more than 18 million movies, shows, songs, magazines and books available for purchase — Amazon offers the customer free “cloud storage” of all content not being used.

Don’t expect too much. It is a device that falls somewhere between an e-reader/media player and an Android tablet, but at $199 it’s an awesome gadget.

So what are you waiting for? Pre-order your new Kindle Fire today. I would. Well, if I didn’t have an iPad, for which I love but cost me more than $800.

Sigh.