Amazon intros game-playing Kindle Fire

My son just got me a Kindle Fire 7" as a surprise. I'm surprise at all that it does, I would not have purchased one myself, but I'm loving it. I've only had it a day and I've loaded all sorts of stuff and only used about $20.00 for downloads and they even have sample of books you can look at. The Audio could be better but it will work. I was surprised it even had audio. This is the e-mail I sent my son last night. Kindle Fire is pretty cool. I have 3 games including MINECRAFT SKIN, PLANTS VS ZOMBIES, ASPHALT RACE GAME (this game is sweet, you turn the Kindle for driving and turbo is right tap and brake/draft is left tap) AND A FREE CHESS GAME. One book Stephen Kings Mile 81 and a bunch of Sample books (mostly about Computers I already own most of them but it would be nice to look at them on here) TV.COM NETFLIX PANDORA Maximum PC (for some reason had to pay for it, but not bad 12.00 a year) I need to start the e-mail and facebook apps. This is pretty wild, I didn?t know it could do all this. This will keep me busy, when I have to go on the run somewhere. Thanks son.

For books, I'd stick with my Kindle Keyboard. Back-lit screens hurt my eyes when I try to read them, and my Kindle K is just like reading an actual book. However, I want the Kindle Fire for everything else Amazon has, the movies, the games, etc.

i hate APPLEs =)

I recently got rid of my iPhone because I hated it and decided it would be better to carry a standard cell phone and a tablet instead. With this sort of price point it is totally worth it. It just goes to show how ridiculous the markup is on Apple products. Plus they are so overrated.

I have a Kindle 2. didn't bother to upgrade to Kindle 3. I would like to get the Kindle Touch 3G for the faster page turning Pearl E-ink and improved Amazon Store.

@firebladedx: no, are you? buh-bye ;)

pre-ordered one a few minutes ago.

pretty nice but i dont need one right now

First look : A Copy/Paste from iOS even with the shape of the icons. Who will be more creative than them ? It's too easy Amazon.

I would get it...if I wanted one:|

This is sickening

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makes the kindle a more attractive prospect for a purchase.... but I like my books and my ps3

Meh...sounds as gay as not reading a real book to save the trees.

This is awesome a kindle tablet with 8GB flash memory. An Android powered computer tablet/E-reader with multimedia functionality including the ability to play videogames like Plants VS Zombies (which is actually fun) and Angry Birds. For $199.99 a 7 inch capasistive touch screen computer tablet. abeit lower end and no 3G but with e-reading Kindle is known for but now with gaming capabitities. I am so there, That is a price worth paying to see if tablets are really the next generation handheld portable videogaming machines. The Kindle Fire could be the Apple iPad 2, Samsung Galaxy, and even the Wii U. Killer(s) Amazon could do it if the gaming part works out for them. They are not known for gaming download service delivery at this time. But if The Kindle Fire tablet were to be excellent for gaming...

Amazon should just get its balls up and join the game devoloping business. I have their first major game idea. Its called "Where is my F*CKING PACKAGE!" where you have to take complaint calls from angry customers.

Competition is great! and it's exactly what that industry needs. Time to end the iron grip of the iPad (coming from a Mac and iPhone owner)

With this being a tablet and not a designated gaming platform it's weird to see this on Gamespot. It's not glare free as it uses LCD and not e-ink. E-ink is only able to be two colors because of how it works electrochemically. (Black for one charge, white for the other charge... not sure which +/- goes to which but I assume black for positive and white for negative). Having hype for a phone based game like Angry Birds or Plants vs. Zombies doesn't make much sense to me, yeah they're fun games but I'd rather play games on designated portable system on the go. The game on 3DS and Vita look more promising than some application on an android OS or iOS cell phone, tablet, or iPod.

At $199.00 price point with the features listed so far, this is going to make some huge waves this holiday season. As long as Amazon releases a strong product at that price, I'm very interested to see how it stands up to the iPad.

That this thing is $200 changes everything. Apple is stubborn, but they WILL lose sales of iPads due to this.

I'll stick with my old kindle for now

A cheap basic tablet that appears as if it would be good for digital magazines and newspapers? I am intrigued, very intrigued, will definitely look into once it gets a Canadian launch date. As for the people complaining that this doesn't do E-Ink, Amazon did also release an update to the Kindle line of E-Readers, if that is what you want then you do have a lot of choice in them now. Also, what did you expect out of a tablet? E-Ink refreshes way to slowly to be used as a tablet screen.

No 3G for Fire? lame.

Add an SD card slot and Im sold... twice.

"Additionally, Amazon has said one paid app would be made free every day, ensuring that even thrifty users can add new content on a regular basis." They already do this with their App Store.

@Evenios IIRC this will be a dual core, probably clocked at over 2ghz. The Nook Color is running on 900mhz. The difference in processing power should be pretty substantial. Edit: my bad, the Nook Color is using a 800 mhz processor.

Nintendo should be worried now :lol:

The wallet will be opening for this one.

if it can be faster and less sluggish then the nook color this could be a winner. I have an ipad already so no need for me..but could be a plus for many people!

The best thing about this device is the price. $500 for an ipad or $200 for a Fire... hmmm.... Oh yeah it supports Adobe Flash! I can play free flash games on it too! Sold.

I already got handheld devices that can play games. I'm more excited about the color part. Maybe they'll bring more comic books and graphic novels to it now. I hope it's still glare-free.

I'm not a huge fan of the size, but everything else sounds fabulous. There are lots of hotspots all over the place, many new hotspots being added all the time, so the missing 3G is no big deal. My first concern is the browser capability, my second is the lack of Android Market support since I own apps from both that site and Amazon. Couple this with prime and it seems pretty sweet overall.

Ironically, I was always wondering to myself when Amazon would fire back on B&N w/ something comparable to their Nook color. Looks like they've finally stepped into the same game w/ them; and w/ them making about $50 cheaper than the Nook color it'd be interesting to see what B&N does.

@Freezezzy its because of business, everyone wants to tap into things that make money, for example the kinect and psmove...

GOD THERE ARE TOO MANY TABLETS THESE DAYS. im sick of it...

It's beautiful, but touchscreen means no e-Ink? That's the best part...

Still not comparing Apples to Apples. But what the hey, if smaller and less makes you happy, enjoy. I think Kindle comes out with more models per year than anyone else. Sooner or later they may have something to offer folks of every budget. Buy what you can afford / need and be happy with it.

ANOTHER TABLET? ARE YOU SERIOUS?

This seems wrong for some reason. I mean, the whole point of this device was to be a portable reading library. Something to help promote literacy, and make reading more convenient. Now they're adding gaming to it? Why? There's already a device for that: a Tablet PC! The pic shown above just looks like an iPad. Again, I say: Why?

$200 for something that can do almost everything the iPad can do...... ABOUT TIME SOMEONE GOT THE PRICE RIGHT !!

Amazon just made a tablet like every other tablet. The thing that sets e-readers apart is the e-ink. That's whole purpose for buying one instead of a tablet. It's easy on the eyes and works in direct light, just like a book page. This is just another tablet because it has an "IPS display," which is an LCD technology. So Amazon officially entered the tablet market. That's all.

Man, i just bought a Kindle last month! If this new version had 3G, I would probably be selling it.

I was torn between waiting for a Tegra 3 tablet, or buying an inexpensive tablet for casual use. If Kindle Fire was 10" at $200 I would pre-order right now. Either way, this has a chance to grab some i-market shares.

Don't know about this but my Nook Color supports comics although I have to convert them first.

ugg! The whole point of a Kindle is to get the paper print feel so-as not to strain your eyes...otherwise this is just another stupid iPad...lame.

So then... They're still not supporting comics?

Good for the people interested in it I guess. I myself i'm satisfied enough with just books in my kindle (:

So THIS is the reason I was waiting on the Kindle! So glad I waited, because this is excellent.

I wonder if Nintendo is worried about this... Nah.

apple: oh ****! the ipad "killer"?, i maybe buy THAT, with a ipad!....later!