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Amazon stockpiling 2 million Kindle Fire 2 ready for August 7 launch

by on July 4, 2012 7:56 am
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Google's Nexus 7 is the tablet to beat at the moment and Amazon knows it. There have been long running rumors that Amazon is preparing to release a refresh of its Kindle Fire line and Amazon has an uphill battle if it wants to beat Google. With the launch of the Nexus 7, Google is using its brand name, technology, and its content (apps, games, music, movies) to woo users to its device.

According to the China Times, production of the Kindle Fire 2 has been ramped up and it is set to have 2 million units ready by August 7. Amazon is using an OEM manufacturer, Taiwanese hardware manufacturer Quanta Computer, also used by the likes of Sony and RIM. Other details revealed in the article are that the new Kindle Fire will use a metal chassis (with a plastic backing) and have a different battery supplier. This could indicate the use of a larger battery or it just could simply be a production decision based on supply and costs.

It is possible that Amazon will announce the Kindle Fire 2 on July 31st. Along with the new metal chassis, the next generation Kindle Fire is expected to have a better resolution IPS display (1280×600) and a front facing camera. To compete with the Nexus 7, Amazon will also need to boost the CPU power either by using a 1.5GHz dual-core CPU or by using a quad-core CPU (like the Nexus 7).

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Gary has been a technical writer, author and blogger since 2003. He is an expert in open source systems (including Android), system administration, system security and networking protocols. He also knows several programming languages, as he was previously a software engineer for 10 years. He has a Bachelor of Science in business information systems from a UK University.

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  • http://profiles.google.com/kstagg Kevin Stagg

    htc EVO 3D. Fail.

    • stucrmnx120fshwf

      Yeah I owned an Evo 3d, the RAM performance was awful, the company skin devoured it, there was less RAM to spare than on than on my single core Sammy Galaxy S 1 and that was with twice the RAM. But I don’t understand how 3D prevents 2D, how it’s more expensive, I’d love a 3D Nexus 7/2, my 3D TV has never stopped me watching 2D TV and I love 3D, a $200 3D monitor a couple of $15 speakers, $40 set top box, $100 3D Blue Ray player and I was in a world of my own. Where’s the disadvantage, I know it might cost 0.1% more, but who cares if a 6″ phone costs 1/1,000 the more for 1/12 more functionally, I love watching HD movies on my Nexus 7 and playing games on it, frankly I’d like to see 3D ultra definition in my hands, cheap. I look forward to full HD on the Nex 7/2, in my hands in a month and a half or so, given that Samsung were half way to UD with the Nex 10, it’s even possible they’ll release a Nex UD at Google I/O. The Evo 3D was cheaper, than the Galaxy Nexus I replaced it with, so gimme my Nex 3D UD yesterday please, Toshiba made a glasses free 3D UD monitor 2 years ago, in the end, smaller screens wind up being cheaper. If N7/2 has four times the resolution of my GS1, only 30 months ago and costs half as much, then follow my math and a Nex 3D UD could cost the same as a N7/2 in the 2015 Christmas holiday buying season, therefore by 2018 there could be 4 billion of them in our clammy hands. They could be served by Xbox 1440, don’t forget Snapdragon 800 and Tegra 4 are already UD capable, Xbox 720 and PS4 have 8 cores, 8 GB GDDR5, 8 series AMD graphics, pulling down a trillion floating point calculations a second. Memory cue ‘A trill for a triple 8′, here’s another one Note 3 has 3GB of LPDDR3, triple three, won’t be long before we get LPGDDR5, sorry, just thinking out loud, in techno babble, what once was science fantasy, becomes sci fi, becomes near future, then old hat, at least in graphics.

  • RhodBerth

    LG Optimus 3D Win!
    I’m still waiting for a follow up to my Optimus
    3D phone. I’m especially looking for a phone with a 3D camera.
    Self-shot 3D movies and pictures are really cool, especially on your 3D
    TV.

    The 3D screen is only nice to have for previewing your self shot 3D content.

    So please let amazon include a 3D camera as well! (stereoscopic of course, not software-based)

  • https://plus.google.com/u/0/104684441318752696089/about/p/pub Lokifish Marz

    “A 3D screen would be a first” Does this not include the ten plus 3D screen phones that preceded it.
    http://www.3dphone.org/3d-phones-history/

  • http://www.facebook.com/amadeus.klein Amadeus Klein

    Wow, No research? My daughter has the Evo 3D… No glasses and 3D… It’s not a great phone, but it has a 3D screen and camera… Blog Fail…

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