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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Kindle Fire official put on sale, the media evaluation summary

In the Kindle Fire release, the foreign media there got really machine, for a detailed evaluation. CNET editor for Kindle Fire straight Chen do evaluation "is not an easy thing", all the parties in hardware, Silk media browser, system and software cloud a different voice, we look at these from a line evaluation of echo.

exterior

Kindle Fire exterior and PlayBook is very similar, The Verge Joshua Topolsky said, "I can't describe The two devices how similar", The size of both for 7 "screen resolution, for 1024 x 600, back and border also pack soft plastic shell, weight is 0.9 pounds (408 g). Engadget's Tim Stevens further, find out the nuances between, Kindle Fire measurements size is 190 x 120 x 11.4 mm, 0.4 inches shorter than the Playbook, narrow 0.1 inches, and 0.07 inches thin, and weight should be light 5 grams.

hardware

The Verge think Fire tactility solid, The Engadget comments as well. The Verge, think Kindle Fire "size and shape is likely to be many users' sweet point."

However, The Verge found Kindle Fire no sound volume button, users need to turn to system set in related regulation; No "Home" button; In use process, he ran into
power key, will be the default for users to shut down equipment, it was not a "good choice".

power

The Verge of Kindle Fire found power very durable, even "slightly more than" amazon claims of 8 hours "uninterrupted reading" time, "never really have to worry about charging for equipment."


However, Engadget think Fire power performance is not bright eye, they took out a detailed comparison form:


screen

CNET think Fire screen beyond this price could expect to performance. The following is the screen contrast CNET evaluating:
Gizmodo think Fire screen the actual use of the experience is pretty good, "even in the dark on the train, I read a few hours of eyes felt well". However, Engadget think Fire screen resolution still isn't high enough, "now there are many smart phones have 4 to 5 inches in size, and provide a 1280 x 800 resolution screen".

system

The operation of the Fire system significantly after depth customization, does not have the most Android system have "the interface (Home Screen)" and "Widgets", view is the one with the various ICONS bookshelf. From top to the first layer bookshelf puts the most frequently used project, the second put the users love application list, can sort. For this change, The Verge think actual effect "great".

And Engadget hope amazon can provide more different categories of the bookshelf, as recently read the books, magazines, movies provide the special place. They also found that the interface is too sensitive to touch, the user will be hard to locate to myself to start up the project.

Gizmodo found that Fire switching page will have the delay, and "are everywhere," they think this is "no reason".

Multimedia test

Gizmodo feel, with the Kindle Fire reading, watching video and browsing the Internet, listen to music were very easy and interesting. Even if a long e-books, can also quickly open, most of the time the reaction to scroll soon. Still can set each book page, defined as his style.

Engdaget test in, the Fire to watch, music and video content can be directly on the network playback, users do not have to download, and fast-loading. However, the size of a 7 "screen, and may not be for reading magazines, comic, both in the reading process must be continuously enlarge page to see clearly content.

In The Verge tests, The Fire can automatically adjust The ebook reading when The size of The ebook to adapt to The screen. However, it lacks the Kindle Touch on the "X-Ray" function, click screen words, not directly select characters, history and related information and wikipedia and Google search provides more details.

Silk cloud browser

Kindle Fire Silk of cloud browser is to be a focus of attention place, after The test, The Verge found The load faster and Silk page on other platforms than The browser and no obvious difference, even iPad2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 web pages load faster than it faster.

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