Amazon Kindle Press Event - Everything You Need To Know

If you haven’t heard, Amazon held a press event today to discuss anything from Kindles to Kindle phones and back again to unicorns. Ok, I made the unicorn part up, but, there certainly were a lot of rumors. PS, the Kindle phone did not make it to the party either.

The new Kindles are available for pre-order! These are first come, first serve… if you are on the fence and want it on the first day it is available.. you might want to get in now!

So just what did they announce Kindle device wise? I know you are a really busy and important person, so, I’ll give you the cliff notes edition :

$69 Kindle (old style, updated) – 15% faster page turns, more fonts, crisper text – Ships September 14th
$119 Wi-fi Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi – Paper like display, 8 week battery, 212 PPI, Frontlighting – Ships October 1st
$179 3G Kindle Paperwhite 3G – Paper like display, 8 week battery, 212 PPI, Frontlighting - Ships October 1st
$159 7″ Kindle Fire (old style, updated) – 2x RAM, 40% faster – Ships September 14th
$199 7″ Kindle Fire HD 16GB – front facing camera, dolby digital sound, high screen resolution, HDMI out – Ships September 14th
$299 8.9″ Kindle Fire HD 16GB - front facing camera, dolby digital sound, high screen resolution, HDMI out – Ships November 20th
$499 8.9″ Kindle Fire HD with 4G LTE wireless 32GB – LTE, 32GB, 8.9 inches, $50 per year LTE (!) plan 250MB, 20GB cloud, $10 app store credit – Ships November 20th

Cool quotes from Jeff Bezos :

“Customers are smart. Last year, there were more than two dozen Android tablets launched into the marketplace, and nobody bought ‘em.”

“Why? Because they’re gadgets, and people don’t want gadgets anymore. They want services that improve over time. They want services that improve every day, every week, and every month. Kindle Fire is a service.”