Today's article is about how Amazon recently announced a new tablet device. With a 7" screen this tablet is clearly designed for direct competition with the iPad. According too this article, the Fire has nearly the same specs as the Kindle Keyboard and weighs just under a pound. The Kindle Fire uses Google's Android operating system, which will allow Fire owners to make use of Amazon's apps.
This article also introduces Cloud storage, an online file storage. The Kindle Fire is linked to the user's Amazon account, which includes free storage on Amazon's Cloud Drive. This article also addresses the textbook rental option from Amazon. Both students and teachers may rent textbooks electronically from Amazon. This feature is nice for students who do not want to have their own textbook copy to keep, it will eliminate the $700 + cost of buying textbooks per semester. The textbook rental option is also an excellent green aspect, since it will be saving the paper wasted on the new textbooks which are so often revised and reprinted.
The Kindle Fire gives consumers a less expensive option, anyone not wanting to spend the $400+ for the iPad can opt for the Kindle Fire.
I like the option of owning a Kindle Fire. For students or schools on a limited budget, the Fire will more than pay for itself. I also think the Fire offers a great option for textbook rental. Overall, I think the Fire is a lot of tablet for little money. The Fire is an excellent option for book reading AND music. As a teacher, I think the Kindle Fire would be a huge asset for my classroom. I think it would be exciting to integrate technology into the classroom using this tablet, perhaps it would ignite a new joy for reading with students. I like the idea of implementing the Fire into classrooms thus creating media integration for our schools.
Your discussion of the article's issues is nicely presented.
ReplyDeleteThank you!