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The Kindle Fire is a tablet version of Amazon.com's Kindle e-book reader. Built with Quanta Computer, the Kindle Fire was released in November 2011, featuring a color 7-inch multi-touch display with IPS technology and running a custom version of Google's Android operating system called Fire OS. The Kindle Fire HD followed in September 2012, and the Kindle Fire HDX in September 2013. ==History== The device—which includes access to the Amazon Appstore, streaming movies and TV shows, and Kindle's e-books—was released to consumers in the United States on November 15, 2011, after being announced on September 28. On September 7, 2012, upgrades to the device were announced with consumer availability to those European countries with a localized version of Amazon's website (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain). The Kindle Fire originally retailed for US$199. Estimates of the device's initial bill of materials ranged from $150 to $201.70. Amazon's business strategy is to make money through sales of digital content on the Fire, rather than through the device itself. , the Kindle Fire is the second best selling tablet after Apple's iPad, with about 7 million units sold according to estimates by Forrester Research and Amazon's tablets are fourth.〔()〕 On September 6, 2012, the Kindle Fire was upgraded to the second generation, and its price was reduced to $159, RAM upgraded to 1 GB and processor clock speed upgraded to 1.2 GHz. A more powerful and video-friendly version, the Kindle Fire HD (7 and 8.9 inch versions) was also made available, initially priced at $199 and $299.〔(Kindle Fire HD ) at Amazon.com store〕 On September 25, 2013, the Kindle Fire HD was upgraded to the third generation, priced at $139, and the Kindle Fire HDX was introduced. The Kindle Fire HDX has an improved graphics engine, double the memory, and triple the processor speed of the previous model. The 7-inch and 8.99-inch versions were introduced at $229 and $379 respectively. In September 2014, the Fire HDX 8.9 and the Fire HD were upgraded to the fourth generation of Fire tablets, removing the "Kindle" naming.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What's new with Amazon's Fire OS 4.0 "Sangria"? )〕 There was also a 6-inch that had a quad-core processor priced for $99 In September 2015, Amazon announced the release of a $49.99 USD named Fire 7". It is currently the cheapest tablet Amazon offers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kindle Fire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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