The Kindle Fire HD is regarded as the World's most advanced 7 tablet for good reason. This device boasts unprecedented features that deliver benefits beyond comprehension.
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The Kindle Fire HD
The Perfect Gift for the Holidays
"The screen is bright, brilliant and
graphics are crisp and smooth" —
Mashable
"The Fire HD's speakers are the most
ear-bleedingly awesome tablet
speakers you've ever heard" — CNET
"It boasts amazing Wi-Fi connectivity
- perhaps the best so far in any device I
have either owned or tried" — Gigaom
"It offers a lot for the money; it's full of
ambitious features; it provides super-
convenient access to a never-ending
trove of content" — Time
Breakthrough Hardware Technology
2. Low quality sound can ruin your HD entertainment experience. That's why Kindle Fire HD
features exclusive, custom Dolby audio, dual-driver stereo speakers, and auto-optimization
software for clear, crisp, balanced audio.
Exclusive Dolby Audio
Kindle Fire HD uses the power of Dolby Dual-Driver Stereo Speakers
Digital Plus to create a world class audio
experience, with or without headphones.
Big sound. Compact design. Kindle Fire HD
Dolby Digital Plus includes technology used
features dual-driver stereo speakers on both
to adjust volume, create virtual surround
sides of the display for a wide sound-field
sound, and deliver easier-to-understand
similar to that of a home stereo. And with this
dialogue in movies and TV shows. Kindle
much power, we can push our speakers hard.
Fire HD is designed to automatically optimize
The result - deeper bass in your music, loud,
the audio profile based on what you're doing,
rumbling movie soundtracks, and room-filling
such as watching a movie, listening to music,
stereo sound without distortion, even at
or talking on Skype. It even optimizes the
higher volumes.
audio differently when you have headphones
plugged in, so you can just sit back and
enjoy.
When it comes to HD content, bandwidth is everything. Without it, you get video buffering,
slow downloads, and dropped connections. Kindle Fire HD solves this issue by using state-
of-the-art dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi for over 40% faster speeds.
Two Antennas, Better Bandwidth Dual Band Support
Kindle Fire HD is the first tablet to feature Many Wi-Fi devices, from other tablets to
dual Wi-Fi antennas and Multiple In/Multiple baby monitors, only operate in the 2.4 GHz
Out (MIMO) technology for powerful, HD- band. The more of these devices that you and
ready Wi-Fi. This allows reception or your neighbors have operating in the band,
transmission over both antennas the slower your connection is. Kindle Fire HD
simultaneously to increase capacity and is capable of automatically switching
reliability. So you'll enjoy fewer dropped between the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi
connections, more than 40% faster media frequencies, which will allow you to use this
streaming, and be able to go further from your less congested 5 GHz band for better range
wireless hotspot than with other tablets. and less interference.
3. HD content requires more storage, strong processing power and plenty of battery life. Kindle
Fire HD was designed specifically for HD movies and games, giving you lightning fast
performance without compromising battery life or storage.
Over 11 hours of Battery Life
Powerful HD Processor
Kindle Fire HD is optimized to deliver high
performance with low battery consumption,
A rich HD display requires a powerful
delivering over 11 hours of reading, surfing
processor and optimized software to drive it.
the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening
Kindle Fire HD uses a fast dual-core
to music.
processor with an Imagination PowerVR 3D
graphics core, so even graphically-intensive
Plenty of Storage for HD Content
games run smoothly and render stunning
scenery. We also tuned the graphics pipeline
and touch-handling software to eliminate For an HD device, 8GB of storage is not
delays between when you touch the screen enough. High definition content is
and when the application responds. This substantially larger - for example, on average,
means the home screen scrolls more an SD movie is 500MB, and an HD movie is
smoothly, videos start playing faster, and 2GB. Because of this, Kindle Fire HD offers
games respond nearly instantaneously. more storage than most other 7" HD tablets,
as well as free, unlimited cloud storage for
your Amazon content.
All the Content
Kindle Owners' Lending Library
Read for free. With Prime, Kindle owners can
borrow any title from the Kindle Owners'
Lending Library for free, as frequently as a
Free Month of Amazon Prime
book a month, with no waiting and no due
dates. The Kindle Owners' Lending Library
If you haven't tried Amazon Prime in the past,
features over 180,000 titles, including all 7
we'll give you a free month. Experience what
Harry Potter books, and over 100 current and
millions of members already enjoy: unlimited
former New York Times best sellers.
streaming of hit movies and TV episodes,
reading a Kindle book a month for free, and
Prime Instant Video
Free Two-Day Shipping on millions of items.
We think it's the best bargain in the history of
Prime members also enjoy unlimited,
shopping, and we hope you do too.
commercial-free streaming of over 25,000
popular movies and TV episodes such as
Iron Man 2, Thor, Rango, The West Wing,
Glee, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Parks
and Recreation.
4. Over 120,000 Titles and Counting
Unlimited Streaming with Prime
Rent or purchase the biggest new releases
In addition, Amazon Prime members enjoy
and most popular titles from every major
unlimited, commercial-free streaming of over
movie studio and TV network including
25,000 popular movies and TV episodes
Warner, Fox, Sony, Disney, Lionsgate, MGM,
such as Iron Man 2, Thor, Rango, The West
Universal, Paramount, and more. Stream
Wing, Glee, SpongeBob SquarePants, and
instantly over Wi-Fi or download to enjoy
Parks and Recreation.
later.
Massive Book Selection
Lowest Book Prices
Shop the Kindle Store for over 1.2 million of Over 600,000 books are less than $4.99, over
the most popular books, or explore millions of a million are less than $9.99.
free, public domain books such as Pride and
Prejudice.
Read for Free with Prime
Vibrant Magazines
Amazon Prime members can borrow over
180,000 titles for free with the Kindle Owners'
Enjoy over 400 magazines in brilliant HD
Lending Library, as frequently as a book a
display, with beautifully detailed illustrations
month, with no due dates.
5. month, with no due dates.
and glossy full-color layouts. Double tap an
article for easier reading view and starting
Exclusive Kindle Titles
next month, tap the cover to go directly to an
article and bookmark your favorite articles for
Over 180,000 Kindle exclusive titles from
future reference. Magazines include favorites
best-selling authors including Kurt Vonnegut,
such as Vogue, National Geographic, Maxim,
Stephen Covey, Andy Borowitz and Karen
Cosmopolitan, ESPN and Better Homes and
McQuestion.
Gardens.
Your Music. Everywhere.
Huge Music Selection
Import the rest of your music library to
Amazon Cloud Player and play it wirelessly
With over 20 million songs from thousands of
on your Kindle Fire HD - just tap Music on the
artists, Amazon's MP3 music store is home to
Home screen to get started. Browse and
one of the largest music libraries on earth.
search your library, create and manage
Music you buy from Amazon is saved to the
playlists, play your music from the cloud, or
cloud for free, and you can play or download
download for offline playback. All your
it anytime.
Amazon MP3 purchases and your first 250
imported songs are stored free.
Audiobooks by Audible
Audible offers more than 100,000 titles written
by best-selling authors and performed by
world-class professional narrators. The
collection includes Anne Hathaway's
Experience Immersion Reading
performance of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum, Samuel L. Jackson's
With Immersion Reading, Kindle Fire HD can
performance of A Rage in Harlem by Chester
now synchronize Kindle text with companion
Himes, and Susan Sarandon's performance
Audible audiobooks with real-time
of The Member of the Wedding by Carson
highlighting to create a more immersive
McCullers, as well as many others.
reading experience, as well as deepen
learning and comprehension. Almost 15,000
Whispersync for Voice
Kindle books and 15,000 companion Audible
audiobooks across a wide array of genres are
Now you don't have to put a good book down, available.
even if you're cooking, running or commuting.
With Whispersync for Voice, you can
seamlessly switch between listening to the
Audible audiobook and reading the
companion Kindle book right where you left
off. Learn more
No Other Company Offers This Kind of
Flexibility
At Amazon, we make it easy for you to
access your content on other devices. The
6. books, videos, apps, audiobooks, games,
and music that you buy for your Kindle Fire
HD can also be enjoyed on Amazon apps
for Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, game
consoles, TVs and more.
Features
Whispersync for Voice
X-Ray for Movies
Now you don't have to put a good book down,
even if you're cooking, running or commuting.
With Whispersync for Voice, you can
seamlessly switch between listening to the
Explore favorite characters and actors at a Audible audiobook and reading the
touch. Kindle Fire HD uses the power of companion Kindle book right where you left
IMDb to bring Amazon's exclusive X-Ray off. Learn more
service to movies. Simply tap on any scene to
instantly see which actors are currently on Whispersync for Movies
screen, jump straight to other movies in which
they star, and more.
Start streaming a movie on Kindle Fire HD,
pause, then resume watching straight from
X-Ray for Books the same scene on your TV. Whispersync
remembers your last scene watched across
Tap on any page as you read to access X- all your apps and devices, so you can avoid
Ray, an easy way to uncover more from the the frustration of having to find your spot.
books you love. Instantly find chapters and
locations that mention ideas, characters, and Whispersync for Books
important places, as well as background info,
biographies, and more from Shelfari and
Kindle Fire HD uses Amazon's Whispersync
Wikipedia.
technology to automatically sync your library,
last page read, bookmarks, notes, and
Experience Immersion Reading highlights across all your devices. With
Kindle reading apps available for phones,
With Immersion Reading, the Kindle Fire HD tablets, PCs, and Macs, you can keep the
can now synchronize Kindle text with story going wherever you are.
companion Audible audiobooks with real-
time highlighting to create a more immersive Whispersync for Games
reading experience, as well as deepen
learning and comprehension. Almost 15,000 GameCircle titles with Whispersync
Kindle books and 15,000 companion Audible automatically store your progress in the
audiobooks across a wide array of genres are cloud, so you'll never lose an unlocked level
available.
or saved game, even if you delete the game
from your device.
7. Deep Facebook Integration
Free Skype HD Video Calls
In addition to the free Facebook application
found in the Amazon Appstore, Kindle Fire
Get face-to-face with friends, family, and over
HD is fully integrated with Facebook, making
250 million Skype users around the world.
it easy to connect, share, and play with
Kindle Fire HD includes the Skype app pre-
friends and family. Sync favorite photos at a
installed and features a front-facing video
touch, share quotes and passages straight
camera for free high-definition video calls at
from your book, or instantly find friends
home or abroad.
playing your favorite GameCircle titles.
All Your Personal Email
Take and Share Photos
The new email app on Kindle Fire HD makes
The front-facing HD camera on the Kindle
sending mail, viewing attachments, and
Fire HD can be used to take pictures using
syncing contacts simple. With full support for
any of the camera applications available in
the world's most popular email providers -
the Amazon Appstore such as Camera Fun
including AOL, Exchange, Gmail, Hotmail,
Pro, PicSay Pro, and PicShop Lite, as well as
Yahoo!, and more - it's our easiest-to-use
to video chat with the Skype app. In addition,
email ever.
you can use the Facebook application to take
and share photos with your friends.
Import and Edit
Enjoy and Share
Kindle Fire HD makes it easy to keep favorite
Relive your most memorable moments in
photos close at hand. Download your albums
stunning HD. Our new, beautifully designed
from Facebook, or use the Amazon Cloud
photo app makes it easy to swipe through
Drive desktop application to upload photos
albums, or step in to full-screen viewing. And
from your PC or Mac. Editing on your device
sharing your photos couldn't be easier. Enjoy
is just as simple, with many popular photo
seeing your photos on your TV via HDMI, or
editing apps available in the Amazon
tap on individual images to email them to
Appstore, such as PicSay Pro, PicShop, and
anyone you like.
Adobe Photoshop Touch.
Perfect for Parents ...And Perfect for Kids
Kindle FreeTime is a new service, built from When kids use Kindle FreeTime, it's like they
the ground up to help give parents peace of have their very own, personalized tablet. The
mind when it comes to tablet use. Parents background color and fonts change to a kid-
can create a profile for each of their children friendly design. They only see the titles that
and choose what books, apps, games and they have access to see. The home screen
videos they want to give their kids access to. carousel shows their recently viewed titles.
Kindle FreeTime is free on every Kindle Fire And, they can even navigate visually to
8. HD. content based on characters or topics - for
example "Cinderella," "Dinosaurs," or
Set Screen Limits "Puppies."
Many parents choose to limit their kids' Built Tough
screen time, but doing so without the proper
tools is difficult. With Kindle FreeTime, Kindle Fire HD is designed to stand up to
parents can set daily limits for Kindle Fire HD accidental bumps and scrapes. Our state-of-
use, or restrict certain categories - like games the art display is 20 times stiffer and 30 times
and video - while leaving unlimited time for harder than plastic, so you can let your child
reading. play, without worry.
Ultra-Fast Web
Kindle Fire HD offers a new version of
Amazon Silk, our cloud-accelerated browser,
which provides a better than 30% reduction in Trends and Recommendations
page load times over the previous version.
Looking for the latest news or the next big
Easy to Read site? Trending Now alerts you to pages that
have recently seen an unusually high level of
There are multiple ways to enjoy your favorite traffic, which is generally a good indicator that
web content. With a single touch, the user the page or topic may be particularly
interface disappears to allow for full screen noteworthy right now.
reading. Or, you can turn on Reading View to
enjoy a clean, easy-to-read version of the site
that removes all unnecessary images and
other website clutter.
No Set-up Required
Kindle Fire HD arrives pre-registered to your
Amazon.com account so you can get started
Discover More of What You Love
right away, including having immediate
access to any previously purchased content
Kindle Fire HD makes it easy to find content
you may have.
you'll love by using Amazon's powerful
recommendation engine to compare your
Intuitive Interface
purchases and favorites with over 15 years of
consumer purchase history and suggest
Spin through recent content straight from your content to you, right from your homescreen.
home screen. Pin favorites and access at a
touch. Whether you're in the mood to watch,
Integrated Bluetooth Connectivity
read, listen, or play, Kindle Fire HD gets you
started quickly and easily.
Kindle Fire HD features built-in Bluetooth
support, so you can connect to a variety of
1-Click Shopping
different wireless accessories such as stereo
headphones, speakers, keyboards, and
No switching between apps, no juggling
more.
passwords and profiles - Kindle Fire HD is
seamlessly integrated with Amazon's content
Share Your Screen with HDMI Out
stores so you can shop new books, movies,
games, and apps with a single tap.
Share your favorite videos and photos on
your TV or other display in rich high definition
Read-to-Me
9. Read-to-Me
via the built-in HDMI out port.
With Text-to-Speech, Kindle Fire can read
English-language content out loud to you,
when available from the publisher.
Connect to Your Corporate Email Carry and Read Your Documents
Read email and attachments, manage Your weekend travel plans, the latest office
calendars, and sync contacts on the go. report - keep your essential information close
Kindle Fire HD features full support for at hand and backed up on the cloud. Email
Exchange-based accounts making it easy to spreadsheets, PDFs, Word docs and more
stay connected when you step away from the directly to your device or upload from your PC
office. or Mac using Amazon Cloud Drive.
Kindle at School
Kindle excites students about reading. The
Whispercast for Kindle same great features that help you lose
yourself in a book on Kindle translate
Introducing Whispercast, Amazon's free seamlessly to the classroom, helping
online tool that helps your school or business students learn to read or study more
manage a deployment of Kindle devices and effectively. Learn more about Kindle at school
wirelessly distribute content. Centrally
manage your Kindle devices and send Kindle at Work
eBooks and documents to your students,
employees, or customers with ease. Take advantage of email, calendar, and apps
from the Amazon Appstore for Android to stay
connected away from the office. Learn more
about Kindle at work
Featured Accessories
Perfect Design, Perfect Fit
Engineered to perfectly fit your device. This Auto Wake and Sleep
Kindle cover includes a fusion of premium
textured leather exterior with a subtle woven The case automatically wakes your Kindle
nylon interior to provide the lightest and Fire HD upon opening and puts your device
thinnest form of protection. The integrated to sleep when closed, making it easy to dive
magnetic clasp ensures your cover will right back into your content.
remain securely closed while in a backpack,
10. purse, or briefcase.
Technical Details
7" 10 point capacitive touch high
definition color display; 1280x800
resolution, video playback at 720p,
Display
with IPS (in-plane switching)
technology, advanced polarizing filter,
and anti-glare technology
7.6" x 5.4" x 0.4" (193 mm x 137 mm x
Size
10.3 mm)
Weight 13.9 ounces (395 grams)
None. Kindle Fire HD is ready to use
right out of the box - no setup, no
System Requirements
software to install, no computer
required to download content
16GB internal storage (approximately
12.6GB available for user content) or
Storage
32GB internal storage (approximately
26.9GB available for user content)
Over 11 hours of reading, surfing the
web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or
listening to music. Battery life will vary
Battery Life
11. Battery Life based on device settings, usage, and
other factors such as web browsing
and downloading content. Actual
results may vary
Fully charges in under 4 hours via the
Kindle PowerFast charging accessory,
or slightly longer with other micro-USB
Charge Time power adapters that you may already
have. Charges in approximately 13.5
hours from your computer via the
included USB charging cable
Dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi
(MIMO) for faster streaming and fewer
dropped connections than standard
Wi-Fi. Supports public and private Wi-
Fi networks or hotspots that use the
Wi-Fi Connectivity 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, or
802.11n standard with support for
WEP, WPA and WPA2 security using
password authentication; does not
support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-
to-peer) Wi-Fi networks
USB 2.0 (micro-B connector) port for
connection to a PC or Macintosh
computer or to connect to the Kindle
Ports PowerFast charging accessory. Micro-
HDMI (micro-D connector) port for
high definition video output to
televisions or A/V receivers
3.5 mm stereo jack and integrated
Audio stereo speakers with exclusive Dolby
audio engine
Kindle (AZW), KF8, TXT, PDF,
unprotected MOBI, PRC natively,
Audible Enhanced format (AAX), DOC,
DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, Dolby
Content Formats Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-
Supported AC-3), non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI,
12. PCM/WAVE, OGG, WAV, MP4, AAC
LC/LTP, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, AMR-
NB, AMR-WB, HTML5, CSS3, MP4,
3GP, VP8(.webm)
Ambient light sensor, accelerometer,
Sensors
gyroscope
Location Services Location-based services via Wi-Fi
External volume controls, front-facing
HD camera, built-in microphone, built-
Additional Features in Bluetooth with support for A2DP
compatible stereo headphones,
headsets, and speakers
1-year Limited Warranty and service
included. Optional 2-year Extended
Warranty and Service Warranty available for U.S. customers
sold separately. Use of Kindle is
subject to the terms found here
Kindle Fire HD tablet, USB 2.0 cable,
Included in the Box and Quick Start Guide. Power adapter
sold separately