Amazon launches 7-inch Fire tablet costing $50

Amazon introduces a new Kindle Fire tablet just for $50 and is offering it in a pack of six at a price of five only. Amazon tablets are already quiet popular among the eBook readers and this initiative seems to be lucrative enough. It is a 7-Ich tablet though not a top-of-the-line tablet and not one of the new Fire HD tablets, and it’s certainly not the Kindle Fire HDX. It has a 1024 x 600 resolution display (although, with IPS), a 1.3Ghz quad-core processor, 8 gigabytes of internal storage, one gigabyte of RAM, and your basic front- and rear-facing cameras. It runs on the latest version of Fire OS and claims seven hours of battery life with average use. Amazon claims this tablet to be more durable than iPad Air, and has two times more processing power than Samsung’s competing Tab 3 Lite. Since 2011 Amazon has been in the low-priced tablet game — when it launched the first Kindle Fire tablet, one of the first high-quality $199 tablets in the market. But $50 sets a new bar for tablets as commodities, at least when they’re made by well-known brands such as Amazon. This move of Amazon is in the same direction as other  tablet makers. There is no doubt in the fact that Amazon is offering its Kindle e-readers at so very affordable prices because all it wants is to sell its Kindle E-Books. This idea has thus far worked well for Kindle e-reader and Amazon is expecting the same for its tablets too. The latest version of the Fire Kids Edition tablet, a follow-up to previous year’s dedicated...

Amazon starts Kindle Unlimited with introductory price of $1.5 per month in India

Amazon comes with an alluring service in India for all the ebook lovers; also for the ones using Kindle iOS or Android apps on their smartphone. The read-all-you-can subscription service brings an initial 1 million e-books. Kindle Unlimited comprises of several well-liked titles like Harry Potter series (books 1, 2 and 3); Indian authors such as Chetan Bhagat, Amish, Rashmi Bansal and lot of self-published titles as well. The readers can read all genre of books whether it  is of literature, fiction, health, productivity, business, economics, biographies and others without any kind of hassle. They can easily download any book which attracts their attention and can start reading it there and then. For the first month this service will be available for Rs.99 , which is evidently a way lower price in comparison. There is a limit of 10 books per month that readers can add to their library every month. To sign up for six months subscription readers need to pay INR 999 and INR 1799 for 12 months subscription. Titles that are supported by this service will be tagged with a Kindle Unlimited icon. Using the keyword “Kindle Unlimited” on Amazon.com Inc.’s India website readers can see 11,400 results for just books that shows how to get the most out of the valuable Kindle Unlimited subscription. This service is already available in the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, and...