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 book a
month, with no waiting and no due dates. The Kindle Owners'
Lending Library features over 180,000 titles, including all
7 Harry Potter books, and over 100 current and former
New York Times best sellers.
Prime Instant Video
Prime
members also enjoy unlimited, 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.
The Greatest HD Games
Kindle Fire HD is built
for the best in gaming, with full tilt, turn, and
multi-touch controls. Enjoy best-selling HD games such as
Angry Birds Space and Where's My Perry?, and
exclusive Android titles like Fibble and
Skylanders Cloud Patrol.
Up Your Game with GameCircle
Earn
achievements, compare scores with GameCircle and Facebook
friends, or take on the world with global leaderboards.
GameCircle titles with Whispersync automatically store your
progress in the cloud, so you'll never lose an unlocked
level or saved game, even if you delete it from your device.
Your Favorite Apps
Kindle
Fire HD gives you instant access to the most popular free
and best-selling apps, including titles like Netflix,
HBO GO, Facebook, Hulu Plus,
Pinterest, Skype, The Weather Channel,
Zillow, and Magic Piano.
Over 120,000 Titles and
Counting
Rent
or purchase the biggest new releases and most popular titles
from every major movie studio and TV network including
Warner, Fox, Sony, Disney, Lionsgate, MGM, Universal,
Paramount, and more. Stream instantly over Wi-Fi or download
to enjoy later.
Unlimited Streaming with
Prime
In
addition, Amazon Prime members enjoy unlimited,
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.
Vibrant HD Magazines
The large screen on
Kindle Fire HD 8.9" makes it perfect for reading magazines.
Enjoy over 400 magazines in brilliant HD display, with
beautifully detailed illustrations and glossy full-color
layouts. Double tap an article for easier reading view and
starting next month, tap the cover to go directly to an
article and bookmark your favorite articles for future
reference. Magazines include favorites such as Vogue,
National Geographic, Maxim, Cosmopolitan,
ESPN and Better Homes and Gardens.
Read for Free with Prime
Amazon
Prime members can borrow over 180,000 titles for free with
the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, as frequently as a book
a month, with no due dates.
Massive Book Selection
Shop the Kindle Store
for over 1.2 million of the most popular books, or explore
millions of free, public domain books such as Pride and
Prejudice.
Lowest Book Prices
Over 600,000 books are
less than $4.99, over a million are less than $9.99.
Exclusive Kindle Titles
Over
180,000 Kindle exclusive titles from best-selling authors
including Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen Covey, Andy Borowitz and
Karen McQuestion.
Huge Music Selection
With
over 20 million songs from thousands of artists, Amazon's
MP3 music store is home to one of the largest music
libraries on earth. Music you buy from Amazon is saved to
the cloud for free, and you can play or download it anytime.
Your Music. Everywhere.
Import
the rest of your music library to Amazon Cloud Player and
play it wirelessly on your Kindle Fire HD - just tap Music
on the Home screen to get started. Browse and search your
library, create and manage playlists, play your music from
the cloud, or download for offline playback. All your 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 performance of The Wonderful
Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Samuel L. Jackson's
performance of A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes, and
Susan Sarandon's performance of The Member of the Wedding
by Carson McCullers, as well as many others.
Whispersync for Voice
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 Audible
audiobook and reading the companion Kindle book right where
you left off.
Experience Immersion Reading
With
Immersion Reading, Kindle Fire HD can now synchronize Kindle
text with companion Audible audiobooks with real-time
highlighting to create a more immersive reading experience,
as well as deepen learning and comprehension. Almost 15,000
Kindle books and 15,000 companion Audible audiobooks across
a wide array of genres are available.
Textbooks in Vibrant HD. For
Less.
College is expensive,
but textbooks don't have to be. Save up to 60% on our
massive selection of over 150,000 books students need for
class, or up to 80% if you rent through Kindle Textbook
Rental.
Half off Amazon Prime for
Students
Students can enjoy Prime benefits, such as Prime Instant
Video and Kindle Owners' Lending Library at half the cost,
just $39 per year.
X-Ray for Textbooks
We
know there are things you would rather be doing than
studying, so we built X-Ray for Textbooks to help you learn
more and save time. Want more information about a topic?
With a single tap, you'll get instant access to the glossary
definition, find all the relevant pages in the textbook, and
get related content from Wikipedia and YouTube.
No Other Company Offers This
Kind of Flexibility
At Amazon, we make it
easy for you to access your content on other devices. The
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.
X-Ray for Movies
Explore favorite
characters and actors at a touch. Kindle Fire HD uses the
power of IMDb to bring Amazon's exclusive X-Ray service to
movies. Simply tap on any scene to instantly see which
actors are currently on screen, jump straight to other
movies in which they star, and more.
X-Ray for Books
Tap on any page as you
read to access X-Ray, an easy way to uncover more from the
books you love. Instantly find chapters and locations that
mention ideas, characters, and important places, as well as
background info, biographies, and more from Shelfari and
Wikipedia.
X-Ray for Textbooks
We know there are things
you'd rather be doing than studying, so we've created X-Ray
for Textbooks to help you learn more while studying less.
Want more information about a topic? With a single tap, you
can find all related pages in the textbook as well as have
instant access to the glossary and related content on sites
like Wikipedia and YouTube.
Experience Immersion Reading
With
Immersion Reading, the Kindle Fire HD can now synchronize
Kindle text with companion Audible audiobooks with real-time
highlighting to create a more immersive reading experience,
as well as deepen learning and comprehension. Almost 15,000
Kindle books and 15,000 companion Audible audiobooks across
a wide array of genres are available.
Whispersync for Voice
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 Audible audiobook and
reading the companion Kindle book right where you left off.
Whispersync for Movies
Start streaming a movie
on Kindle Fire HD, pause, then resume watching straight from
the same scene on your TV. Whispersync remembers your last
scene watched across all your apps and devices, so you can
avoid the frustration of having to find your spot.
Whispersync for Books
Kindle Fire HD uses
Amazon's Whispersync technology to automatically sync your
library, last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights
across all your devices. With Kindle reading apps available
for phones, tablets, PCs, and Macs, you can keep the story
going wherever you are.
Whispersync for Games
GameCircle titles with Whispersync automatically store your
progress in the cloud, so you'll never lose an unlocked
level or saved game, even if you delete the game from your
device.
Free Skype HD Video Calls
Get face-to-face with
friends, family, and over 250 million Skype users around the
world. Kindle Fire HD includes the Skype app pre-installed
and features a front-facing video camera for free
high-definition video calls at home or abroad.
All Your Personal Email
The
new email app on Kindle Fire HD makes sending mail, viewing
attachments, and syncing contacts simple. With full support
for the world's most popular email providers - including
AOL, Exchange, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo!, and more - it's our
easiest-to-use email ever.
Deep Facebook Integration
In addition to the free
Facebook application found in the Amazon Appstore, Kindle
Fire HD is fully integrated with Facebook, making it easy to
connect, share, and play with friends and family. Sync
favorite photos at a touch, share quotes and passages
straight from your book, or instantly find friends playing
your favorite GameCircle titles.
Take and Share Photos
The
front-facing HD camera on the Kindle Fire HD can be used to
take pictures using any of the camera applications available
in the Amazon Appstore such as Camera Fun Pro, PicSay Pro,
and PicShop Lite, as well as to video chat with the Skype
app. In addition, you can use the Facebook application to
take and share photos with your friends.
Enjoy and Share
Relive
your most memorable moments in stunning HD. Our new,
beautifully designed photo app makes it easy to swipe
through albums, or step in to full-screen viewing. And
sharing your photos couldn't be easier. Enjoy seeing your
photos on your TV via HDMI, or tap on individual images to
email them to anyone you like.
Import and Edit
Kindle
Fire HD makes it easy to keep favorite photos close at hand.
Download your albums from Facebook, or use the Amazon Cloud
Drive desktop application to upload photos from your PC or
Mac. Editing on your device is just as simple, with many
popular photo editing apps available in the Amazon Appstore,
such as PicSay Pro, PicShop, and Adobe
Photoshop Touch.
Perfect for Parents
Kindle FreeTime is a new
service, built from the ground up to help give parents peace
of mind when it comes to tablet use. Parents can create a
profile for each of their children and choose what books,
apps, games and videos they want to give their kids access
to. Kindle FreeTime is free on every Kindle Fire HD.
Set Screen Limits
Many
parents choose to limit their kids' screen time, but doing
so without the proper tools is difficult. With Kindle
FreeTime, parents can set daily limits for Kindle Fire HD
use, or restrict certain categories - like games and video -
while leaving unlimited time for reading.
...And Perfect for Kids
When kids use Kindle
FreeTime, it's like they have their very own, personalized
tablet. The background color and fonts change to a
kid-friendly design. They only see the titles that they have
access to see. The home screen carousel shows their recently
viewed titles. And, they can even navigate visually to
content based on characters or topics - for example
"Cinderella," "Dinosaurs," or "Puppies."
Built Tough
Kindle
Fire HD is designed to stand up to accidental bumps and
scrapes. Our state-of-the art display is 20 times stiffer
and 30 times harder than plastic, so you can let your child
play, without worry.
A Subscription for Kids (and
Parents)
Coming soon to Kindle
Fire HD 8.9". Kindle FreeTime Unlimited is the
first-ever all-in-one subscription that brings together
books, games, educational apps, movies and TV shows - all
the types of content that kids and parents love. With
unlimited access to thousands of hand-picked titles for kids
ages 3-8, parents don't have to spend time (and money)
guessing what their kids will enjoy, and kids can explore a
world of age-appropriate content on their own – no ads, no
in-app purchases.
One-month Free Trial
Every new Kindle Fire
and Kindle Fire HD comes with a one-month free trial of
Kindle FreeTime Unlimited. Simply launch the Kindle FreeTime
app on your Kindle Fire to start your free trial. After your
trial ends, continue at a low monthly price with no annual
commitments. Amazon Prime members enjoy special pricing from
$2.99 per month.
Easy Access from Kindle
FreeTime
When a
parent subscribes to Kindle FreeTime Unlimited, thousands of
titles appear in the Kindle FreeTime app, sorted by their
kids' age and gender, alongside the titles parents have
already selected from their own collection of content.
Without help from mom or dad, kids can follow their
imagination across books, games, educational apps, movies,
and TV shows of their choice.
Beloved Movies and TV Shows
FreeTime Unlimited
includes movies from Barney, Thomas the Tank Engine, Bob The
Builder, Fireman Sam, and Angelina Ballerina, as well as TV
shows your children want to watch, with episodes from
Sesame Street, SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the
Explorer, Blue's Clues, Yo Gabba Gabba,
Caillou, and many more.
E-books for Fun and
Education
Flip through
beautifully-illustrated picture books, including new and
classic favorites like Big Nate, Phineas & Ferb,
and Kung Fu Panda, as well as books by
Caldecott-honored authors such as Chris Van Allsburg's
Jumanji and Barbara Lehman's Mike Mulligan and His
Steam Shovel. Enjoy hundreds of eBook apps with
Read-to-Me functionality from characters such as Scooby-Doo,
Thomas the Tank Engine, Arthur, and Superman, and from
award-winning children's author Sandra Boynton (Moo, Baa,
La La La!).
The Best Games for Kids
Featuring dozens of children's games with no ads and no risk
for in-app purchases like Cut the Rope and Magic
Piano, as well as Disney’s bestselling Where’s My
Perry and Where’s My Water, and popular early
development games like Kids Learn to Read, My
First Puzzles Dinosaurs, and SuperWhy!.
Ultra-Fast Web
Kindle Fire HD offers a
new version of Amazon Silk, our cloud-accelerated browser,
which has faster page load times than the previous version.
Easy to Read
There
are multiple ways to enjoy your favorite web content. With a
single touch, the user interface disappears to allow for
full screen 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.
Trends and Recommendations
Looking for the latest news or the next big site? Trending
Now alerts you to pages that have recently seen an unusually
high level of traffic, which is generally a good indicator
that the page or topic may be particularly noteworthy right
now.
No Set-up Required
Kindle Fire HD arrives
pre-registered to your Amazon.com account so you can get
started right away, including having immediate access to any
previously purchased content you may have.
Intuitive Interface
Spin through recent
content straight from your home screen. Pin favorites and
access at a touch. Whether you're in the mood to watch,
read, listen, or play, Kindle Fire HD gets you started
quickly and easily.
1-Click Shopping
No switching between
apps, no juggling passwords and profiles - Kindle Fire HD is
seamlessly integrated with Amazon's content stores so you
can shop new books, movies, games, and apps with a single
tap.
Read-to-Me
With
Text-to-Speech, Kindle Fire can read English-language
content out loud to you, when available from the publisher.
Discover More of What You
Love
Kindle Fire HD makes it
easy to find content you'll love by using Amazon's powerful
recommendation engine to compare your purchases and
favorites with over 15 years of consumer purchase history
and suggest content to you, right from your homescreen.
Integrated Bluetooth
Connectivity
Kindle Fire HD features
built-in Bluetooth support, so you can connect to a variety
of different wireless accessories such as stereo headphones,
speakers, keyboards, and more.
Share Your Screen with HDMI
Out
Share
your favorite videos and photos on your TV or other display
in rich high definition via the built-in HDMI out port.
Display |
8.9" 10 point capacitive touch
high definition color display; 1920x1200 resolution at 254
ppi, video playback up to 1080p, with IPS (in-plane
switching) technology, advanced polarizing filter, and
anti-glare technology |
Size |
9.4" x 6.4" x 0.35" (240 mm x
164 mm x 8.8 mm) |
Weight |
20 ounces (567 grams) |
System Requirements |
Kindle Fire HD 8.9" is ready to
use right out of the box - no setup, no software to install,
no computer required to download content |
Storage |
16GB (12.7GB available to user)
or 32GB (27.1GB available to user) of internal storage |
Battery Life |
Over 10 hours of reading,
surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to
music. Battery life will vary based on device settings,
usage, and other factors such as web browsing and
downloading content. Actual results may vary |
Charge Time |
Fully charges in under 5 hours
via the Kindle PowerFast charging accessory, or slightly
longer with other micro-USB power adapters that you may
already have. Charges in under 14 hours from your computer
via the included USB charging cable |
Wi-Fi Connectivity |
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 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 |
Ports |
USB 2.0 (micro-B connector) port
for connection to a PC or Macintosh computer or to connect
to the Kindle PowerFast charging accessory. Micro-HDMI
(micro-D connector) port for high definition video output to
televisions or A/V receivers |
Audio |
3.5 mm stereo jack and
integrated stereo speakers with exclusive Dolby audio engine |
Content Formats Supported |
Kindle (AZW), KF8, TXT, PDF,
unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, Audible Enhanced format
(AAX), DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, Dolby Digital (AC-3),
Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI,
PCM/WAVE, OGG, WAV, MP4, AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2,
AMR-NB, AMR-WB, HTML5, CSS3, MP4, 3GP, VP8(.webm) |
Sensors |
Ambient light sensor,
accelerometer, gyroscope |
Location Services |
Location-based services via
Wi-Fi |
Additional Features |
External volume controls,
front-facing HD camera, built-in microphone, built-in
Bluetooth with support for A2DP compatible stereo
headphones, headsets, and speakers |
Accessibility Features |
Voice Guide, Explore by Touch,
Text-to-Speech, adjustable font sizes and color, built-in
dictionary. |
Warranty and Service |
6-month |
Included in the Box |
Kindle Fire HD 8.9" tablet, USB
2.0 cable, and Quick Start Guide. Power adapter sold
separately |
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