![]() ![]() To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. This story, "6 things Kindle Fire HDX 8.We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. If you're interested in the other side of this story, read "6 Things the Nexus 9 Does That Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 Can't." And check out Google's Nexus 9 page for additional details on its new tablet. If you seek an Android tablet with LTE, and you either need it before the holidays or simply don't want to wait for Google to release the LTE Nexus 9, the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is a better option.įor more information on the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 visit Amazon's website. ![]() The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is available with Verizon- and AT&T-compatible LTE in two storage configurations, 32GB and 64GB. In other words, it's unclear when the LTE Nexus 9 will be available. Exclusive 8.9' HDX display with unsurpassed pixel density (339 ppi/2560x1600), plus powerful 2.2GHz quad-core processor Breakthrough ultra-light design - Weighing just 13. A couple of weeks later, T-Mobile became the first wireless carrier to announce specific release details for the LTE-capable Nexus 9, but it soon after delayed its planned early December release. Google started shipping the Wi-Fi version of its Nexus 9 more than a month ago in early November, and at the time it provided no specific timeline for when the LTE version would be released. 6) Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 (2014) Has LTE, Nexus 9 LTE 'Coming Soon' That said, there's nothing quite like Firefly available for the Nexus 9, so it is noteworthy. Both have slimmed down noticeably from last year's HD series. Honestly, I don't see all that much value in Firefly on the Fire HDX 8.9, because I rarely carry my tablet around with me unless I'm traveling or it's packed away in a bag, where it would be awkward to whip out and use Firefly. Introduced the same day as the 7-inch model, the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is in many ways a scaled-up version of its smaller sibling. And the company says new Firefly technology that's "coming soon" to the Fire HDX 8.9 will be able to recognize more than 240,000 movies, TV episodes and songs, so you can easily find more information on films, shows and artists. Firefly lets you point your tablet's rear camera at a variety of objects and symbols, including books, CDs, DVDs, video games, email addresses, phone numbers, URLs, artwork and QR codes, and it brings you to a page with more information and/or options to buy - usually from Amazon.Īmazon says Firefly can recognize more than 100 million different items. This is a great device designed to deliver. The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is the first Amazon tablet to get the company's Firefly feature. Amazon has added another tablet to its renowned Kindle Fire series by announcing Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9. 5) Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 (2014) Has Firefly and Mayday The Nexus 9 has HTC "Boom Sound," which also sounds good enough to me, but it does not offer the same level of "surround" audio. ![]() It supposedly works with any headphones, but again, if the source file doesn't support Atmos, you won't be able to take full advantage of the tech. AmazonĪtmos did sound very cool when I tested it using Bose headphones and a few video clips Amazon sent my way, but it's still new, and relatively few movies support the technology. Atmos is a new way to deliver cinema-quality surround sound using different audio channels that sound as if they're coming from a variety of different directions, include above. The new Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is the first tablet to support Dolby's Atmos audio technology. Of 2 4) Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 (2014) Supports Dolby Atmos Surround Sound ![]()
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