The Kindle HDX 7 integrates a display with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and 323 PPI, the same as the Nexus 7 and the highest on the market in this segment. Since the last Google tablet, the new Kindle adopts the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC 800, a quad core 2.2 GHz Krait 400 paired with a GPU Adreno 330 (higher than the Kindle's Snapdragon S4 Pro 7). 2 GB of RAM, 16, 32 or 64 GB of internal memory, 1.3-megapixel front camera, autonomy of 11 hours, modules WiFi and LTE and operating system FireOS Mojito version 3.0, based on Android 4.2.2, with exciting new features will complete the equipment. Even more important is that Amazon offers its solutions to exactly the same price of the Nexus 7, while offering something more seen as least as far as the hardware, and here is the crucial point of the reviews which will drive you back shortly extract.
Indeed, they are unanimous in acknowledging the tremendous work done by Amazon, which unfortunately continues to "make war" on Google, offering its own software ecosystem. While the OS fully satisfy the habitual consumer of products and services Amazon, on the other hand can only be a loser in the eyes of the generic user, deprived of access to Google Play and many features usually found in other Android tablet based. This is the only downside , then, that goes to mitigate the otherwise excellent evaluations received from the device.Unfortunately for Amazon, however, it is also a matter of great importance. Not all of the opinions, however, as you will see, are in line with these considerations, there is also those who think the opposite.
The Verge - When Amazon and Google partner to become enemies, we all lose. Amazon does not offer its best app on other Android devices and the Kindle Fire HDX lacks access to the Play Store and its hundreds of thousands of apps. If you have Kindle books, videos Prime, performed recursively orders on Amazon and everything else there is no best tablet to buy the HDX. But there is a huge ecosystem of app that lives only on Android tablet. Tablet as the Nexus 7.
GigaOM - Despite being great, the Kindle Fire tablet HDX will not become my main. Instead I'll stay with my iPad Mini: it is lighter, has a better ecosystem of applications and, above all, I find it easier to use for email and document creation light, in addition to a little 'photo editing.
ZDNet - It seems to me that Amazon has made a serious upgrade of its previous tablet Kindle Fire HD. In addition, the price, which was already low, was further decreased considerably. I think he's right when I say that these tablets will know a great success during the holiday season and will put pressure other Android tablet.
Engadget - The software continues to be a bit 'limiting for users, due to a user interface based on the use of their content and the lack of access to Google Play, but Amazon has also added many new features. If you are looking for a tablet to start for your loved ones, the HDX is an interesting proposal with many user-friendly features and specifications that correspond to those of the Nexus 7 blow for blow. It seems that it will be another good Christmas for the hardware division of Amazon.
LaptopMag - Who is looking for an experience will prefer the pure Android Nexus 7. The device of fact, Google offers a wider range of applications and some features that are missing the Kindle HDX, such as Google Now and a rear camera. However, while the Nexus 7 offers user profiles, Amazon has put even more focus on its target audience familiar with its robust parental controls and a wide range of content. Overall, the Kindle Fire HDX can easily be considered one of the best tablet of the year.
Gizmodo - If the basic version of Android and the Play Store are most important to you about all this (refers to various functions such as watching movies, check email, listen to music and read books, with a very smooth ride. Ed), then you need a Nexus 7. But if there is a device able to make you reconsider your (absurd? Maybe not, but maybe yes!) Priority, this is the Kindle HDX. The line Kindle Fire has often been criticized for not being a real Android tablet (vero!) in a world of 7 inches that offer access to the Google Play Store (not true). But in reality, both of these distinctions are meaningless: the Kindle Fire HDX does things that make all the tablet and, in almost all cases, it does best.
Mashable - Personal preferences aside, it's hard to beat the Kindle HDX by price, performance and cleverly integrated ecosystem. More than any tablet on the market, the device Amazon have always been built for content consumption. According to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the company sells them at cost price. This is because Amazon will derive earnings more than anything else from the many services offered by its ubiquitous shopping platform.
TechHive - I do not know what you could do to improve the Apple iPad mini so let me advise instead of the Kindle Fire HDX, provided of course that the person who asks my advice has little interest for productivity or gaming. A 7-inch HDX will offer a superior use of content, leaving you also about 100 dollars in his pocket, which you can spend to buy books, music and movies.
