Amazon has announced a price drop for its 8.9 inch Kindle Fire HD. The Wi-Fi version now starts at $269 and the 4G version starts at $399. Amazon's top tier tablet has very respectable specs, and it's nice to see Amazon make it more affordable.
In the same press release Amazon announced the Kindle Fire HD is now available in Europe and Japan.
“We’re thrilled with customer reaction to Kindle Fire HD 8.9”. Customers tell us they love our large-screen version of Kindle Fire HD for web browsing, email, gaming, watching TV shows, reading magazines, and more,” said Dave Limp, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. “As we expand Kindle Fire HD 8.9” to Europe and Japan, we’ve been able to increase our production volumes and decrease our costs. Across our business at Amazon, whenever we are able to create cost efficiencies like this, we want to pass the savings along to our customers.”
In the same press release Amazon announced the Kindle Fire HD is now available in Europe and Japan.