While the presentation of the new Kindle Fire model the next September 6 takes on more and more body, we discovered that Amazon last year registered very interesting patents that could be related to the new tablet of the multinational, almost at the same time that some photos of the supposed Kindle Fire 2 that result much less exciting.
Ya we anticipated you that the expected Kindle Fire 2 will most likely be presented at the press conference announced by Amazon for September 6, not only because of the rumors about the production of new tablets by the company that we had known during the summer, but because of the fact that US media specialized in Android had been summoned to the event. Well, the assumptions are becoming more and more reality: Amazon has reported that Kindle Fire is out of stock and that the stock will not be replenished, and has accompanied this announcement with the impressive fact that his tablet has occupied 22% of the US market. Not bad publicity for his successor.
And with the confidence that the launch of this new device is about to arrive, we received via The Verge Some photos that were supposed to be the Kindle Fire 2. Due to the quality of the photos and the strange changes that it would entail compared to the previous model, many experts doubt the authenticity of the photos. Only the prestige of the medium that publishes the leak seems to give credibility to this tablet with a not very attractive design, a completely different keyboard from the previous Kindle Fire and a camera located on the top of the tablet in a landscape position (when on tablets 4: 3, as is the Kindle Fire, is usually placed at the top in portrait position). In the last hours, in any case, the medium has continued to filter photographs that match the design seen in the first one.
We would almost like to believe that the photos are not authentic and pay attention to the much more exciting news related to an Amazon patent and which reflects research by the company for create a device that combines electronic ink and LCD screen. As reported in Gizmodo, the meeting of both technologies is not a novelty, and already in 2010 the Pixel Qi company presented a device whose screen could switch between a black and white image without reflections and a conventional LCD screen. However, such a device was never commercialized. The Amazon patent would work differently, although the principle is the same: it would have an LCD screen on the front and an e-reader screen on the back, and depending on how you hold the device, one or the other would be activated.
The tablets, especially the smaller ones, they are one of the best options for reading books in electronic format. Their weight and size make them a really comfortable option for it. Nevertheless, for many, electronic ink is still a technology that is difficult to replace when it comes to reading. A device that combines these models, until now alternative, would be very welcome. Amazon's patent is February last year, so there is only the question of whether more than a year will have been (or not) enough time to turn the idea into reality. Soon we will get out of doubts.
And finally, a rumor fresh out of the oven: Amazon will do without Google Maps on your new tablet. Apparently, geolocation services will be essential on the Kindle Fire 2, and Amazon tries to find alternatives to reliance on Google. It seems that have found that alternative on Nokia, which is already the map provider for Windows Phone.