By
most measures, Amazon Kindle Fires are the most successful Android tablets on
the market. Now, with the introduction of three new models, it’s quite likely
the company will only tighten its grip on the lead. At its Seattle, Wash.,
headquarters Tuesday,
Amazon also claims up to 11 hours of battery life when using the Kindle
Fire HDX tablets. See also: Amazon Kindle Fire HD
8.9-inch review: cheap tablet locked into Amazon's world
Amazon
revealed the latest generation of Kindle Fires: the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9-inch,
the Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch and the latest Kindle Fire HD. Of the three, the two
HDX models certainly raise the bar for pure power and screen resolution. Both
are the first tablets to run Qualcomm’s powerful Snapdragon 800 processor, and
they’re doing so at 2.2 GHZ, which is essentially desktop speed in a hand-held
device. For those of you who saw Qualcomm’s CES 2013 keynote, you may remember
that this is the chip that can power 4K (Ultra HD) video from a mobile device