Amazon Kindle Event Reactions

Amazon had their big Kindle annoucment on September 6, 2012 and unveiled a huge lineup of Kindle devices. They unveiled the Kindle Paperwhite, the Kindle Fire 2, the Kindle Fire HD 7 inch, and the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 inch. That is plenty of new devices and I think that all of them are pretty solid devices. I do have some reserves on the Kindle Fire 2, it actually brings me back to another article I wrote recently,(http://mptechblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/motorola-doesn-need-razr-hd-or-crazy.html) I just don't think that the Kindle Fire 2 was needed especially with the KindleFireHD 7 inch also in the lineup. I really do like the fact that Amazon offered a VERRRRY CHEAP AT&T plan, even though it only offers a 250 MB monthly cap.

I first want to get in depth on the Kindle Paperwhite, the Kindle Paperwhite is basically the newest version of Amazon's barebones E-Reader. This device I think has definitely eclipsed the Barnes and Noble Simpletouch with Glowlight. The Glowlight was definitely a sort of gamechanger for the market. It came with an illuminated display and works really well for reading in low light and no light situations. The Glowlight wasn't perfect it was a bit uneven, but the Kindle Paperwhite has taken that idea and built on it. The Paperwhite has what seems like an almost perfectly distributed light. The Kindle Paperwhite also has a new generation display technology that gives the device a 212 ppi count. Overall, I think the Paperwhite is a classleading device and will stay there.
The Kindle Fire. The device that put Android tablets on the map. I really like the Fire. As a matter of fact I think that it is a pretty good device. The 7 inch has a HD display (just above 720p), and the 8.9 inch full HD (1080p) display. The displays look really good on both of the devices, even better than the Nexus 7. (Currently the best Android tablet).
As far as software goes the Kindle devices are a big fail, they run Amazon's proprietary operating system which I think is much less efficient and less useful than Android 4.0 (the version of which the kindle runs) and 4.1 (the version the Nexus 7 runs). On top of that from the reviews I've read and videos I've watched it seems like the Kindle can't run as smoothly as the Nexus 7, and the appstore has a far lower app count. I believe the Amazon Appstore only has 30,000 apps while they Google Play Store is somewhere over 600,000 apps.
The Kindle markets Amazon features, which I do like, they are plenty of movies, TV shows, and books available, and Prime is a good deal.
Overall, I think that all the Kindle Paperwhite is a great device, (best in class as I said before.) But I think that the Kindle Fire is a bit underwhelming and would've been much better if it ran Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.