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Everyone who pre-ordered a Kindle Fire tablet can exhale, a Netflix app will be available at launch. And so will Facebook, Pandora, Rhapsody, and several others, Amazon confirmed today. We tend to take popular apps for granted, but when Amazon failed to specifically mention Netflix, and then Barnes & Noble announced its Nook Tablet with Netflix support, some people who pre-ordered a Kindle Fire began to panic. Turns out Amazon was just waiting for the right moment.
"We started talking to app developers everywhere the day we introduced Kindle Fire, and the response has been overwhelming," said Dave Limp, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. "In addition to over 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, books, and magazines from Amazon, we are excited to offer customers thousands of apps and games to choose from on Kindle Fire - from Pandora and Rhapsody to Facebook and Twitter to Netflix, as well as popular games from EA, Zynga and many other top game developers. And this is only the beginning - we're adding more apps and games every day across all categories.
As for Netflix, Amazon promises a "great viewing experience." You'll be able to browse and instantly watch unlimited TV shows and movies, and resume watching where you left off on your TV or computer (this all assumes you're a Netflix subscriber, of course).
The Kindle Fire will also support Amazon's daily "paid" Android app it gives away as a free download each day at the Amazon Appstore.
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firefox91
November 09, 2011 at 8:34am
Yeah that is nice and all, but it still doesn't help the hardware that is clearly deficent in the Fire. The amount of memory is the most glaring problem. Without an internet connection, you only have 6GB of storage to use. (2GB is used by the OS) When I am traveling, there will be a lot of occasions where I don't have a connection and will want the extra memory to store my movies and photos. 6GB isn't going to cut it. Something else that doesn't seem to get highlighted enough is Amazon's cloud service is only available for Amazon purchased content. You can't upload your personal files to it. That all said, the Nook Tablet is still the route I am going.
aaz110
November 09, 2011 at 9:27am
While I agree that the Fire should definitely ship with more than only 8GB of memory (and should also have an option for expandable memory), I believe you are mistaken about the Amazon Cloud service. I'm pretty positive that you can upload your own content to the cloud, however it will count against your cap. Any Amazon purchased content can be stored on their cloud service for free. That is to say, if you have 5GB of Amazon cloud space....you can store up to 5GB of your own files, and as much as you want/can of Amazon purchased content.
firefox91
November 09, 2011 at 12:00pm
I didn't know about the standard 5GB of free cloud storage that is available to everyone with an Amazon account. So you are right in that you can have 5GB of free storage of your non-Amazon content. Still, that is only 11GB of storage (if on WiFi) compared to 14GB on the Nook without WiFi. And the Nook is likely rootable like the previous version was.
Gameraddikted
November 11, 2011 at 1:49pm
The Fire will definitely be rooted as well as the nook tablet. Is doesnt really matter that it does not have an expandable slot as long as it still has a usb which is does. I have the fire pre-ordered and am contimplanting buying the nook tablet just to have it and am confident that both will be rooted eventually.
