Amazon PR went nuts this evening with a slew of new goodies to share. One such announcement is the release of a new kid friend and kid orientated Fire HD Kids Edition tablet. This isn’t a toy tablet, this is a full-blown Android tablet.
As you can see in the render, the Fire HD Kids Edition is very kid orientated in the look and design. Yes, that is just a case that surrounds it and it comes in blue, green or pink. Amazon doesn’t detail the internal specs, or even the screen resolution. They do make mention that it is a HD scree, so I assume at least 720p. It does offer up a front and rear facing camera along with Dolby Digital audio and a quad-core processor.
The Fire HD Kids Edition offers quite a bit for the kids that run our lives. This tablet comes with 1-year of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited. That gives the kiddos access to 5,000 books, movies, TV episodes, educational apps and games.
Amazon is really on point with this one. The tablet also comes with a 2-year worry-free guarantee. I am sure there is some fine print, but essentially if the tablet gets broken in the two years Amazon will replace it for you. That is probably one of the biggest fears I have when my son roams around with my tablet. Parents have additional control such as setting up individual profiles for each child, personalized screen time limits, educational goals and age-appropriate content settings. For instance, with the screen time limits, a parent can set it up to allow for unlimited reading time, but only a few hours of game time per day.
Keeping it kid friendly also makes it parent friendly in the bank account department. Amazon has priced these really well. There are two versions of the tablet, a 6-inch and a 7-inch. The 6-inch will set you back $149 and the 7-inch will set you back $189. Pre-ordering for the Fire HD Kids Edition is already underway with a shipping time line of October, no specific date given in the press release. If you are interested then head on over to Amazon for a closer look and to get your pre-order in now. I can already see the glow on the little tikes faces.
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