Amazon officially launched the next generation of Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire Android tablets at a press conference held at Santa Monica, California (US). Here is a quick lowdown on all the announcements made by the company: - Content: Amazon's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos stated that Kindle Store now has 180,000 Kindle-exclusive book titles which has been purchased, downloaded, or borrowed from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library more than 100 million times. He also stated that Amazon's Prime Instant Video service now offers 25,000 movies and television episodes. However, it should be noted that Amazon's Prime Instant Video service is not available in India, yet. - Kindle Serials: Bezos launched a new type of content called Kindle Serials, which enables publishers to offer stories in a serialized format and allows users to buy a book once and get future episodes at no extra cost. Bezos said that the future episodes will be directly appended to the back of the current episodes. Amazon is offering eight Kindle Serials at launch at an introductory price of $1.99 for each different title. - Kindle Paperwhite: Bezos announced a new member in the Kindle e-Reader family, the Kindle Paperwhite. This is the fifth generation of Kindle e-Readers and Bezos claimed that it is the most advanced e-reader ever built. Kindle Paperwhite features a Paperwhite backlit display which has 25% higher contrast and 62% more pixels at 212 pixels-per-inch (PPI) from the previous Kindle displays. It also has a thin and light form factor, a built-in front light, Wi-Fi support, and…
