Kindle Fire is a low-priced tablet computer from Amazon. The tablet’s form factor -- bigger than a smart phone but smaller than most other tablets – is designed to make the device easier to manipulate, while still offering a relatively large screen. In late September 2011, Amazon announced that the tablet, scheduled for release in November, would have a 7-inch color display and cost $199. Other Kindle Fire features include: (1) Gingerbread operating system, an Android-based open sourceOS. (2) Amazon Silk mobile browser. (3) Kindle e-reader application, integrated with Amazon’s large collection of e-books. (4) 16 million color high-definition touch screen. (5) Support for video and gaming. (6) Whisper sync technology, which enables wireless synchronization of media across devices. (7) Integration with Android app store. (8) Dual-core processor. (9) 512MB of RAM. (10) Weighs 14.6 ounces. (11) 8-gigabyte local storage. (12) Battery life up to 8.5 hours with wireless turned off. (13) Unlimited, free cloud storage. (14) Charges in four hours over USB or through a power adapter. (15) Automatic cloud backup. (16) Runs on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). (17) Wi-Fi connectivity. (18) Twitter, Facebook and Netflix apps. (19) Free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, a free shipping and streaming video service