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The Kindle Fire has been the talk of the town ever since Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos introduced it to the world on Thursday.
The 7-inch touchscreen utilizes the power of Amazon's cloud for faster web browsing and multimedia. It's based on the Android OS, but doesn't look or feel like an Android device. It's an Amazon device, with its own app store and a radically cheap $199 price tag.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos did his best to channel the magic of Steve Jobs in his 51-minute presentation about the company's new family of Kindles, including the new $149 and $99 Kindle Touch devices. For the most part, he succeeded at captivating the audience and getting the media to call this device a worthy competitor to the iPad.