Wrap-up: Amazon announces all new Kindle family

All attention was on Amazon today as Jeff Bezos took the stage to anounce the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Fire HD, as well as updated Kindle and Kindle Fire units. In case you missed any of the action, here's all of our coverage on today's event:

• Live from Amazon’s Kindle event!
• Amazon Kindle Fire HD: 7- and 8.9-inch tablets starting at $199
• Amazon Kindle Paperwhite offers illuminated touch display for $119
• Amazon Kindle HD 8.9” 4G LTE Wireless offers 250MB monthly data for $50 per year
• Amazon’s entry-level Kindle is now just $69
• The new Amazon Kindle Fire: Twice the RAM, twice the performance, $159

And of course, you can now pre-order all of the new Kindle hardware:

• Kindle Fire HD 4G LTE
• Kindle Fire HD 8.9"
• Kindle Fire HD 7"
• Kindle Fire
• Kindle Paperwhite
• Kindle Paperwhite 3G
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Amazon Kindle Paperwhite offers illuminated touch display for $119

During this morning's Amazon Kindle event, the new Kindle Paperwhite was announced. This is the e-ink Kindle you've been waiting for is you've wanted to read in the dark. The Kindle Paperwhite sports an illuminated capacitive touchscreen front-lit display that is so subtle that it doesn't cause eye strain. Jeff Bezos made mention that the new Kindle Paperwhite offers 25% more contrast that previous models that used the Pearl e-ink displays, and has 62% higher resolution with its 212 pixels per inch. Equally impressive is that fact that it gets 8 weeks of battery life while using the light. It's all touch with this one, so don't expect any hardware buttons (other than a power button we'd guess,) but it's 15% more responsive than last year's Kindle Touch.

If you wanna get your hands on one, expect to pay $119 for the Wi-Fi Kindle Paperwhite, while the 3G model is priced at $179. They ship on October 1.

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Live from Amazon’s Kindle event!

We are reporting live from the Amazon Kindle event this morning. Expect a new Kindle Touch with PaperWhite technology, an updated Kindle Fire tablet (possibly in two sizes,) and maybe some new content partnerships. Additionally, the rumor mill says we may see a set-top-box, or even an Amazon smartphone. We will know for sure in a few minutes. Follow along after the break!

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