Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Ereaders For Tweens: Newest Kindle Choices for Tweens and Teens

Kindle has just rolled out a whole slew of new Kindles, well in time for the 2011 holiday season, and providing many great options for the parent of tweens to select from.  The most basic Kindle is $79, and already available, with the Kindle Touch with special offers priced at $99.  Traditional Kindle is still available, but now at a reduced special offers price of $99, with the 3g version of the Kindle Touch priced at $149 (special offers version). 

Kindle Fire
Available for Pre-Order at Amazon, available Nov. 15.
The Kindle Fire is an exciting ereader for a tween, or tablet for a tween, however you want to consider it. A media centered tablet type ereader, with touchscreen interactivity, this is one of the more inexpensive tablet computer products for a tween, with the benefit of accomodating apps, movie and video viewing, music, and ereading. Don't forget web-browsing! This should be a hot product for those who can't quite afford an iPad for their tween, but whose tweens really want that tablet for Christmas. You may want one for yourself, as well! I will be updating with some more comparisons, but this is a really exciting selection, for my purposes as a parent, and educator, and one which has a lot of potential for my tweens and teens, as well as for younger children.