Amazon said on Monday that the 4G LTE version of its Kindle Fire HD 8.9 tablet (32 GB) is coming to AT&T on April 5. Customers who purchase the $399 Kindle Fire HD 4G LTE with a two-year data plan agreement at AT&T retail stores will receive up to $150 off, for a limited time, lowering the overall cost to $249.
Customers can slap that new tablet on a Mobile Share plan for as low as $10 per month, or choose one of AT&T's individual or family plans, which can be compared here. Three 4G Tablet DataConnect plans include 250 MB for $14.99 per month, 3 GB for $30 and 5 GB for $50. Good thing the tablet is packed with dual-band Wireless N connectivity, right?
Amazon's Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE tablet sports an 8.9-inch screen with a 1920 x 1200 resolution. Powering this tablet is the OMAP4470 45-nm SoC from Texas Instruments packed with two ARM Cortex-A9 cores clocked at 1.5 GHz and a PowerVR SGX544 GPU core clocked at 299 MHz. Other features include 1 GB of RAM, Bluetooth 3.0 + EDR, Dolby audio, a front-facing HD camera and a modified version of Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich".
"We're excited to work with AT&T to offer the 4G LTE version of Kindle Fire HD 8.9" to AT&T customers across the country," said Mike McKenna , Vice President, Amazon Kindle. "Customers tell us they love our large-screen Kindle Fire HD for browsing the web, writing emails, watching movies, reading magazines, and more – and with AT&T's 4G LTE technology, everything is faster and more convenient."
Amazon typically sells the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 with 4G LTE connectivity and 32 GB of storage for $399 with "special offers" and $414 without. The 64 GB model costs $499 with "special offers" and $514 without.
