Amazon is going to users of its new Kindle Fire HD tablets offer the possibility to display advertisements on the lockscreen to remove it for 15 dollars. Previously said the onlinewarenhuis that such an opportunity would not come.
A spokesman for Amazon had compared to Ars Technica, we know that there is an opt-out option for the ads, but it is still unclear how customers would after the payment be able to activate. According to the spokesperson, there would be only few people who choose to opt-out, because the ‘special offers’ are very popular. For this statement bases Amazon on the previously released Kindle readers, including both a cheap version with ads is available as a more expensive version without advertising.
Rather let Amazon know that an opt-out for the ads on the lockscreen of Kindle Fire HD would be impossible. This was the onlinewarenhuis however, a lot of criticism, which in the Amazon, his point of view probably has been revised.
The new HD-series the original Kindle Fire tablet follow-up and has a higher resolution with a faster processor. Also, for a version with a larger screen diagonal to be selected. The new devices come to Europe, but a Dutch release is not there yet.
