Monday, September 10, 2012

Amazon will sell ad-free Kindle Fire HD for extra $15

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With all the excitement surrounding the Kindle Fire HD, few took note of the fact that every time a user unlocks its screen, they have to look at an advertisement for a special offer. Well, Amazon realized quickly that this may irk some otherwise happy customers, so the company will be providing a way to make the ads vanish.

Here's the statement NBC News received from Amazon on Saturday evening:

With Kindle Fire HD there will be a special offers opt-out option for $15. We know from our Kindle reader line that customers love our special offers and very few people choose to opt out. We're happy to offer customers the choice.

The current pre-order page does not offer the ad?opt-out just yet. Amazon says it will be available "when we start shipping to customers." For the 7-inch Kindle?Fire HD, this means Sept. 14.

The whole ad thing isn't a dealbreaker, necessarily. In fact, it's part of the reason why Kindles in general have gotten so cheap so fast. But knowing that you can pay a pretty low fee to make them go away forever, that's reassuring.

Wilson Rothman is the Technology & Science?editor at NBC News Digital. Catch up with him on Twitter at @wjrothman, and join our conversation on Facebook.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/gadgetbox/amazon-will-sell-ad-free-kindle-fire-hd-extra-15-987503

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