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Amazon now has “their own Apple TV.” The company announced on Wednesday (2), the Fire TV, a set-top box targeted for streaming HD video and games themselves and the Android operating system with which it is equipped. The product had been speculated for some time and finally was revealed.

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event held this morning in New York City, Peter Limp, Amazon executive, said quite the portable size TV of Fire, whose thickness is only 17 mm and the height gets to be like a coin. At the sale of the product page on Amazon, it is highlighted.

“Small size, great specifications. Super fast quad-core processor, 2GB of memory, dedicated GPU, more HD 1080p video and Dolby Digital Plus surround sound, “says the description of Fire TV site, which still compares with its main rivals in the table with her against specifications 3 the Roku, Apple TV and Chromecast.

In fact, there would be no more appropriate way to describe the gadget, which has access to the main streaming apps available in the U.S., like Netflix and Hulu , YouTube, and the catalog of your movie rental service, Instant Video. There is still a wide variety of games which can be accessed through the company’s online store.

The product also has a remote control with support for voice commands, integration with the tablets of the line Kindle, playing music and, of course, connected with the Amazon Fire Game Controller joystick. All this for only $ 99 (about £ 223), available now for delivery tomorrow in the United States

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Deliveries to Brazil, but are not authorized – and the product is not available here at launch. However, it is worth remembering that the joystick of the company was approved late last year by the FCC, which is perhaps an indication that the TV will enter the Fire of Amazon plans to Brazil, even if not immediately.

Via Engadget and Amazon