Canadians will finally be able to purchase Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD tablet starting June 13, two years after the first generation of the device Became available in the U.S., the company Announced Thursday.

The online retailing giant Began taking pre-orders for the tablets Thursday. They will come in two screen sizes – seven inches and 8.9 inches – and can be downloaded with 16 GB or 32 GB of memory. The seven-inch, 16 GB model will sell for $ 214.

The devices run on the Android operating system and offering all the standard features tablet users have’ve become accustomed to, including a touchscreen, a front-facing HD camera and a dual-band Wi-Fi connection.

Amazon said Kindle Fire users have access to one million apps, games and books through the online Kindle Store and can expandtheir storage by magnification content in the Amazon Cloud.

Only Paperwhite and basic Kindle available to date

Canadians have been able to buy the basic Kindle e-reader and the Paperwhite model but not the popular tablet thatoffers access to the online entertainment That is dominating portable devices more and more.

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    • The Kindle Fire, Which was Launched in 2011, was Initially positioned as a cheaper alternative to Apple’s iPad but has since had to compete against tablet offerings from Google, Samsung and BlackBerry. Analysts have predicted That 2013 will be the Year That Android tablets like the Kindle Fire and Google’s Nexus overtake Apple in terms of market share.

    Kindle products havebeen translated into Reaching Canada eversince Amazon Introduced its first e-reader in 2007. It started shipping Kindles to Canadian customers in 2009 (Although with import fees) but only Launched a Canadian ebook store in December 2012. Prior to That, Canadian Kindle owners had to buy content through Amazon.com.