Amazon’s tablet for children goes on sale

Amazon has launched a new tablet computer aimed specifically at children, with content that can be entirely controlled by parents.

The new Amazon Fire HD Kids Edition has gone on sale in the UK, starting at £119 (€162), and includes a two-year guarantee that means if anything happens to it, it can be traded in for free and replaced.

“Despite best intentions, kids break things”, says the firm, which has also given the tablet a robust coloured case to help further protect it from harm.