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Slickdeals’ best in tech for May 8th: Samsung NX1000 mirrorless camera and Amazon Kindle Fire

Looking to save some coin on your tech purchases? Of course you are! In this roundup, we’ll run down a list of the freshest frugal buys, hand-picked with the help of the folks at Slickdeals. You’ll want to act fast, though, as many of these offerings won’t stick around long.

Slickdeals' best in tech for May 8th: Samsung NX1000 mirrorless camera and Amazon Kindle Fire

Sure, tablets and cameras discounted on the regular in our twice weekly roundup, but today an A/V system sees the big price drop. A Denon AVR-1613 receiver and Harmon Kardon HKTS 16 speaker bundle is reduced by over 50% with the aid of a simple discount code. All of the particulars, and the rest of the list, await on the other side of the break.

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Amazon drops 7-inch Kindle Fire HD’s price to $179 for Mother’s Day

Amazon drops 7inch Kindle Fire HD to $  179 until Mother's Day

Two can play the discounted-tablet-for-Mother’s-Day game. Just a day after Barnes & Noble slashed Nook tablet prices across the board, Amazon has cut the prices of the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD to $ 179 (16GB) and $ 209 (32GB) for the occasion. Use the FIRE4MOM code at checkout until May 12th and you’ll pocket $ 20 that could be better spent on flowers… or apps, for that matter. The sale isn’t as far ranging as we’ve seen at the rival bookstore, but those whose moms thrive on Amazon Prime will likely be happy.

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Amazon Kindle Fire to go 10-inch

Amazon started small. Now it’s going big. The online retailer is expected to bring out its biggest tablet yet later this year. [Read more]

    




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Kindle app for Android gains carousel browsing, expanded side panel

Kindle app for Android gains carousel browsing, expanded side panel

Amazon is rectifying the long wait for a Kindle for Android update today with a version 4.0 refresh that carries with it a major UI redesign. The library view looks very different: instead of a basic grid, recently read items are presented in a rotating carousel at the top of the home screen, while the navigation panel has been expanded to provide quicker access to books, documents and periodicals. The actual reading pane remains untouched, so whether you’re using a smartphone or a tablet, your e-copy of War and Peace should still look the same. To have a peek at Kindle’s new look, Android users can go ahead and download it from the source.

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BBC iPlayer radio app finally starts broadcasting on Android and Kindle devices (video)

BBC iPlayer's radio app finally starts broadcasting on Android and Kindle devices

While the iPhone didn’t even have a built-in FM radio to replace, Android hardware from all the major players has started to forgo the radio tuner in the last few years. Fortunately, Beeb listeners (at least) can finally access the iPlayer radio app, which has made the leap across from iOS. Not only will you be able to install it on your Android smartphone, but also Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet series. The new app doesn’t use Flash, given its absence on most up-to-date versions of Google’s mobile OS, instead using HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) to deliver your weekly doses of Doctor Who. Meanwhile, the radio app’s design has been given a rethink for its Android debut. This means the app follows the design and navigation notions of Google’s homemade apps, hopefully making sense to any seasoned Android user. The BBC’s Executive Producer James Simcock explains what’s been done differently at the source, but if you’re not a “reading” kind of… reader, there’s a trailer after the break.

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Amazon Launches ‘Send to Kindle’ Button For Web Developers & WordPress Blogs

Kindle FamilyAmazon just launched the Send to Kindle button, which clips Web content and saves it to Kindle readers and apps, for Web developers and WordPress bloggers. The button is also now available on The Washington Post, TIME, and Boing Boing.
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Get a refurbished Kindle Touch for $69

That’s the same price as a new non-touchscreen Kindle. The warranty may be shorter, but the touch features definitely offset the risk. [Read more]


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PSA: Kindle iOS app users should not update to version 3.6.1

PSA iOS Kindle users should not update to version 361

This one’s coming straight from the horse’s mouth. Amazon is acknowledging a “known issue” with version 3.6.1 of its Kindle app for iOS — the company is recommending that current users avoid the latest update, which hit the App Store today. According to TUAW, the new version may completely erase a user’s book library. How this passed the e-book giant’s QA team is anyone’s guess, but until a revision hits the cloud, we suggest you stay away.

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CNET Giveaway: Geek Squad-certified refurbished Kindle Fire

Tell us what you think is the best thing to do with a tablet for a chance to win. [Read more]


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59% Of All Android Tablet Usage Comes From The U.S., Where Amazon’s Kindle Fire Leads The Pack

Kindle Fire -1Android tablets have nearly caught up to iPad devices as the world’s most popular tablet platform, and some project that they may even overtake iPads later this year. According to new research from app analytics company Localytics, the U.S., and specifically Amazon, should take the most credit for that trend: some 59% of all Android tablet usage came from the U.S., with over half of that attributed to Kinde Fire and Fire HD tablets.

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Amazon Kindle ebook rentals take the time out of reading

This week Amazon has unveiled Kindle book rentals in an extremely quiet fashion, opting to test it out with the public before doing any sort of press on the topic – but you can try it out right this minute if you wish. What you’re going to be doing here is renting a title for

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Amazon offering students $50 off a Kindle Fire HD 8.9 all month long

Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD was the company’s leading product throughout the holiday shopping season, and for good reason. The 8.9-inch version went on sale earlier last month, but if you happened to blink, the deal was gone. However, Amazon is offering the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 to students at $ 50 off all month long. Amazon

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Amazon Kindle app for Windows 8, RT adds in-app book purchases for touchscreens

Amazon Kindle app for Windows 8, RT adds inapp book purchases

Amazon’s Kindle app for Windows 8 and RT was one of the first to reach the Windows Store, but it hasn’t been very seamless for those purchasing more e-books from a touchscreen. An update today puts them on an equal plane: there’s now an in-app Kindle Store for tablets and other devices where a mouse isn’t a given. About the only other requirement is English. If that’s no obstacle (and it likely isn’t if you’re reading this), shopping from a Surface should be much easier.

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OpenStreetMaps Map App Maker, Skobbler, Brings ForeverMap2 To Kindle Fire; Challenges Nokia Here With Fully Featured Offline Maps

skobbler logoOpenStreetMaps map app maker, Skobbler is hoping to corner the map market on Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet, a space without a preinstalled Google Maps app. Skobbler’s ForeverMap2 for Kindle Fire is expected to go live later today, giving Kindle Fire users another alternative to existing map apps on the store — such as MapQuest, Nokia’s Here and Microsoft’s Bing maps.
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Fly Or Die: Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Vs. Nook HD+

Screen Shot 2012-12-12 at 2.14.56 PMShort of an iPad, the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 and Nook HD+ are about as good as it gets in the 10-inch media tablet space, so we thought it only fitting to Fly or Die these bad boys side-by-side.

Though John and I did disagree a bit on which is best, we can both agree that either of these media tablets is an excellent buy for the avid reader and movie lover. Both have excellent displays — the Nook HD+ technically has a slightly higher ppi and laminated screen, while the Fire HD offers stereo speakers.

In almost every way, though, it comes down to software.

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Today only: Amazon offers $50 off Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch

The company is limiting the deal to one unit per customer, and is only being offered when customers input “FireHD89″ into the promotional code section at checkout. [Read more]


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GameStop now selling Kindle Fire tablets, $25 Amazon gift card with purchase

Video game retailer GameStop is now selling select Kindle Fire tablets in stores across the US, just in time for the holiday season. They’re offering the Kindle Fire HD 7-inch tablet for $ 199.99 at all 4,400 stores, and the non-HD 7-inch version and the 8.9-inch HD for $ 159.99 and $ 299.99, respectively, “at select stores.” However,

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Kindle Fire tablets help Amazon Appstore boom

Amazon is having a bang up year for its Appstore posting massive growth. The massive growth of the Amazon Appstore is attributed in part to the availability and popularity of the Kindle Fire Android tablets that have access to the Appstore. Amazon’s developer features are also helping spur growth. Reports indicate that downloads from the

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Amazon makes kid play with new Kindle subscription service

Kindle FreeTime Unlimited serves up kids books, games, apps, movies and TV shows to Prime members for $ 2.99 a month — or $ 6.99 per family. [Read more]


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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Review

With the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 comes the most well-rounded Amazon content delivery system you’ve ever held in two hands – but that’s all it is. This device is being sold as exactly the device it was meant to be: the Amazon Vending Machine HD 8.9, and it takes its job seriously. If you could

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Amazon helps Kindle app developers with Maps API

Amazon.com has opened its Maps API to all Kindle developers, who can now use it to integrate maps in their applications for the Kindle Fire family of tablets.
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Amazon offers Unity plug-ins to Kindle Fire devs, makes in-app payments possible

Amazon adds Unity plugins for Kindle Fire devs, makes inapp payments possible

Game devs looking to enhance “engagement” (read: monetization) for their mobile titles now have an ally in Amazon. The Bezos-backed company has just made plug-ins available free to Kindle Fire developers using the popular Unity game engine. Now those devs will have access to APIs for In-Game purchasing and GameCircle which, in the latter case, allows for the addition of Achievements, as well as the ability to Whispersync across devices. So, what does this mean for you, the end user? Well, aside from the ability to continue playing from where you last left off on any of the company’s tabs, it also brings mobile gaming that much closer to the console experience. But mostly that you can look forward to a future bill filled with micropayments.

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Review: Amazon Is Gunning For Every Other Tablet Out There With The New Kindle Fire 8.9-Inch

scaledwm.IMG_1136Amazon and Barnes & Noble have always been good at building portable reading devices. But what happens when video and apps try to elbow their way into the pure reading experience? Well, you get devices like the Nook and Kindle Fire HD – and now the Kindle HD 8.9-inch. This large tablet is so big that I’d be loath to call it an ereader at all but rather a fairly inexpensive, all-in-one device aimed as sort of a “second tablet” in a home that may already have a number of these sorts of devices lying about. It’s also excellent for folks suffering from poor eyesight and who want a bit more screen real estate.

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Amazon.com begins taking orders for larger, 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD 5 days early

Amazon has started taking orders of the larger version of its Kindle Fire HD tablet computer on Thursday, five days ahead of schedule.




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DC Comics brings a veritable justice league of titles to Kindle, iBooks and Nook Stores

Not that there’s been any lack of ways to get Batman or Supes on your chosen tablet, between Comixology and the devoted DC app, but if you happened to need on more, the publisher announced today that it will be bringing its entire line to three prominent e-bookstores. Justice League, Batman, Superman and a slew of others are hitting the Kindle Store, iBookstore and Nook Store. Never let it be said that your tablet doesn’t support Flash. check out some thoughts from co-publisher, cartoonist and all around awesome dude Jim Lee after the break.

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Amazon pits Kindle Fire HD vs. iPad Mini

A splashy and not-so-subtle presentation on the Amazon.com home page makes it quite clear which tablet’s the better one, in Amazon’s own estimation. [Read more]


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Amazon introduces Kindle app for Windows 8

Tomorrow is the day that Windows 8 finally arrives, so it isn’t any surprise that we’re seeing companies push their apps for the new OS out the door today. Amazon is one of these companies, today launching a new Kindle for Windows 8 app. Kindle on Windows 8 appears to be mostly the same as

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Amazon heads to Japan with Paperwhite, Kindle Store in tow

The company says that it will launch its Paperwhite e-reader on November 19. [Read more]


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Lovefilm to start letting users log in with their Amazon info, Kindle owners are up first

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Amazon purchased UK movie streaming site Lovefilm nearly two years ago and only now are the two showing some sign of integration. In order to make the app work on Kindle Fire and Kindle HD devices users have to link their Amazon and Lovefilm accounts, and from then on they can sign in with their Amazon credentials on the web or other devices. According to the FAQ posted to announce the switch, anyone that isn’t rocking a Kindle but wants to login with their Amazon info anyway will be able to eventually, just not yet. Of course, this is all just a bit premature since the Amazon tablets are still a few days away from launching in Blighty, but if you’re carrying around a US import you should see Lovefilm’s service pop up in the next week. What this means for Lovefilm as a standalone brand in the future — as the streaming wars continue to heat up — remains to be seen, but one less password to remember is a a movement we can easily get behind.

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Buying a Kindle? How About a Fleet?

“Whispercast” adds services for businesses and schools considering mass Kindle deployment.

One of the great (and perhaps few) pleasures of lower-middle school was receiving the handed-down textbook. You got to see who had the textbook the year before you–James Tinsley, maybe–and the year before that–Davey Volner, perhaps. You got to see their scribblings, their handwriting, their annotations in the margins, where they laughed or, more likely, cried. And at the end of the year, you got to pass down that textbook and begin the cycle all over again, the record of your 9 months of frustrations passed down to an underclassman voyeur. The whole set-up is colorful enough that it was more or less the basis for an entire Harry Potter book, if memory serves. (Ah, yes, it does.)







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Whispercast for Kindle makes mass ebook/app management easy

Amazon has launched Whispercast for Kindle, a new mass-deployment and management system for ebooks – and soon apps – on Kindles and Kindle apps for schools and businesses. Intended to allow Kindle titles to be bought and shared out among students and employees, as well as remotely control device passwords, wireless settings, and what titles

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Amazon Kindle DX quietly killed off

Back in August, Amazon was clearing out some of its Kindle tablets at significantly reduced prices. One of the Kindle tablets that saw a price cut was the Kindle DX. That tablet was available for 29% off making a discount of about $ 110 at the time. Now that Amazon has unveiled its new Kindle Fire

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Amazon posts disclaimer on Kindle Paperwhite limitations

Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite has proven to be a hit amongst avid ebook readers. The improved contrast and the front-lit display are one of the device’s best features, but it doesn’t come without its quirks. Amazon issued a disclaimer today that addresses some of the drawbacks of the Kindle Paperwhite, and aims to inform potential buyers

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Amazon Kindle EBook Users To Get Refunds After Settlement



hypnosec writes “Amazon, in an email to Kindle owners, has a revealed that following the settlement in the eBook price fixing lawsuit customers will be entitled to refunds between 30 cents and $ 1.32 on each book purchased. If the $ 69 million settlement is approved, the funds will be provided as credits to customers directly in their accounts. Users may request checks for the amount of credit that has been applied to their accounts. “‘f the Court approves the settlements, the account credit will appear automatically and can be used to purchase Kindle books or print books,’ wrote Amazon in the email.”

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Amazon to Kindle customers: There’s an antitrust refund incoming

Amazon has begun notifying Kindle users that they may have a refund on ebook purchases in the pipeline, in the aftermath of the antitrust settlement around price-fixing by publishers. The message, sent out to users “in most US states and territories” impacted by the decision today, confirms that Kindle shoppers will be among those to

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Amazon Acknowledges Uneven Lighting On The Kindle Paperwhite

img_0861The Kindle Paperwhite is an amazing ereader. It’s arguably the best on the market. But it’s not flawless. Some users, including several TechCrunch writers, noticed the lighting on their Paperwhite is not evenly spaced, resulting in odd, slightly distracting gaps at the bottom of the screen (see the pic).

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Amazon wins FCC approval to sell Kindle Fire HD

Internet retailer’s new high-end tablet was introduced last month before securing regulatory approval. [Read more]


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Amazon Kindle Paperwhite can now be jailbroken

If you happened to get your hands on a Kindle Paperwhite before they eventually sold out, you’re definitely one of the lucky ones. You also might be happy to know that a jailbreak was discovered for the device, so if you’re feeling adventurous and enjoy taking risks, this might be something that you’re interested in.

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Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Jailbroken



hypnosec writes “Amazon’s latest Kindle Paperwhite is now officially jailbroken, giving users the ability to do things like turn their eReaders into weather station displays, or connect serially to a Raspberry Pi. To jailbreak the Paperwhite, the user needs to copy a file over to the root directory of the e-Reader and restart the device. The Kindle Paperwhite jailbreak is based on a previously known hack used on the Kindle Touch.”

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Kindle Paperwhite gets its own jailbreak, E Ink spews everywhere

DNP Kindle Paperwhite gets its own jailbreak, E Ink spews everywhere

If you’re an avid tinkerer who managed to secure a Kindle Paperwhite before they sold out, then we have some news that may well brighten up your day. A jailbreak based off of the hack for the Kindle Touch has been developed for Amazon’s new e-reader and is now available for fearless Paperwhite owners. If you’re up to the task, your bravery will award you some elite features which include: using your device as a weather station display and serial terminal access with Raspberry Pi systems. If all of this sounds like a fun weekend project waiting to happen, head on over to source link for step by step instructions.

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How Good Is the Kindle Paperwhite?

The reviews are in: very good indeed.

The Kindle Paperwhite has been landing in the hands of reviewers everywhere, and the consensus is this: the product is very good indeed. In its category, says Bloomberg, “the Paperwhite lays fair claim to the title of best-in-class.”







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The Kindle Paperwhite Is A Reader’s Dream

IMG_0872The e-reader arms race moves at a glacial pace. Barnes & Noble does one thing, Amazon follows. Amazon adds a feature and, slowly but surely, B&N adds the same thing. While the Kindle itself has been updated five times since 2008, it seems like it’s been around for decades and has only just now gotten much, much better.

The latest e-ink Kindle, the Paperwhite, is a beautiful device, plays catchup, and arguably surpasses the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight. The device is as small and compact as the previous Kindle and yet is more completely featureless. Like the Nook Simple Touch, Amazon has eschewed all front buttons for a very usable touch interface. To start the device, you tap a small button on the bottom and then swipe to unlock. This two-step process ensures the device doesn’t wake up in your bag.
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Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Review

Amazon’s Kindle Fire has been the star of the show as late, but we can’t forget they have a huge hand in the eReader world. Amazon isn’t ready to leave their bread and butter behind and with that we have the all new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, the first Kindle with a front lit or built-in

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Kindle Paperwhite technology explained by Amazon in simple video

Amazon has released a video showing their team of engineers that’ve worked on the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite explaining the technology that makes it a top of the line device in the e-reader universe today. What you’ve got here is sharpness and brightness enough to view in many conditions – but it’s more than that. Because

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Kindle Fire HD vs. iPad

How does the new Kindle Fire HD compare with the best tablet on the block?
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Walmart Abandons Amazon’s Kindle Lineup



New submitter kiriath writes “Walmart has followed Target in ceasing to sell the Amazon Kindle product line. This is not terribly surprising, since Amazon and Walmart are major competitors. From the article: ‘The world’s largest retailer, which has been trying to catch up to Amazon in online sales, said the decision was consistent with its overall merchandising strategy. … Now, with two large chains no longer selling Kindle, speculation has grown that the dominant online retailer could open its stores where shoppers could try out and buy Kindles. Amazon “is a little bit of a Trojan horse” when the Kindle is sold in other stores, said Sucharita Mulpuru, retail analyst at Forrester Research. “They should have made this decision to not carry the Kindle a long time ago.”‘”

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Amazon Kindle Fire HD review

Last year Amazon entered the tablet and hardware market on an entirely different level with their Kindle Fire tablet. Now just 10 short months later we have a completely evolved product from the retail giant. Today we’re taking a look at the new Kindle Fire HD 7-inch tablet. Everything you didn’t like about the original

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Kindle Fire HD teardown shows it’s easy to fix, except for display

The new 7-in. Kindle Fire HD tablet by Amazon, starting at $ 199, scored a 7 out of 10 rating from iFixit for its repairability by do-it-yourselfers.
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Amazon Maps API aims to oust Google Maps from Kindle Fire

Amazon has launched a new Maps API for Kindle Fire developers, challenging Google’s own Android mapping services, and further shifting the Kindle-branded tablets away from pure Android. Quietly added to the range of options for third-party developers alongside the launch of the Kindle Fire HD, the Amazon Maps API support custom overlays of data on

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Amazon Kindle Fire HD review (7-inch)

Amazon Kindle Fire HD review 7inch

It was 10 months ago that we had a doppelgänger in our midst. Amazon unleashed the Kindle Fire to the world and we spent much of the beginning of our review comparing and contrasting it to the (even then a bit long-in-the-tooth) BlackBerry PlayBook. Now, finally, we can stop making that comparison — at least for this, Amazon’s current top-shelf tablet.

It’s the Kindle Fire HD and it quite handily addresses nearly every concern that we had with the original Fire. It’s thinner, lighter, faster and, yes, better looking. It’s a huge step forward from that which came before and yet it still follows very much in the footsteps of its predecessor, existing as a physical portal to a digital marketplace with an alluring selection of premium content. Is it enough of an improvement to topple our current king of budget tablets, the Nexus 7? You’ll just have to read on to find out.

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