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Amazon Kindle Fire

  • 14.6 ounces
  • Android 2.3
  • 7-inch IPS display at 1024x600, 169 ppi
  • Gorilla Glass
  • 1GHz dual-core TI OMAP processor
  • Wifi-only (802.11 b/g/n)
  • Whispersync
  • Amazon Silk browser
  • WiFi, no 3G option
  • 8GB of on-board storage
  • Size: 7.5" x 4.7" x 0.45" (190 mm x 120 mm x 11.4 mm).
  • Weight: 14.6 ounces (413 grams)
  • Charge time: 4 hours
  • USB 2.0
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • Supported content: Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, Audible (Audible Enhanced (AA, AAX)), DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, WAV, MP4, VP8.

Recent Amazon Kindle Fire Specs Stories

Kindle Fire CM7
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The Kindle Fire shows off some early CyanogenMod7 love
by Jared DiPane
Nov 29, 2011
Let's start off with this -- no it's not ready, and no we don't know when it will be. Now that we got that out of the way, XDA forums member JackpotCalvin has gotten a build of CM7 to bo...
Amazon Kindle Fire
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Amazon says Kindle Fire sold a bunch, but won't say how many
by Sean Brunett
Nov 28, 2011
Amazon's Kindle Fire was expected to be a success because of the Amazon brand name and $199 price point, but the tablet has continued to outsell predictions and is now the best selling item on A...
Kindle Fire
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And the winner of the Amazon Kindle Fire giveaway is ...
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 22, 2011
You might recall that last week we gave away an Amazon Kindle Fire, and it's time to announce the winner.  Out of about 3,000 entries, AC member psheppard001 was the lucky winner.  We&...
Kindle Fire
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Using SwiftKey on the Amazon Kindle Fire

by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 21, 2011
If you've got your hands on a Kindle Fire and are having loads of fun playing around with it but would love to have the SwiftKey keyboard to replace the stock Fire issue, you're in luck.&nbs...
Kindle Fire video
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Root your Kindle Fire, kiss Amazon streaming video goodbye
by Phil Nickinson
Nov 17, 2011
By the way (if you haven't already noticed this by now): If you root your Kindle Fire, Amazon's streaming video will balk at you. The good news is it takes just a few seconds to unroot using...
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