Amazon Cuts Kindle Fire Price

The price war is now heating up, with Amazon joining the war. The price of Amazon Kindle Fire are dropping.


The Kindle Fire HD 8.9 inch Wi-Fi tablet will now be priced at $269 in the US, down from $299. The 4G wireless version now starts at $399, compared with $499 before, Amazon said.

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Hmm, Amazon Kindle Fire is now looking good.

Transform Your Kindle Fire into Full Android Tablet

Got a Kindle Fire 2 ? Want an Android Tablet with Google Play Store ? Now you can transform your Kindle Fire into an Android Tablet 4.2 Jelly Bean. Thanks to CynanogenMod 10.1.

Some features are not performing well, as noted by Ubergizmo:

The thing is, the Kindle Fire 2 is not the fastest tablet on the block, so that kind of defeats the purpose, but at least it opens up options to the masses. Be warned though, CyanogenMod 10.1 for the Kindle Fire 2 will not support hardware video acceleration, meaning you cannot stream HD video from YouTube and Netflix, and you will also experience a higher battery drain during sleep while your headset microphones remain gimped.

Also remember, by using custom ROM such as CynanogenMod, you are voiding your warranty. There is always one possibility of "bricking" your tablet. So, upgrade at your own risk.

Kindle Fire HD 8.9 for Christmas 2012

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Amazon Kindle Fire is amongst the top cheap good tablet PC around today. Aside from Google Nexus 7 and the iPad series (if you are an Apple fan), it is highly regarded as a worthy addition to your home. It is a WiFi only tablet and priced at $299, it can make a great Christmas gift for 2012.

If one is a voracious shopping buff, spend a lot of time browsing Amazon items and find the conventional tablets too bulky and cumbersome, then the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 inch is the best one for such users. There cannot be a better tablet for browsing Amazon item than the Kindle Fire 8.9 HD. 

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You can visit Amazon for details on the Kindle Fire HD 8.9.

What is your favorite tablet for Christmas ?

US Cheap Tablet Options For 2012

The 2012 Holiday Season is surely the hottest holiday season for tablets. While the iPad is still dominating the tablet market, we are now seeing cheap tablet with good quality, thanks to Android tablet.

My Desert recommends two options, other than the iPad. The Google Nexus and Amazon tablets. Why ?

Android tablets — which run Google’s Android operating system — are becoming a big threat to the iPad. Though Google has made Android available to all tablet makers, your best bets for now are Google’s own flagship tablets, the Nexus 7 ($199) and Nexus 10 ($399). 

These gadgets run the latest version of the Android operating system, 4.2 or Jelly Bean, and are the first to receive updates. They can go neck-and-neck with the power, features and usability you’ll find on similarly sized iPads, too, but at a lower cost. In some ways, the Nexus tablets are actually better. 

Source: My Desert

And for Amazon ?

Amazon’s Android-based Kindle Fire tablet got a major upgrade recently, along with a few siblings, making it a more competitive option.

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What do you think ?

GoTab 7-inch Cheap Good Tablet PC

If you are in the UK, you may want to check out GoTab 7-inch Android ICS tablet. It is available for £80. Of course comparison with other top tablets would be absurd. However it is pretty good for its price. The bad thing is the small 4GB storage and no Bluetooth connection. The rest of the configuration are quite good for its price.

The Key Features & Specs
When it comes to key features the ones that stand out the most include these: ARM A8 – RK2918 1.2Ghz Processor, 7” Capacitive Touchscreen LED screen, 512MB RAM, 4GB Storage Drive, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (Would have been better if this was capable of Jelly Bean loving”, other key specs we like include Fast Browsing, Facial Recognition and the ability to link to TV (We do love a little streaming now). This tablet also comes with SD Card slot capable of up to 32GB, 16:9 Aspect Capacitive Touchscreen (800 x 480 WVGA Resolution) Wireless N 802.11b/, HDMI 1080p Out, Micro USB Port, 0.3MP Front VGA Camera, 2,000mAh battery and much more. 

Source: Phones Review

Well, it is listed on Amazon website for $133 from third party retailers. You can check out the Amazon listing by clicking here. There are no reviews on Amazon.

Samsung Galaxy Tab On Sale

For those of you wanting to get a bargain on the best Android tablet in the market. Amazon is having a $50 off sale on its Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.

The 7-inch version comes with Android 4.0 ICS, 8GB of internal storage and WiFi Connection. At $199, I believe it is a great bargain.
    

The 10-inch version also comes with Android 4.0 ICS, 16GB Internal Storage and WiFi Connection Only. At $349, It is a great deal.

There are no dates on when the deal expired. If you are in the market for Samsung Galaxy Tab, now would be a good time to buy.

Kindle Fire skyrocketing sales

Four million units of Amazon Kindle Fire was sold during December alone. It is one of the cheap but good tablet PC in the market. It is of course still an ebook reader. Comparing the Kindle Fire to a full feature Android Tablet such as Galaxy Tab series or Asus Transformer series will reveal a lot of weaknesses on the Kindle Fire.

The Kindle Fire is now holding a market share of 36 percent of all Android based tablets. It achieved this within three months. The Samsung Galaxy Tab series which  is currently the king of Android tablet dropped the market share from 64 percent to 36 percent.

The Kindle Fire however does a great job for $199 and still OK for daily use. By daily use, I mean reading news or articles over the internet, listening to songs and watching videos.

If your needs are for reading ebooks or light reading on the internet, I highly recommend the Kindle Fire. It is exclusively sold on Amazon. You can check it out by heading over to Amazon Kindle Store section or by clicking here.

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Amazon Kindle Fire Beats Samsung Galaxy Tab

Amazon Kindle Fire sales has surpassed Samsung Galaxy Tab and is closing in on Apple iPad. Kindle Fire was launched by Amazon back in November and for the fourth quarter 2011 has shipped 3.9 million units beating the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which sold 1.37 million units. The Kindle Fire is now the second bestselling tablet in the world. You can read more about the achievement over on Boy Genius Report. But what exactly is a Kindle Fire ?

Amazon Kindle Fire is based on Google's Android Operating System. It is also the first in the Amazon Kindle family to come in color. With a price tag of $199, it is one of the cheapest tablet PC based on Android. It is designed as an e-book reader, so do not expect a lot of bells and whistles on the Kindle Fire. What it does, it does very well and for $199, it is a very good deal.

The hardware, software and performance are good but not great. The soft-touch materials are comfortable in the hand. However the Kindle Fire is a bit heavy for prolonged reading. The software has a nice, simple interface that a wide range of users will be able to navigate easily. Game play and video playback is fluid, however hiccups and stutters does happens while opening certain apps and performing some functions.

Leading up to Amazon’s Kindle Fire, media tablets had for the most part been ill-conceived devices that were seemingly rushed out the door in an effort to capitalize on the hype surrounding the iPad. Kindle Fire offered a key ingredients: differentiation. Amazon used the open source Android OS as the framework on which it built its own unique user experience. Amazon also build its own app store and its own suite of services. No one will ever notice that Google’s Android operating system powers the Fire just by looking at it casually.

The Kindle Fire is not an iPad killer. In fact, it offer users a solid experience and a comprehensive catalog of services that make it easy to access existing content and to find new content. It is very, very easy to use, which is something that cannot be said of some other tablets. No wonder it quickly become popular and is surpassing the top Android based tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab.