Amazon offers its Kindle eReaders for as little as $79. But in order to get a Kindle at that rock bottom price you have to put up with advertisements as your screen saver. An ad-free version costs $30 more. Up until now the only Kindle with Special Offers models have been the E Ink Kindle and Kindle Touch. But now…
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It’s no secret that Amazon is working on its next-generation Kindle devices. The company tends to put out at least one product refresh per year, and we’ve already heard rumors that we could see an E Ink Kindle with a front-lit display and a larger Kindle Fire Android tablet this year. Now Reuters has a few more details on the…
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So you have an Amazon Kindle Fire running software version 6.3 and you want to have the latest security features, parental controls and other updates that come with 6.3.1. But your tablet is rooted — and you don’t want to lose root access. What to do? Actually it turns out there are two options. You can just let your Kindle…
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Amazon hasn’t released actual sales figures for the Kindle Fire tablet, but the company has repeatedly said that the $199 tablet (sometimes $139) is one of its top-selling products. But according to industry analysts at IDC, Amazon Kindle Fire shipments fell off a cliff between the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012. IDC says that Amazon moved 4.8…
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Amazon released a minor software update for the Kindle Fire this week. It gives users a little more control over some security settings by letting them block children or other unauthorized users from accessing some content or purchasing apps. Like all previous software updates, Kindle Fire Software Version 6.3.1 is downloaded and installed automatically without any user intervention. And like…
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Amazon has released a minor update to the operating system for the Kindle Fire tablet. Software version 6.3.1 includes a handful of changes, with most aimed at giving users more control over their security options. The Kindle Fire 6.3.1 update includes: Additional parental controls Users can now password-protect purchases You can disable access to specific content libraries You can block…
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The Amazon Kindle Fire is a pretty good buy at $199. But it’s an even better buy at $139 — and that’s how much Amazon is charging for refurbished Kindle Fire tablets today. You can pick one up from Amazon.com for $139 until the end of the day. Update: The one-day sale is over, but you can still get a…
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It’s been a while since Amazon has released sales figures for the Kindle Fire, but the 7 inch tablet was tearing up the charts late last year. Now there are signs that more than half of all Android tablets in the wild US could actually be Kindle Fires. That’s according to web analytics firm comScore. The company collects data by…
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Kindle Fire owners have been hacking Amazon’s $199 Android 2.3 tablet to install unofficial versions of Android 4.0 since late last year. But while those early builds of Android 4.0 offer most of the feature’s you’d expect, up until now they’ve been based on older Android kernels and have lacked support for features such as hardware graphics acceleration. But xda-developers forum…
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There’s no shortage of custom firmware available for the Amazon Kindle Fire at this point. But if you prefer the stock Kindle Fire application suite with a few extra tweaks rather than a complete CyanogenMod-style makeover, you might want to check out the latest version of MoDaCo ROM for the Kindle Fire. Developer Paul O’Brien has updated his software so…
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If you want to root an Amazon Kindle Fire running software version 6.3 or earlier and you have a Windows PC all you need is the latest Kindle Fire Utility. But if you’re using a Mac, there’s another solution. It’s called BreakDroid, and the latest version works with Kindle Fire software versions 6.2.2 and 6.3. BreadkDroid is actually a multi-purpose…
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Now that tools are available to root a Kindle Fire running software version 6.3 the hard way, the developer behind the popular Kindle Fire Utility has put together an easy method for rooting a Kindle Fire and making other changes. Update: Kindle Fire Utility can also root Amazon’s software version 6.3.1. You can find more details and in our article on…
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