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Amazon sells the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 for $269 and up, which is a pretty good price for a tablet with a 1.5 GHz TI OMAP 4470 dual-core CPU and an 8.9 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display.
But today you can pick one up for much, much less.
All4Cellular is offering refurbished models through its eBay store for $189.95. Not happy with Amazon’s version of Android? You can install CyanogenMod or other custom ROMs on the tablet.
Here are some of the day’s best deals on mobile devices and accessories.
- Refurb Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ tablet w/16GB for $190 – All4Cellular (via eBay)
- Refurb Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) for $150 – Newegg
- Refurb Acer Iconia A110 7″ Android tablet for $170Â – Acer (via eBay)
- Acer Iconia W510 Windows 8 tablet w/Atom Z2760 for $350 after rebate – TigerDirect (coupon:Â S50W510)
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (OEM) for $80 – Newegg (coupon:Â EMCXSWM244)
- LG USB 2.0 portable DVD burner for $20 after rebate – Newegg
- ADATA 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive for $30 after rebate – Newegg (coupon:Â EMCXSWM56)
You can find more bargains in our daily deals section.
I love how the quick cycling of e-reader hardware by Amazon and BN make for very nice cheap android tablets because many consumers don’t hack them. The proprietary OS makes it sure to quickly show up in the refurb market for rock-bottom prices. I am hoping these go down a little more I am still loving my Nook Color. I am not sure I am ready to put my HP Touchpad out to pasture yet, but a low enough price could persuade me to.
Can you hack a Nook HD+ as easily as throwing Cyanogen on a Kindle Fire HD? Does this sale pretty much kill the Nook HD+ offer Walmart was putting through, especially because the Kindle has a camera?