Every tablet Amazon Fire tablet released in the past few years has featured a microSD card slot, which is a nice thing to have if you’re using a tablet that may have as little as 8GB of built-in storage. You can pick up just about any Class 10 or UHS microSD card to add up […]
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Daily Deals (11-24-2018)
Black Friday is gone, but the sales live on… and many will last until “Cyber Monday” at the very least. There are also a few new deals popping up — you can snag a 2-pack of Amazon Fire TV Stick media streamers for $40, for example. Dell’s XPS 15 with an Intel Core i7-8750H is […]
Now you can root the 2017 Amazon Fire HD 8 (but it’s not easy)
After introducing the 8th-gen Fire HD 8 tablet last month, Amazon started shipping the new tablet to customers a few days ago. It’s an 8 inch tablet with a quad-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM, at least 16GB of storage, and a starting price of $80. But the new model is a pretty modest upgrade over […]
Making Amazon’s 2017 Fire tablets more Googley (Play Store, third-party launchers)
Amazon’s tablets run an Android-based operating system called Fire OS. While Amazon has developed a custom user interface for the operating system, featuring tight integration with the Amazon Appstore, Kindle, Music, and Movies apps, it’s surprisingly easy to install the Google Play Store on Amazon’s most recent tablets. You may not be able to root […]
Amazon Fire sale (on tablets, TV boxes)
Amazon is offering discounts on a number of its Fire products today including the Amazon Fire TV and several Amazon Fire tablets. While there’s no $35 tablet this time around, some other tablets are cheaper today than they were on Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Here’s a roundup of Amazon’s current fire sale: Amazon Fire HD […]
Amazon launches Fire HD 8 and 10 tablets for $150 and up
Amazon is launching its first tablets with 8 and 10 inch displays. The new Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10 feature 1280 x 800 pixel displays and quad-core MediaTek processors. The Fire HD 8 has a starting price of $150, while the Fire HD 10 starts at $230. They join last year’s Fire HD 6, which is […]
Reports: Amazon prepping a $50 tablet, Apple to launch a pricey iPad Pro
Two tech giants are preparing to launch new tablets, according to reports in the press. But while Amazon is thinking small for its next tablet, Apple is thinking big… very big. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon may soon offer a 6 inch Amazon Fire tablet with a starting price as low as $50, […]
HBO Now launches for Amazon Fire (and Android) devices
HBO is bringing its online video streaming service to more platforms, starting with Amazon Fire and Google Android devices. You use the HBO NOW apps from the Google Play Store or Amazon Appstore or Android to stream movies or TV shows to a smartphone or tablet (including Amazon’s Fire tablets). Support for Google’s Chromecast and Amazon’s Fire […]
Amazon Fire HD 6 and 7 get (unofficial) bootloader unlock, custom recovery, and root
Comments Off on Amazon Fire HD 6 and 7 get (unofficial) bootloader unlock, custom recovery, and root Amazon’s Fire HD 6 and Fire HD 7 are low-cost tablets featuring Amazon’s custom version of Android. They’re designed to let you run apps and games from the Amazon Appstore, listen to music from Amazon MP3, watch movies and TV shows from Amazon Instant Video, and read Kindle eBooks. But Amazon’s Fire tablets run a […]
Deals of the Day (4-20-2015)
The Amazon Fire HD 7 is already a pretty affordable tablet with a normal price of $139 and up. But today only Amazon is selling its latest 7 inch tablet for $79 and up. Want something with a higher-resolution display and a more powerful processor? Radio Shack is offering the Kindle Fire HDX for $105, which is […]