Clues about Amazon’s upcoming Kindle Fire HD refresh — like its 1080P display — have already trickled out. Now, there’s a set of leaked images to go along with the hardware specs. BGR got its hands on a handful of photos of the new 7-inch model, and its sources report that the 8.9-inch version is […]
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Lilbits (6-14-2013): Kindle Fire HD for India, Retina iMacs on the way?
Apple’s new MacBook Air laptops with Intel Haswell chips are designed to offer better performance and longer battery life than last year’s models. We can thank the new energy efficient chips for part of the improvement, but Apple also tucked some higher-capacity batteries under the hood. Now you can see what they look like, thanks […]
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32GB Amazon Kindle Fire HD price drops to $229
Amazon has knocked $20 off the price of a 32GB Kindle Fire HD tablet. You can still pick up a model with 16GB of storage for $199, but now a 32GB version costs just $229. Up until recently the company had charged $249 for that model. The Amazon Kindle Fire HD features a 7 inch, […]
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Backup and restore a Kindle Fire HD
Early Amazon Kindle Fire HD users have been rooting their tablets and making other changes almost as long as the 7 inch tablet’s been available. But since the Kindle Fire HD has a locked bootloader, there’s no way to install a custom recovery that lets you completely backup or restore your device in case anything […]
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Kindle Fire HD software update brings “FreeTime” parental controls
Amazon is starting to roll out a software update for the Kindle Fire HD tablet today, bringing a new “Free Time” feature which gives parents more control over how their kids use the 7 inch tablet. Free Time lets parents limit the amount of time kids can use different types of content and select which […]
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Kindle Fire HD: Using alternate app launcher, Google Talk without root
The Amazon Kindle Fire HD hacks/tweaks keep coming. We’ve already seen that it’s possible to root Amazon’s latest tablet, install the Google Play Store, or even install some Google apps without rooting. Now some early Kindle Fire HD users have figured out how to install an alternate home screen launcher app and get Google Talk up […]
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Easier method for rooting the Kindle Fire HD (or installing gApps without root)
Just days after the Amazon Kindle Fire HD started shipping, some of the first customers figured out they could root the tablet and install the Google Play Store. Now there’s an easier way to root the tablet… and a method for installing Gmail and other Google apps without even bothering to root the Kindle Fire […]
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Amazon Kindle Fire HD dissected, proves (relatively) simple to fix
With a starting price of $199, it might be cheaper and easier to buy a new Kindle Fire HD 7 inch tablet if anything goes wrong on yours than it is to replace a broken touchscreen. But if you’re the sort of person that likes to fix things yourself, it looks like the Kindle Fire […]
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Amazon’s new Kindle, Kindle Fire models up for order for $69 and up
Amazon is now taking orders on its new line of Kindle eReaders and tablets. Prices start at $69 for an eReader with an E Ink display, and $159 for an Android tablet with a full color display. All of those starting prices are for models with “special offers,” or ads on the home screen or […]