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A Kindle Fire Review For Those Who Plan To Void the Warranty

Posted by timothy on from the for-those-about-to-root dept.

The mixed reviews so far available for the new Amazon Fire tablet mostly address the Fire in its intended role as a locked-down portal through which to buy and consume ready-made content from Amazon. New submitter terracode writes with a different kind of review, which "goes into depth on the Kindle Fire's hardware, and provides details on how to root and tweak the tablet." The article also provides a friendly chart comparing the hardware in the Fire to that of the Nook Color and the iPad 2.

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  1. It's kinda scary by snikulin · · Score: 1, Troll

    that in almost 2 years the whole industry can't catch-up with Apple.
    It was OK back then but two years without any bright, no-rooting-required competitor?
    The technology, software and know-how is there but the whole *package* has been delivered by Apple only so far.
    Google probably does disservice to its platform by targeting it to telcos and not to consumers.