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1. Introduction: What Is the Kindle Fire?
The Kindle Fire is Amazon’s centrepiece consumer hardware, a quality tablet that can be used to read emails, browse
the web and of course read books using the Kindle software. At just 7.5 by 4.7 inches, the Kindle Fire is of a similar
size to the standard Kindle devices, but has high specications that make it ideal for a range of tasks and activities
beyond reading.
With 8 GB of storage, your Kindle Fire can store music, podcasts, video clips and other data. An impressive 512 MB of
RAM enables the tablet to run perfectly with the dual core, 1GHz processor.
A 1024x600 multi-touch Gorilla Glass display displays 169 ppi (pixels per inch) and a choice of 16 million colours, with
graphics provided by a PowerVR SGX540 chip.
The Kindle Fire offers a 3.5 mm headphone socket and a micro-USB 2.0 connector, along with wireless connectivity
(802.11b/g/n). Note that there is no mobile Internet variant of this tablet.
What is probably most interesting about the tablet, and what sets it apart from other Kindles, is the presence of the
Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, customized to feel less like Android and t more with the visual style of the
other Kindle devices.
1.1 Combining Android and Kindle
This combination of approaches makes this device most intriguing. To all intents and purposes, the Kindle Fire is an
Android tablet, with a special layer of software added to resemble a Kindle reader. This software provides access to
an existing Kindle account through Amazon, as well as enabling the user to create a new account if necessary.
The use of the Android operating system also enables the use of various apps and games that can be downloaded
from the Amazon App Store, while the device’s ability to playback video and audio media makes it an ideal receptacle
for downloading content from Amazon Prime.
This dual purpose makes the tablet a great choice of eBook reader. You might be completely happy taking advantage
of the ability to simply read and enjoy your Kindle books, magazines and comics on your Kindle Fire, or you might be