My wifes Kindle Fire just arrived updating the software on it now and then going to play around with it in the name of getting it set up for her. I'll post my impression of it along with a few pics afterwords.
Considering it can side load APKs, there'll probably be a usable root APK within a week or two I'd guess. There are numerous exploits compatible with 2.3 unless Amazon have specifically blocked all of them. (Gingerbreak, zergRush, probably others), one of them should be usable I'd guess. If not, I'm sure it won't be long.Looking forward to it getting rooted. May purchase one when it does.
This will probably be my go-to tablet once OnLive for Android launches as fully playable if this tablet can run it. I also want to do some more research into seeing if I could use it for schoolwork (like do documents, spreadsheets, Powerpoints, etc).
Still, $200 is really nifty. I'm secretly contemplating talking to my dad and my brother about chipping in for one for my mom for Christmas. She always talks about how she wants something to check her mail on and browse the web and stuff, and this would be perfect. Affordable, easy to access, and streamlined.
I did see when browsing the settings that there was a slider to turn on the loading of 3rd party app sources.Considering it can side load APKs, there'll probably be a usable root APK within a week or two I'd guess. There are numerous exploits compatible with 2.3 unless Amazon have specifically blocked all of them. (Gingerbreak, zergRush, probably others), one of them should be usable I'd guess. If not, I'm sure it won't be long.Looking forward to it getting rooted. May purchase one when it does.
Does the Fire have ADB support? If so, SuperOneClickRoot may already work with it.
There are many, many differences, here are just a few:So what's the difference between this and a Ipad?
Also from the picture it looks lovely.
The processor isn't any less powerful than that on the iPad 2. And I'm pretty sure it has MORE RAm than the iPad 2. I thought the Kindle Fire had 1GB of RAM, when the iPad 2 has 512MB.There are many, many differences, here are just a few:So what's the difference between this and a Ipad?
Also from the picture it looks lovely.
Costs much less ($200 vs $500 or whatever iPad is)
No camera or microphone
No 3G
Runs (modified) Android, not iOS
Smaller screen (7" vs 10.1")
Only available in 8GB storage capacity
Heavily linked to Amazon cloud services (as opposed to iCloud on iPad)
Lower resolution screen
Less powerful processor and less RAM (not sure exact figures)
There are many, many differences, here are just a few:So what's the difference between this and a Ipad?
Also from the picture it looks lovely.
Costs much less ($200 vs $500 or whatever iPad is)
No camera or microphone
No 3G
Runs (modified) Android, not iOS
Smaller screen (7" vs 10.1")
Only available in 8GB storage capacity
Heavily linked to Amazon cloud services (as opposed to iCloud on iPad)
Lower resolution screen
Less powerful processor and less RAM (not sure exact figures)