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In September, inside an airplane hangar in Los Angeles, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made a series of bold statements about the company's two brand-new Kindle Fire HD tablets. The Kindle Fire HD 7, he said, was the best tablet at a certain price. But with the larger Kindle Fire HD 8.9, "we made the best tablet at any price," Bezos said, in a not-so-subtle jab at the iPad.
When we reviewed the smaller of the two Kindle Fire HD siblings, we found it to be a mixed bag. As a platform, a service, an...
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Basic Specs
| Thickness |
.35 inches |
| Weight |
1.25 pounds |
| Screen size (diagonal) |
8.9 inches |
| Operating system |
Android |
| CPU brand |
TI |
| CPU family |
OMAP 4 |
| RAM size |
1 GB |
Tech Specs
Hardware
| Height |
9.45 inches |
| Width |
6.5 inches |
| Thickness |
.35 inches |
| Weight |
1.25 pounds |
| Color |
Black |
| Speakers |
Stereo |
Display
| Screen size (diagonal) |
8.9 inches |
| Technology |
IPS LCD |
| Resolution (X) |
1920 px |
| Resolution (Y) |
1200 px |
| PPI |
254 |
| Touchscreen type |
Capacitive |
| Multitouch |
Yes |
Software
Processor
| CPU brand |
TI |
| CPU family |
OMAP 4 |
| CPU model |
OMAP4470 |
| Clock speed |
1.5 GHz |
| Cores |
2 |
Memory
Storage
| Internal size |
32 GB, 16 GB |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi |
Yes |
| Wi-Fi support |
802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b, 802.11a |
| 802.11n frequencies |
5GHz, 2.4GHz |
| Bluetooth |
Yes |
Ports
| Headphone |
3.5mm |
| Data connections |
Micro USB, HDMI |
Sensors
| Sensors |
Proximity, Ambient Light, Accelerometer |
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