Kindle Fire Unboxing!

Kindle Fire Unboxing

At long last, the Kindle Fire has launched. Ever since its unveiling back in September, the device has been hyped up as true, honest to goodness competition for the iPad -- and for good reason. Not only does it have Amazon's robust ecosystem of music, movies and books going for it, but the device is priced at an extremely consumer friendly $200. Apple will definitely have some questions to address going forward when it comes to price, especially if Amazon's tablet is as successful as the figures suggest. In the long term, though, will the Fire have what it takes to ignite the market and disrupt the iPad's dominance? Or will it fizzle out and concede to Apple's almighty tablet?
Excited doesn't even come close to explaining how much we were looking forward to the Kindle Fire. Amazon already had our attention when the device was first announced, but making it $200? We were sold.
The first thing of note is that the Kindle Fire looks and feels very much like RIM's PlayBook tablet, but in our eyes it's not a particularly bad thing. Amazon reportedly used the PlayBook as their design reference when producing the Fire. At just 7-inches, the cloud connected device sports 8GB of internal storage (no SD card slot), weighs in at 14.6 ounces, 1GHz dual-core OMAP 4 processor, 512MB RAM and 8 hours of continuous reading or 7.5 hours video playback (with Wi-Fi off).
Amazon uses a completely customized version of Android 2.3 that is unrecognizable compared to other Android tablets. During our initial use we found the Fire's UI to be intuitive and easy to navigate which should make for easy media consumption. We'll go more in depth with the Amazon's "forked" Android UI in a later video.
It's sure been a long month and a half of anticipation, and we can't wait to dive deeper into what is shaping up to be one of the biggest tablets on the market. Stay tuned for more Fire coverage, and be sure to watch the unboxing video.

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[EasternPancakes]

BUT once again, fabulous job as usual John!

[zacmcchesney]

If you root you can customise, or you can side load apps

[JazzyJean]

I'm torn between Kindle Fire and ipad 2! I'll basically use Kindle for reading e-books. Correct me if I'm wrong but Kindle is the only tablet in the market which gives a paper feel (ink screen) whilst reading?

[SixZoSeven]

Jon, do you keep a case on your iPad 2? If so, which case?

[sonothehedgehog]

do you need to pay the subscription fee to amazon to get all the specs like the app store, the web browser, comics and movies?

[NicolSD]

Can't sync it? Has its own proprietary op? It doesn't sound like that great a deal to me.

[adlkcfc]

Can I get textbooks on here because I really want to get one and use it for school so I was just wondering

[EmojiMediaUK]

0:41 - Pull the Tab? Samsung will sue you for calling it that...

[MinutesBMidnight]

so would you say the kindle fire is the same size as a dvd case?

[FluffyBoy]

Mine comes tomorrow. Hopefully I won't regret pre-ordering. Compared to my Droid Incredible, does it run about the same speed? If so, I'm happy. Please reply!

[aquavanessa]

does this have text to speech, and if not is there an app for this?
thank you.

[billmn]

I have a question how do i put music on it without a sync cord. o.o

[tbrwithkimmy]

so is there anyway to hook it up to the computer?

[Punchbass]

looks like an excellent gift for kids around middle school age that want tablet and it won't break the bank.

[XtremeGaming]

@RoboMuffin25 for the 3g hotspot yes, you have to buy it and then pay monthly

[braydenmartindale]

it reminds me so much of the Playbook, which made me remember how much I miss mine lol. switched it for a EEEPad transformer, wish I didn't. The Playbook was great for web and the display was gorgeous, not to mention the amazing sound quality.

[JaSyquia]

Kindle Fire or iPad 2? The only thing holding me backf rom iPad 2 is the price. So which is worth it? hepl please.

[eucamong]

@jon4lakers Im gettinfg it but, can I print with this? With the wire or wireless?

[SilverstarBro]

I'm really wondering if there's a YouTube app?

[zestyskateman]

my friends getting 1 for christmas. hes sooo freaken excited!