The original Kindle Fire also does not have an on board GPS receiver. So you can forget about Google Maps and the like. That was the number one reason I upgraded to a Nexus 7.

The easiest way to install Kitkang on the original Kindle Fire is to use the Kindle Fire Utility to install a custom recovery such as TWRP 2.6.3.1 which you can use to load the operating system.

The smaller Kindle Fire HDX weighs less than 11 ounces, and is 7.3 inches by 5 inches with a thickness of only 0.35 inches. The larger Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is only 13.6 ounces, and is 9.1 by 6.2 ...

“The original Kindle Fire felt like an experiment, a ‘can we do this?’ moment for Amazon,” he wrote. “The new, $199 Fire HD feels like something very different.

This means that the 2012 Kindle Fire has the same 1024×600 resolution as the previous device. At 169ppi, it's not as crisp as the 216ppi 1280×800 screens on the Kindle Fire HD and the Nexus 7 ...

Released in 2011, Amazon's original Kindle Fire was a moderately priced tablet with average specs. It was more of an entertainment device and shopping portal than anything else.

— -- NEW YORK —Two months ago, I wrote that Google's Nexus 7 was the budget tablet to beat. But two months in the tech world might as well be two years in some other business. Now another ...

The original Kindle Fire had a screen density in the region of 170 PPI. So far there's been no word on what processor will power the new Kindle Fire 2 tablets, ...

Amazon.com Inc. unveiled new Kindle Fire models on Thursday. They are the latest challengers to the iPad and come amid expectations that Apple will start selling a mini iPad soon.