According to sales data gathered from the November launch date of Amazon’s first touch screen tablet and e-reader device to the present, the company sold record-breaking numbers of the new device. That means that a lot of people found a shiny new Kindle Fire underneath the Christmas tree — which would explain the popularity of review sites dealing with the wildly popular Android based tablet. But what do the techies really think about it? Let’s find out.
The Kindle Fire is powered by a proprietary version of Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread. It’s so customized that a seasoned Android user would perhaps not recognize it at first glance. Instead of an app drawer, the Fire has a shelf for storing favorite apps. There’s no Android “home screen,” so to speak. It’s very different looking than Android on other devices. The Android Market Place is also not available in its entirety to Kindle Fire users, who must download their apps from Amazon’s own version of the Android Marketplace.
Here’s a video review from Lisa Gade, Editor of Mobile Tech Review:
