Got some Kindle hardware burning a hole in your pile of festive gifts? Well, British bookworms have been given some extra yuletide joy courtesy of Amazon UK which has also started a 12-day sale, focusing on its e-book wares. The site vows to add more digital reads each day and it looks like all the additions will stick with their shrunken price tags for the extent of the sale. Head to the source below for some one-click literary gratification.

Amazon UK opens its doors for the Christmas sales, adds hundreds of Kindle books from 99p originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Amazon’s latest attempt to lock down root access on its Kindle Fire has been, well, routed. It took the tinkerers mere days to catch up and the new root file is now up for grabs, courtesy of Android Police and a few good devs. The method is app-based and looks to be disarmingly simple, but the usual warnings apply; mess up those software internals and bam, you’ve voided your warranty. Those still willing to dabble can find the full details at the source link below.

Kindle Fire root reignited, beats 6.2.1 update originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How would you change Amazon’s Kindle (2011)? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging to get updated. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don’t escape without notice, we’ve gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery from the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!

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Refresh Roundup: week of November 28, 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We already had a pretty good idea of what’s inside the Kindle Fire — basically, the same thing that was inside the BlackBerry PlayBook. But of course we’re still fans of seeing all the circuits and components that make up a modern gadget, and that’s why we love iFixit so much. With gentle touches and tiny tools the disembodied hands here split Amazon’s new hotness in twain and then started pulling out silicon and copper with wild abandon. The teardown is still ongoing, so set those browsers on Refresh, but already the small 4,400mAh battery and 8GB of Samsung flash have been exposed. Click on through to see the rest!

Kindle Fire torn down by iFixit, asbestos gloves curiously absent originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It seems like ages since Amazon introduced us to the $199 Fire at a hectic New York City event, but in truth that was only about six weeks ago. Maybe our perception of time is warped because we’ve been hearing talk about this 7-inch Android tablet for months now. Maybe it’s because Amazon launching a tablet seemed like such a natural thing to do after Barnes & Noble paved the way with its Nook Color. Or, maybe it’s just because the gadget Amazon shipped looks nigh-identical to the 7-inch BlackBerry PlayBook that we’ve had for, well, ages.

For whatever the reason, what Amazon has delivered is a device that is intimately familiar yet mysterious — a simple, minimalistic exterior design hiding a flashy, seemingly quite trick customization that’s sitting atop a decidedly ho-hum Android Gingerbread build. Our questions leading up to this review were many: How will it handle sideloading? Are the battery life and performance better than the PlayBook? Can a tablet that costs two hundred bucks stand a chance against those that cost two and three times as much? C’mon baby, click on through to find out.

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Amazon Kindle Fire review originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We already knew to expect a 7-incher today, and that’s exactly what we got in the Kindle Fire. We just asked Amazon Kindle vice president (and thinking man) Russ Grandinetti when we might expect a larger successor. With a smile, Russ said “Stay tuned,” and left it at that. If you’ll recall, RIM’s Ryan Biden told us at a past Engadget Show that there was “no reason” the 7-inch BlackBerry PlayBook couldn’t be shipped in a different size, and given recent rumors that both outfits were working with Quanta, it’s not too tough to read betwixt the lines. We also asked about an international release of the Fire, knowing that many of you are lamenting its US-only release in November. We got the same response there. So, it’s coming… the only question is when.

Is a 10-inch Kindle Fire coming? Amazon says ‘stay tuned’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How much does the Kindle Fire look like the PlayBook? It looks this much like the PlayBook.

Kindle Fire vs. BlackBerry PlayBook… Fight! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Alas, we’ve not been able to get our hands on Amazon’s diminutive new 7-inch, $199 Kindle Fire tablet just yet, but we were treated to a lengthy demo of the thing courtesy of an Amazon rep, answering many of our questions and showing us just what how the thing performs. How does it fare? Very well, thank you very much. More details after the break.

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Amazon Kindle Fire impressions (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Live from Amazon’s tablet event in NYC!

Live from Amazon’s tablet event in NYC! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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