News - European launch confirmed for the Amazon Appstore

[HEXUS]

Will the Kindle Fire follow shortly?

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[cheesemp]

Its about time. I'm just hoping these rumours of a more tailored version of android aren't true. I'd like a fire mark 2 but not interested if I can't use it as an android device.

[Tpyo]

...agreed Worst of all worlds would be a see stripped-down/functionality impaired (and called more-tailored) version of the #1, but releasing a straight Fire #1 in Europe would only confirm their treatment of the ROW as second class citizens - with the next version again likely to go to the US many months before it would be available over here.
While I probably wouldn't be hungering for the device, a more-tailored version (without restricting any functions available on the current model) would at least be different from the version they have kept US only thus far - i.e. no plans to release the fire #1 here and skipping on past it.

[crossy]

Zero interest here in the Fire - what do we need with an "almost-Android" when there's plenty of good "proper" Android devices? Especially if the much-rumoured cheap Nexus tablet comes here. I'd rather pay a little extra (<£50) to get full Android, rather than Amazon's butchered version. And yes, I know there's xda-devs, and ROMs...

Amazon App Store here in the UK can't come soon enough - can't see why they need to "recruit app developers" surely the app and store contents that are already in the US-store could be released over here too (subject to developer approval of course) minus the stuff that's only of use in the US (like ZIP code lookup apps, etc).

[tickleonthetum]

I don't think the Kindle Fire is worth the money. What you get for $199 (£127ish direct conversion but they'll probably charge £199 in the end) is very limited. 7.5" display, only 8Gb of built in storage (of which only 6Gb is available for you use), one headphone jack and one micro-usb port! For £100 you can get a 16Gb Ice Cream Sandwich based Tablet with 16Gb storage PLUS 1Gb RAM, MicroSD slot, USB port AND HDMI! You can get a Galaxy Tab for just £209 (just £9 more). Or even the Onda tablet 9.7" screen, 16Gb, USB, MicroSD, HDMI, 3.5mm jack, 1024x768, ICS, camera, GPS, 1Gb DDR3 RAM, 1.5GHz CPU and only £158.99 on Amazon.co.uk!!!!

I think the days of specialist devices like the Kindles are numbered, and most people will eventually have a Tablet (be it Win8, Android or iOS) as they do everything in one device!

[Defiant]

I have to say if I was to buy a tablet (unlikely now I have an Ainol Aurora 2 shipping) it would be purely to root it and stick ICS on it. Amazons OS stinks imo.