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  1. 14-03-2013, 11:05 AM #1
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    News - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available in UK starting at £229

    Also residents of Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan can now buy this 8.9-incher.
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  2. 14-03-2013, 11:11 AM #2
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    Re: News - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available in UK starting at £229

    Its a shame that it runs Amazons dodgy skin and app store IMO. Whenever i play around with one in a shop i always just think, WHY?!

    Perhaps that's just because im so used to Androids standard 'Play Store' but it just doesnt do it for me.

    My dad is after a new tablet at the moment, if it wasn't for the need to root this for normal android (hes a fan of normal android aswell) i would tell him to go for it.
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  3. 14-03-2013, 11:37 AM #3
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    Re: News - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available in UK starting at £229

    after my wifes experience with the fire hd we wont be getting another one ever again.
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  4. 14-03-2013, 11:43 AM #4
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    Re: News - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available in UK starting at £229

    I think i'll stick with my kindle
    Speak first, think later. Its much more exciting!
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    Re: News - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available in UK starting at £229

    go for a Nexus
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    go for a Nexus
    Getting towards a year old now, I'm guessing a refresh must be along soon.
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    Re: News - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available in UK starting at £229

    Actually this could be exactly what the wife has been looking for - certainly more suitable than an ipad.
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    Re: News - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available in UK starting at £229

    I would have cared when it first came out. Old tech now really. New ones just around corner from competitors.
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    Re: News - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available in UK starting at £229

    I'd imagine the new Nexus tablet, along with new phones and Key Lime Pie, will be announced at I/O in May.
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    Re: News - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available in UK starting at £229

    I like the resolution but the limitation of not having Google Play is reason I'll avoid this and because I do not want to pay twice for every app I've bought, having multiple eco-system is getting really annoying especially when it's using almost the same android architecture
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    Re: News - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available in UK starting at £229

    free apps on google play magically become paid for on amazon.... and books my wife bought on google were deleted on her kindle fire hd
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