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Android Community Weekly: October 1, 2011

By Sam Koutroulakis
on 1 Oct, 2011

Welcome back to the 20th issue of Android Community Weekly! We finally have have a quick video demonstration of Android 2.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) in action, Amazon has realized an amazingly affordable tablet, and more devices continue to emerge before this holiday season. T-Mobile recently announced their version of the Galaxy S II to launch October 10th for $229. Though, more expensive than the Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G on the "Now" network, it hopefully ships without many of the Epic Touch overheating problems.

Kindle Fire blazes to Amazon’s best seller list

By Cory Gunther
on 29 Sep, 2011

Just as we expected, the Kindle Fire is selling fast according to recent reports. The hot coals from the Kindle Fire can already be felt as Amazon has stated its flames have reached the top of their best sellers list, and it did on the first day. The high sales have continued and are going strong today suggests Amazon.

Kindle Fire Accessories from Amazon

By Cory Gunther
on 28 Sep, 2011

Today Amazon has officially unveiled the new Kindle Fire and already we have a flood of comments coming in regarding all sorts of things from price, availability, and accessories. Shipping November 15th for $199 you can pre-order it now, as well as see our hands-on images here. We should see plenty of accessories soon but for now I'll just show you a few cases.

Amazon Silk: Cloud-Accelerated Web Browser for the Kindle Fire

By Cory Gunther
on 28 Sep, 2011

Along with the announcement this morning of the Kindle Fire, Amazon also had something else exciting to share with everyone. They've developed a brand new cloud-based accelerated browser specially for the Kindle Fire and future Amazon tablets -- called Amazon Silk Browser. Essentially this is a browser that uses the many cloud based services and technology offered by Amazon and does all the dirty hard work and rendering for you, so users have blazing fast browser performance no matter what the situation. We have a few details and a video demo below.

Amazon Kindle Fire: Hands-on [Video]

By Cory Gunther
on 28 Sep, 2011

Okay folks, I know we are all on a little Kindle Fire overload at the moment, but we have some official hands-on pictures live from the Amazon event for you all. What we have here is a super thin, lightweight, and powerful Android powered tablet coming from Amazon. We already know plenty about this device so I'll just head right into the good stuff -- our hands-on pictures.

Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet shipping November 15th, Pre-order today

By Cory Gunther
on 28 Sep, 2011

Today Amazon has just unveiled their Kindle Fire 7" Android powered device. Just as many rumors had suggested this Android powered, Amazon skinned dual-core tablet will be just $199 and pre-orders are available right now for those that don' want to wait.

Amazon Kindle Fire 7″ Tablet officially announced, just $199

By Cory Gunther
on 28 Sep, 2011

Well folks, we are live here in NYC for the event today where Amazon has just unveiled their new tablet, the Amazon Kindle Fire. Today they've fully unleashed this new 7" tablet and are aiming for the likes of the iPad. Being smaller and more than half the price at just $199. We have all the info and pictures below so head on past the break for full details.