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November 15, 2011

Tech Test -- Fire: Best Kindle yet, but don't get burned

  • The Fire does justice to fiction and movies, but the iPad does better in almost every way, particularly in the selection of apps. Or you can wait: The Nook Tablet comes out Friday.
    • By PETER SVENSSON
    AP Technology Writer

    NEW YORK — The Kindle was always an odd product name. Amazon used a verb to name a thing, raising the question: Kindle what? Now we have the answer: Kindle Fire.

    The Kindle Fire is the first full-color, touch-screen Kindle. It's available in the U.S. for $199.


     
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