Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' running on an Amazon Kindle Fire
Summary: It's getting there - The Kindle Fire would make a really good $200 Android ICS tablet.
Can you get Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' running on an Amazon Kindle Fire? Of course you can!
Here's a hardware hacker called Steven showing us a demo on Android 4.0 ICS running on a Kindle Fire:
The hack is far from complete. Audio, WiFi, accelerometer and light sensor support support is still lacking. With it's dual-core CPU and $200 price tag, the Kindle Fire will make an awesome Android ICS tablet (except for maybe that 7-inch screen ... which no amount of tinkering with the OS can solve)!
More details over on the XDA Developer's forum.
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Talkback
RE: Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' running on an Amazon Kindle Fire
RE: Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' running on an Amazon Kindle Fire
You're right.
Sales of the past 7" tablets have shown that most people don't want a 10" tablet. /sarcasm
RE: Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' running on an Amazon Kindle Fire
I agree with you. My 10" tablets are no longer used in favor of my 7" tablets.
RE: Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' running on an Amazon Kindle Fire