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Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' running on an Amazon Kindle Fire

By | December 8, 2011, 6:34am PST

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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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology.

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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology -- whether that be by learning to program, building a PC from a pile of parts, or helping them get the most from their new MP3 player or digital camera.

Adrian has authored/co-authored technical books on a variety of topics, ranging from programming to building and maintaining PCs. His most recent books include "Build the Ultimate Custom PC", "Beginning Programming" and "The PC Doctor's Fix It Yourself Guide". He has also written training manuals that have been used by a number of Fortune 500 companies.

Adrian also runs a popular blog under the name The PC Doctor, where he covers a range of computer-related topics -- from security to repairing and upgrading.

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RE: Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' running on an Amazon Kindle Fire
non-biased 16th Dec
@SDRebel Sorry but you can only speak for yourself, you have no authority let alone knowledge to speak for "most of us".
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RE: Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' running on an Amazon Kindle Fire
SDRebel 8th Dec
you know, for most of us 7" is not a problem and it's actually preferred over 9" or 10" screen...
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RE: Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' running on an Amazon Kindle Fire
Michael Alan Goff 8th Dec
@SDRebel

You're right.

Sales of the past 7" tablets have shown that most people don't want a 10" tablet. /sarcasm
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RE: Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' running on an Amazon Kindle Fire
necessaryevil 9th Dec
@SDRebel
I agree with you. My 10" tablets are no longer used in favor of my 7" tablets.
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RE: Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' running on an Amazon Kindle Fire
non-biased 16th Dec
@SDRebel Sorry but you can only speak for yourself, you have no authority let alone knowledge to speak for "most of us".

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