Reuters reports that the Federal Communications Commission has approved Amazon’s 8.9″ Kindle Fire HD tablet with 4G LTE.
Apparently Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) put the Kindle Fire 4G on sale before receiving final FCC approval that the device wouldn’t interfere with other signals, but it’s all clear now.
Amazon has committed to start shipping the devices on Nov. 20, but we’re wondering if this could move up the timetable?
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Our Kindle Fire editor April Hamilton has been doing a splendid job of reviewing the brand new Kindle Fire HD models which are now shipping for $199 from Amazon, so there’s not all that much for me to add here to her posts which have been coming out nearly every day lately on our site. If you haven’t been keeping up April’s posts you may be missing some very thorough and helpful reporting, including:
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So as April regroups today I’ll pinch-hit by focusing on the quick checklist that we posted before the launch of features that we felt might be part of a new Kindle Fire tablet that could potentially dominate the table market, and offer a quick appraisal of Amazon’s progress for those keeping score at home. Here’s what we said Amazon had to do, and in each case, here’s what they have done with the new $199 7″ Kindle Fire HD (herein called the KFHD7:
All in all? It’s not just a home run. It’s a grand slam.
And the good news is that, of course, Amazon added all kinds of things that were not even on our checklist, like Bluetooth for audio and a keyboard (yes! but it’s just sitting dormant on the device for now, without a keyboard offering that we know of … yet), Dolby audio; dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi (and 10-band wifi coming on the 8.9″ Kindle Fire HD); anti-glare technology; Kindle FreeTime personalization for kids (and other family members!) and much more!
