Kindle Fire HD 8.9" $269 - Amazon

Amazon has 16GB Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 1920x1200 WiFi Tablet with Special Offers for $299 - $30 off promotion code FIRELOVE = $269 with free shipping. Thanks rebelx

Also available is 32GB Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 4G LTE Wireless Tablet with Special Offers for $499 - $50 off promotion code FIRELOVE = $449 with free shipping

Review courtesy of Engadget

What's with the huge influx of tablet sales recently? lenovos, kindle fires, toshiba, asus....i've seen like 6-7 deals in past 2-3 days. I wonder if something is about to release, or is it due to MWC coming up?

Great deal. Wish it'd apply to the regular Fire HD ad not the 8.9".

How is this a deal? Amazon discounted the 8.9 HD by $50 in December. Now, it is only a $30 discount. Will wait a little longer.

http://slickdeals.net/f/5674210-1...-Shipping?

This is just warm deal. It was selling for $249 a couple of months back.
I guess in 2-3 months we will see 7" with 1080P and more powerful CPU tablet on the market.

Overall, I would say the best deal for Android based tablet is Nook HD+ for $199 at Staples
a couple of month back. I did comparison side by side between Nook HD+ and Kindle Fire HD 8.9.
The build quality Kindle Fire HD+ 8.9 is slightly better, but Nook HD+ has better display in terms
sharpness and color. Nook HD+ also has micro SD card that can be used to boot too different version
of Android.

I don't understand why the Kindle Fire stays relevant. Its locked down and outclassed by every device in its price range.

Quote from namx : How is this a deal? Amazon discounted the 8.9 HD by $50 in December. Now, it is only a $30 discount. Will wait a little longer. http://slickdeals.net/f/5674210-1...-Shipping?

It's a good deal *now.* Can't bring back the past, I guess. Or you can keep waiting till it drops or the next latest and greatest comes out.

Tempted but I wont truly need a tab for another year, and I'm pretty sure they'll have something slightly better by then lol. Reps anyway.

Quote from usacamaro : I don't understand why the Kindle Fire stays relevant. Its locked down and outclassed by every device in its price range.

I dont believe thats completely true.

Some people are just really set in the Amazon ecosystem.

But, I think a lot of people root the kindle

Quote from JustRet : Tempted but I wont truly need a tab for another year, and I'm pretty sure they'll have something slightly better by then lol. Reps anyway.

I think you forgot to actually rep.

In all seriousness, definitely do not buy any technology right now if you don't need till the next year. Unless you know you can recover most of the sale price (eg. iPads), it's never worth it to buy the same item essentially twice.

Quote from thinh4u2 : What's with the huge influx of tablet sales recently? lenovos, kindle fires, toshiba, asus....i've seen like 6-7 deals in past 2-3 days. I wonder if something is about to release, or is it due to MWC coming up?

Both.

AMD's Temash tablets also coming. Quadcore x86 with ridiculous gaming.

Quote from usacamaro : I don't understand why the Kindle Fire stays relevant. Its locked down and outclassed by every device in its price range.

It is the closest to the iPad in everything pre-configured, pre-populated media consumption device but without the premium price for regular consumers. Combined with very easy to get going with free media access for Prime members, it gives people a lot of reasons to use a tablet, not just do web browsing and mail without configuring anything as may be required with other tablets. This is what is needed in the mass adoption maket. Nook comes second and Samsung a distant third with not as much media choices unless you work at it. Techy geeks will never understand this.

It has decent specs and better in some aspects (e.g., dual band wifi radio) and the mass market does not care for hair-splitting specs that geeks spout for bragging rights. Linux is very open and configurable but not right for mass adoption.

As a developer, Kindle is a better platform than Samsung or Google tablets because penetration is much higher than either of those, easier to monetize with less worries of piracy as more people already have purchase accounts with Amazon than with Google and the apps are encrypted by Amazon unlike in Google play and are pirated almost immediately.

A better device in specs is not necessarily the best devic for a consumer market, not that the HD is lagging in any serious ways except in geek circles.