#FireTablet

Speak to the Geek

@speaktothegeek.co.uk

4 months ago

Amazon Fire HD 8 is a PERFECT control panel for Home Assistant I’ve decided that Amazon’s Fire HD 8 tablet makes the perfect control panel for Home Assistant. In this tutorial I’m going to show you the software and configuration process I went through so as you…

Amazon Fire HD 8 is a PERFECT control panel for Home Assistant
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@home-assistant.io #Dashboard #FullyKiosk #KioskMode #SmartHome #ControlPanel #FireTablet #FireHD8 #AmazonFire

Liliputing

@liliputing.bsky.social

5 months ago

Fire Toolbox 42 lets you make recent Amazon Fire tablets feel more like Android tablets (Disable & replace Amazon apps with Amazon's Fire Tablets are some of the cheapest tablets worth buying, especially if you can get one when it's on sale. But part of the reason Amazon's tablets are priced so competitively is because they ship with a custom version of Android called Fire OS that's tightly integrated with Amazon's app, eBook, music, and video services rather than Google's.

Fire Toolbox 42 lets you make recent Amazon Fire tablets feel more like Android tablets (Disable & replace Amazon apps with #Amazon, #FireOs, #FireTablet, #FireToolbox, #FireToolbox42, #SystemUser

Nicholas A. Ferrell

@naferrell.social.emucafe.org.ap.brid.gy

6 months ago

Modified photo of flowers on a coffee plant.

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I read about the Fire Toolbox utility for “debloating” and customizing Amazon Fire Tablets. That inspired me to buy a cheap ($35-40) Fiire 11 tablet from 2021 on Woot back in April or […]

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WealthWise

@wealthwise-dca.bsky.social

6 months ago

Amazon plans to replace its in-house Fire OS with Android for its next generation of Fire tablets, Reuters reports.

#AMZN #GOOG #Android #FireTablets #AMZNStock #GOOGStock #FireTablet #Tech #Innovation #Tablets #FireOS #AndroidOS #MarketIntelligence #FinancialMarkets #Investors
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The Daily Tech Feed

@thedailytechfeed.com

6 months ago

Amazon is reportedly revamping its Fire Tablets to fully embrace Android, moving away from Fire OS. This strategic shift aims to enhance user experience and competitiveness. #Amazon #FireTablet #Android #TechNews Link: thedailytechfeed.com/amazons-stra...

Profit Trading USA

@profittradingusa.bsky.social

6 months ago

Exclusive-Amazon looks to ditch homegrown software for Android in Fire tablet revamp, sources say By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Amazon is plotting a big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of escalating gripes from consumers and app developers over the company’s homegrown operating system. As part of a project known internally as Kittyhawk, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) plans to release a higher-end tablet as soon as next year offering the Android operating system software for the first time, according to six people familiar with the matter. Since the Fire tablet’s introduction in 2011, Amazon has used what is known as a “forked” version of Android with custom modifications that make it work like a unique operating system. Amazon has long sought to undercut hardware rivals with inexpensive tablets and other devices that serve as a doorway to the firm’s digital content, like e-books, videos and music. The devices have typically sold at or near manufacturing cost. But the focus on simplicity has held back sales, particularly among consumers who seek higher-performing devices. The multiyear project to switch to Android marks a philosophical change for the online retail giant, which has eschewed third-party operating systems and software in favor of its own. As a result, Amazon has offered its own app store requiring developers to make separate versions of their apps for Fire tablets, limiting the store’s variety. If Kittyhawk is successful, Fire tablets could be more desirable for consumers who crave compatibility with other Android devices, the people said. They cautioned that Kittyhawk could be delayed or cancelled over financial or other concerns. Amazon declined to comment, saying it does not respond to rumors or speculation. “Consumers have always expressed a concern about not having access to the latest Android versions, not having access to some of their apps because Amazon used their own store,” said Jitesh Ubrani, a researcher at IT advisory firm IDC. “It’s meant more work for developers in this day and age of largely free apps or services.” Ubrani noted that Amazon has nonetheless sold many millions of the tablets. Amazon has forfeited profits on the devices themselves in favor of making money on selling their associated services, like streaming movie rentals. But such inexpensive devices typically come with compromises like lower screen quality or battery life compared with pricier options. Amazon is the world’s fourth-largest tablet seller, with 8% of the market, just behind Lenovo’s 8.2%, according to second-quarter IDC data. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung (KS:005930) were the market leaders with 33.1% and 18.7%, respectively. PRICIER TABLET The first Amazon Android tablet, slated for next year, will be pricier than current models, the people said. One of them said Amazon had discussed a $400 price tag, nearly double the cost of its current higher-end $230 Fire Max 11 tablet. IPads, by comparison, range from $350 to $1,200. Reuters could not learn additional specifications for the planned Amazon tablet, such as screen size and speaker quality or memory capacity. Amazon historically has avoided using software or other products from third parties, preferring to develop the services in-house or, barring that, to acquire a competitor. The Fire Phone smartphone championed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and released in 2014 failed to win over buyers in part because of its reliance on Fire OS, as well as its high price tag. Amazon canceled the device and took a $170 million writedown. But the Seattle retailer has more recently shown a willingness to use rivals’ services, particularly through its investment in startup Anthropic, whose Claude artificial intelligence software is the primary underpinning of Amazon’s Alexa+ voice assistant and a chatbot used by employees known as Cedric. The new Fire tablet, the people said, will use the open-source version of Android, meaning it does not require direct coordination with Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and can be customized. Amazon is planning to roll out some lower-priced tablets with its Linux-based Vega operating system now in some Fire TV devices, some of the people said. The full slate of tablets will eventually be powered by a version of Android, the people said. The Fire project’s internal code name of Kittyhawk seems to derive from the North Carolina town near where the Wright brothers conducted the first powered flight in 1903. But it is also the name of a failed flying car startup backed by Google co-founder Larry Page that burned through hundreds of millions in cash. Amazon declined to discuss the meaning behind its Kittyhawk project name. Don't miss out on the next big opportunity! Stay ahead of the curve with ProPicks AI – 6 model portfolios fueled by AI stock picks with a stellar performance this year... In 2024 alone, ProPicks AI identified 2 stocks that surged over 150%, 4 additional stocks that leaped over 30%, and 3 more that climbed over 25%. That's an impressive track record. With portfolios tailored for Dow stocks, S&P stocks, Tech Stocks, and Mid Cap stocks, you can explore various wealth-building strategies. So if GOOGL is on your watchlist, it could be very wise to know whether or not it made the ProPicks AI lists.

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inside digital

@inside-digital.de

7 months ago

Fire Tablet: Play Store installieren – so einfach ist es

🔥 Hol dir den Google Play Store auf dein Fire Tablet! In nur 3 einfachen Schritten deine Lieblings-Apps installieren! #FireTablet #Apps

Liliputing

@liliputing.bsky.social

7 months ago

How to use laptop or tablet as a touchpad (and keyboard) for a Windows PC After decades of working with computers, I started to develop some wrist and arm pain a few year ago. So I switched from using whatever random mouse I could find for under $20 to using input devices meant to alleviate wrist pain. And for the past few years I've been happily switching back and forth between a Logitech MX Vertical…

How to use laptop or tablet as a touchpad (and keyboard) for a Windows PC #AmazonFireMax11, #Android, #AndroidTablet, #Barrier, #BluetoothMouse&Keyboard, #DeQuervainTenosynovitis, #Deskflow, #Ergonomics, #FireTablet, #InputDevices, #Kvm, #Synergy, #Touchpad

Ferfil

@ferfil.bsky.social

10 months ago

Left to Right Pong Destroy Hit the ball and destroy blocks

third game launched on Amazon
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#indiegame #Amazon #FireTablet

Carolina Dean

@carolina-dean.bsky.social

10 months ago

Scored an #Amazon #firetablet in like new condition at the #thriftstore today!

Liliputing

@liliputing.bsky.social

11 months ago

Fire Toolbox v39.1 lets you replace the Fire OS launcher on recent Amazon Fire tablets Amazon's Fire tablets offer pretty good bang for the buck if you're just looking at the hardware-to-price ratio. They tend to have decent screens, reasonably good processors, and niche features like... microSD card readers. But they also run a fork of Android called Fire OS that may not be everybody's cup of tea. Fire Toolbox is an unofficial set of utilities for hacking Fire tablets.

Fire Toolbox v39.1 lets you replace the Fire OS launcher on recent Amazon Fire tablets #Amazon, #AmazonFireTablets, #CustomLauncher, #FireTablet, #FireToolbox

CEOTECH.IT

@ceotech.bsky.social

11 months ago

Amazon: addio mediocrità, Panos Panay promette qualità top
#Affari #AI #Alexa #AlexaPlus #Amazon #AmazonEcho #Business #Cambiamento #FireTablet #FireTV #Hardware #IntelligenzaArtificiale #Kindle #Novità #PanosPanay #Prodotti #Qualità #Strategie #TechNews #Tecnologia
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Funkomagazinepop

@funkomagazinepop.bsky.social

1 year ago

En dispositivos de #Amazon como #FireTV y #FireTablet.

Otro intento fallido de desafiar a #Google. 🚪💨

Winndows95 🏳️‍⚧️🍕

@flutterwinndows95.bsky.social

1 year ago

Pushed the character design further and feel like this is more punk as hell #oc #digitalartwork #digitalart #characterdesign #firetablet #originalcharacter #protecttranskids

Winndows95 🏳️‍⚧️🍕

@flutterwinndows95.bsky.social

1 year ago

A character concept I might revisit but not sure this is it chief…

#digitalart #characterdesign #firetablet #protecttranskids #hatetheyear2025

Winndows95 🏳️‍⚧️🍕

@flutterwinndows95.bsky.social

1 year ago

Newest set of digital monsters. These are so much fun to do!!!

#digitalart #digimon #protecttranskids #firetablet #hobbyart #fanart

Extra Mustard Games

@extramustard.bsky.social

1 year ago

Telly the TV LIVING TECHNOLOGY Save the airwaves with technology come to life. You won't need Wi-Fi to team up with Telly the TV in this retro, adventure platformer with a 1-bit style. TRUE RETRO CONSOLE GAMING Do you crave 2D console gaming from the 1980s and 1990s? Telly the TV is designed to give you that classic gaming experience from your favorite 8-bit & 16-bit video game consoles: turn on the game, pick it up, and play. FAMILY FRIENDLY COLLECTATHON Explore six themed TV Channels (worlds) & 18 episodes (levels) filled with a huge variety of enemies and traps, including: Construction Zone Channel Haunted House Channel Space Station Channel Candy Factory Channel Hidden Temple Channel Evil Castle Channel Telly must collect Remote Control Keys to escape each episode in this scavenger hunt gone wild. Can you defeat the evil Robo-Queen & restore the airwaves? CONTROLLER SUPPORT Play with precise on-screen controls. Use your Xbox, or Playstation bluetooth controller to connect with this cute & cozy side-scroller. Get the full game for one low price. NO INTERNET REQUIRED Offline play only. No usernames or accounts required, just like buying a game from the electronics store in the 80s and 90s.

Surprise! Telly the TV is now live on Amazon App Store for Fire Tablets! Their approval process is a breeze! #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #IndieGameDev #Platformer #FireTablet #AmazonFire #SideScroller #RetroGaming #RetroGames #1bit #ZXSpectrum #OneDollar #IndieGaming

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Liliputing

@liliputing.bsky.social

1 year ago

Lilbits: UGREEN’s 500W USB-C charger, Fire Toolbox v38, and the ONEXPLAYER G1 hits crowdfunding this week for $899 and up PC accessory maker UGREEN already sells a desktop USB charger that delivers up to 300W of total power over four USB-C ports and one USB-A port. But it can't send more than 140W to any single device. Now the company has introduced an upgraded model that offers up to 240W of power to a single device, and up to 500W when you use it to charge multiple devices.

Lilbits: UGREEN’s 500W USB-C charger, Fire Toolbox v38, and the ONEXPLAYER G1 hits crowdfunding this week for $899 and up #AmazonFire, #Crowdfunding, #FireTablet, #FireToolbox, #Lilbits, #OneNetbook, #ONEXPLAYER, #OnexplayerG1, #Pisguar, #Pisugar3, #RaspberryPi, #RaspberryPiZero, #Ugreen,…

Liliputing

@liliputing.bsky.social

1 year ago

Lilbits: Install Google Play on Amazon Fire tablets, postmarketOS update, and a new color ePaper display kit This week a lot of folks have been unwrapping Amazon Fire tablets, setting them up... and figuring out that some of the apps and games you want to run on them aren't available out of the box. Fortunately there are a bunch of ways to make an Amazon tablet more useful. You can sideload applications that aren't available in the Amazon Appstore.

Lilbits: Install Google Play on Amazon Fire tablets, postmarketOS update, and a new color ePaper display kit #Amazon, #AmazonFire, #Aoostar, #AoostarGodx, #Dock, #EInk, #Epaper, #FireMax11, #FireTablet, #FireToolbox, #InkyFrame, #Jsaux, #Lilbits, #Minipc, #Postmarketos, #RaspberryPiPico2W

Kiara🫶🏾💜📚

@sinfullyunhinged.bsky.social

1 year ago

Fire Tablet 8 on sale right now! Great gift for readers and it’s in color. #booksky #blackbooksky #firetablet

Neptune InIowa

@neptune78.bsky.social

1 year ago

Got a Lenovo USB-C wired mouse today. Works great with my Fire tablet. #Amazon #FireTablet #Lenovo Mouse pointer between the settings and files app. Have a Bluetooth mouse but the tablet would not let me use it and the wireless keyboard at the same time.

Wilson’s World

@wilsonsworld.bsky.social

9 years ago

Win my #NoStrings Pinocchio Prize pack! See below, winner picked at 9pm est #FireTablet #Free #Contest #Disney #DVD twitter.com/wilsonsworld/status/8264...