It appears Amazon isn't to concerned about bolting the device down. What is even more surprising is they not only allow side-loading of books but also the side-loading of Android applications.
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Jenkins said he didn't know whether the bootloader was locked, which is one hurdle Android hackers face when altering their devices. The company won't help hackers root the tablet, it just isn't actively trying to stop them.
The tablet has a USB port and mass storage mode, so you can also sideload Android APK program files, even without rooting it. That will be one way to get apps not available in Amazon's Appstore onto the Fire.
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Android Gingerbread (2.3) and it has 8GB of storage, a 1GHz, dual-core TI OMAP4 processor, a 1,024-by-600 screen and around 7 hours of battery life, Amazon said.
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