|  12-07-2011, 07:32 AM | #1 | 
| The Dank Side of the Moon            Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6 | 
				
				Ice Creme Sandwich - Android 4.0 on Kindle Fire
			 
			
			Pretty cool....sounds like still details to work out... http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...andwich-kindle | 
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|  12-07-2011, 07:45 AM | #2 | 
| Wizard            Posts: 1,041 Karma: 4694121 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Virginia Device: Pocket Edge X 2 , Edge, gTab, Kindle Fire, Nextbook 7S | 
			
			This absolutely excellent news and a huge development for Fire owners.  This demonstrates that the Kindle Fire is capable of supporting the latest Android OS, and hopefully the software developers at Amazon catch wind of this video and release a future  update built upon Ice Cream Sandwich.  Thanks for posting this.
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|  12-07-2011, 10:07 AM | #3 | 
| Enthusiast  Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Nook simple touch, Kindle Fire | 
			
			So the original software was completely got rid of ?
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|  12-07-2011, 10:20 AM | #4 | 
| The Dank Side of the Moon            Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6 | |
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|  12-07-2011, 10:51 AM | #5 | 
| Wizard            Posts: 1,068 Karma: 23867385 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: kindle, fire | 
			
			Looks like the Fire is catching everyone's eye.  This bodes well for app development/updates.  Also says that Amazon did not underpower the platform.  I wonder how iOS would run on this hardware.  I bet Apple has already tried this.
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|  12-07-2011, 12:22 PM | #6 | 
| Captain Penguin            Posts: 2,966 Karma: 2079999999 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Seattle, WA Device: Kobo Clara BW, Kobo Libra 2, Nook Glowlight | 
			
			I don't think there was ever any doubt, the Kindle Fire is based on the OMAP4 architecture (OMAP4430), same as the Galaxy Nexus (OMAP4460). Cyanogen folks already pointed out that devices based on OMAP4 would be the first to get the new Android version, as there is less delta.  Excellent news for Fire owners, I hope the NC gets the same treat soon.
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|  12-07-2011, 12:44 PM | #7 | 
| Spork Connoisseur            Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color | 
			
			That's mighty awesome.
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|  12-07-2011, 06:13 PM | #8 | 
| Wizard            Posts: 2,240 Karma: 5759170 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Near Dallas, Texas, USA Device: iPad Mini, iPod Touch (5th gen) | 
			
			*mouth waters* I just want the new Adobe Touch apps pretty please!   . | 
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|  12-08-2011, 12:46 PM | #9 | 
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			Looks awful. No thanks.
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|  12-08-2011, 01:03 PM | #10 | 
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|  12-08-2011, 01:20 PM | #11 | 
| Wizard            Posts: 1,041 Karma: 4694121 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Virginia Device: Pocket Edge X 2 , Edge, gTab, Kindle Fire, Nextbook 7S | It's not what it looks like. It's just an experiment to demonstrate that the Fire will run the latest Android OS. Maybe a future Kindle Fire release will be built upon the Ice Cream Sandwich Android OS. Just like the existing Kindle Fire OS is built upon the Android 2.3 OS (Gingerbread). | 
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|  12-08-2011, 10:36 PM | #12 | 
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