Kindle Fire HD

After giving its cheap Fire HD 10 tablet a spec bump last year, Amazon has turned its attention to the Fire HD 8 – adding a Plus version with Qi wireless charging and a Kids Edition.

Tablets may have declined in popularity since they first hit the consumer electronics scene several years ago, but they're still the perfect device for certain lifestyles. Join New Atlas as we take a side-by-side look at this year's leaders.

Amazon has outed its new Fire HD offering, which comes in two sizes and a numerous colorful finishes. The company has packed in several new features, including an updated UI, quick reading software and On Deck – a background tool that keeps the tablet up to date with Prime content.

As the quality of tablets has gone up, the minimum cost to get a halfway decent one has gone down. Read on, as Gizmag reviews one of Amazon's most aggressively-priced products yet, the US$99 Fire HD 6 tablet.

Amazon has announced an all new addition to its tablet line, known as the Fire HD Kids Edition. The device is an augmented version of the company’s refreshed Fire HD tablets, and packs a range of child-friendly features, from added durability to parental controls.

When the Kindle Fire HD was first announced in 2012, it sneaked in at just under US$200. The just announced 6-inch version will cost half of that. Founder and CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos claims that the Fire HD 6 is the most powerful tablet for under $100.

If you own a Kindle Fire HD or HDX there might be some times when you’ll want to print an email, document, or web article from it. You can print directly to modern Wi-Fi printers or set it up to use Google Cloud Print and print to virtually any printer that’s connected to the web.

If you want Google apps on your Kindle fire, but are worried about voiding the warranty, you can sideload apps. And the cool thing about this technique is it doesn't require that you root the device first. Here's how to get most Google apps on your Kindle Fire HD or HDX.

Apple's iPad and iPad mini may still rule the tablet roost, but Amazon's Kindle Fire lineup also knows how to draw a crowd. Is Apple's iPad mini a better buy than the upcoming Kindle Fire HDX? Join Gizmag, as we put the two side by side, and see what happens.

Amazon has updated its 7-inch Fire HD and added two new Fire HDX models. The new Fire HD is lighter than its predecessor, and makes gains in the processor department. The two HDX flavors both feature Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor, and have sharper displays than their stablemates.

There's no question that the two dominant players in the seven-inch tablet field are the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7. The 2013 version of the Nexus 7 is still hot off the press, while Amazon's 2012 Kindle Fire HD is nearing the end of its initial run. Let's see how their specs and features compare.

The 2013 Kindle Fire tablets will reportedly sport displays with resolution much sharper than any tablets you can buy today.