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Developers have been creating Kindle Fire compatible applications for quite some time -- any Android application that is compatible with Android Gingerbread (2.3.4) is Kindle Fire compatible. 

There are some differences, however. The dimensions of the Fire tablet (7 inch screen with a resolution of 1024 x 600)  and the native functionality. According to Amazon's developer site, the app cannot require "a gyroscope, camera, WAN module, Bluetooth, microphone, GPS or micro-SD to work." 

I also think the types of applications you can/should create are different. Tablet users are not like other mobile users -- Tablets are, in my opinion, purely for leisure, especially something like the Kindle Fire. 

What are your thoughts? Has this lit a fire under your Android tablet development? Or do you think it will just fizzle out after the holiday rush? 

Share your thoughts (or Tweets) with us!

 

 

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