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Amazon has made the jump from small to big screens with its e-readers in the past, and its now done so again with its tablets. The company has just announced a new Kindle Fire HD with an 8.9-inch, 1920 x 1200 display (or 254 ppi). It measures 8.8mm thick and weighs in at 20 ounces, and that high-res screen has a polarizing filter on it that promises to cut down on glare – the touch sensor is also laminated, which Amazon says offers better sharpness and contrast. As for internals, it has a TI OMAP 4470 processor, and is the first tablet with MIMO, dual-band (2.4, 5GHz) technology. Amazon also says that the tablet’s WiFi is 41 percent faster than the latest iPad.
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