Last week the first copies of Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire 2 to American households at the same time that Amazon rolled out the first software update for both tablets. For the second-generation Kindle Fire, the version 10.1.3 and for the HD model it is the version 7.1.5 of the specific operating system that the device carries, a modification of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. These updates are downloaded and run automatically when the system connects to the network.
The last friday September 14, Kindle Fire HD went on sale in the United States, so some lucky ones who had acquired the device in presale They already have it in their homes (not all of them as the list must have been long). The commercial distribution of the new Amazon tablet has come from the hand of an update in its operating system, a highly modified version of Android 4.0 of which we have already spoken on previous occasions. On the other hand, remember that Kindle Fire debuts in the Spanish market the next October 25, but it can already be acquired on the Amazon page for those who want to have it at home as soon as possible, perhaps that same day.
As a curious note, say that the people on the forum XDA Developers, have already tried flash the new operating system of the second generation of Kindle Fire to install it in the model of a year ago. At the moment, they have not succeeded, so we deduce that there is enough news between that first generation and its successor, the cheapest tablet in the range (159 euros), which is always good news because it also means that it is worked product and not a simple cheap recycling of a technology that has outgrown.
On the other hand, we wonder how long it will take to port Jelly Bean to the new Kindle Fire HD. The thing promises since although the developers of XDA managed to install Android 4.1 in last year's fire, the benefits of that tablet were far away of the Nexus 7. However, this year's model is a powerful machine in many respects and we are sure that with a well-optimized Jelly Bean inside and without losing any functionality, the device will win many integers.