Great news for Kindle Fire users an upgrade to the operating system, I have found this article which I think you may find interesting if you want your Kindle Tablets up to date.
By Ed
Hardy, TabletPCReview Editor
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
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There's a
new version of the Fire OS for Amazon's latest tablets. This brings new
consumer-oriented features like integration with Goodreads, as well as
business-friendly features.
Amazon bought Goodreads earlier
this year, and the reading-oriented social networking service is integrated
into Fire OS 3.1 allowing users to, among other things, more easily rate and
review books on their tablet.
Second
Screen allows users to stream video from the latest Kindle Fire models to a
PlayStation 3 or Samsung TV while using the tablet to provide playback
controls, a customized display for X-Ray, or access email and browse the Web
while watching a movie.
Business
Features
For
business users, Fire OS 3.1 offer the ability to connect to secure Wi-Fi
networks, including a native VPN client. Users can access corporate apps,
documents, and resources like SharePoint.
It
includes a native SCEP (Simple Certificate Exchange Protocol) client to
retrieve digital certificates for secure resources, and Fire OS also now
supports Kerberos authentication, which enables the ability to browse secure
Intranet websites from the Silk browser.
In
addition, the new Kindle Fire tablets also sport Kindle-specific device management
APIs that integrate with existing mobile device management (MDM) systems to
make it easy for IT departments to manage Kindle Fire.
Other
Features
Amazon's
Fire OS 3.1 also helps users organize their books, newspapers, magazines, and
apps in customized collections, and it supports voice dictation that can
convert speech to text?available in all languages when online; offline support
available in U.S. English.
Wireless
printing of photos, PDF, emails, contacts, calendar, and docs has been added,
as well as new accessibility enhancements for blind and visually impaired
customers.
Getting
the New Version
Kindle OS
3.1 is a free, over-the-air update. It will be delivered automatically to
supported devices in the coming weeks, or it can be downloaded and installed
immediately from Amazon's website.
The upgrade is available only for the latest
generation of Amazon tablets, including the Kindle Fire HD, the 7-inch Kindle
Fire HDX, and the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HDX.
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