The wizards at iFixit got their hands on Amazon's new slate, the Kindle Fire, and did what they do best.
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The Kindle Fire has been ripped open, and all its juicy innards revealed. Here's what they found:
- The power input view the Micro USB cable means the Kindle Fire takes a very long time to charge.
- But the battery is massive. It takes up most of the space underneath the Fire's casing.
- The processor is made by Texas Instruments. Flash memory comes from Samsung. Most other components come from Texas Instruments.
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