Amazon 7-inch Kindle Fire HD unboxing [Google+ Hangout]

The 7-inch Kindle Fire HD is set to start shipping to customers Friday and is already available for pre-orders.

If you’re thinking about getting this new tablet, join us Thursday afternoon as I open up the unit Amazon just shipped us to review.

LIVE KINDLE FIRE HD UNBOXING: Join us at 2 p.m. today

With the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD, Amazon is going toe-to-toe with the Google Nexus 7 that came out this summer. On paper, the new Amazon tablet sounds impressive and looks like a vast improvement over the original Kindle Fire, but does it hold up in person? Join us as we get our first look live.

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