Score an Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 Tablet for $299 (Today Only)

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Save 30 percent today on Amazon's flagship tablet

Kudos to you if you can make it to the end of the year without anything but a bare wallet and depleted PayPal account. Anything else is a tall order with all the holiday sales -- it started with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, both of which were extended by most retailers, and continued with things like Microsoft's 12 Days of Deals, GOG Autumn sale, Steam Holiday sale, and so forth. And just when you thought the madness was over, Amazon has come out swinging with some tantalizing daily deals of its own -- today Amazon is offering is flagship Fire HDX 8.9 tablet starting at $299, a 30 percent savings over its regular selling price.
That's a nice chunk off the tablet's list price of $429. I've played with one of these extensively, and for the most part, it's a very nice slate, especially at the reduced rate. You'll have to keep in mind that access to Google Play is out of the question (there are ways around that, like side-loading apps) and the highly modified version of Android (Fire OS) is tailored for Amazon's ecosystem. But beyond those things, it's a solid effort and much better than the company's Fire HD 7, which I think feels cheap and feature-poor by comparison.
The Fire HDX 8.9 sports a 2560x1600 resolution (339 ppi), 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor, Adreno 420 GPU, 2GB of RAM, 720p HD front-facing camera, 8MP rear-facing camera with LED flash and electronic image stabilization, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos, and 16GB, 32GB, 64GB of built-in storage (choose wisely, as there's no expandable storage option).
Amazon has marked down the 32GB (starting at $299 with Special Offers, otherwise known as ads) and 64GB (starting at $334) SKUs, which you can find here.
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