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One common complaint about Kindle devices is the lack of expandable memory, which Amazon eschews in favor of its cloud storage.  Cloud storage works fine for most users with the e-ink Kindle ereaders, but there is more potential for the lack of expandable memory to crimp users of the Kindle Fire, which will be used with video and music as well as ebooks, and only comes with 8GB of built-in memory.  While not as fast and convenient as an SD card, an external hard drive with Wi-Fi connectivity is one viable solution.

The Kingston Wi-Driveis a Wi-Fi enabled portable hard drive that was introduced last year for use with the iPad and iPhone.  Kingston today announced that it has released an app at the Amazon Appstore that also enables the Wi-Drive to be used with the Kindle Fire.

The Wi-Drive can be used to stream music and videos or share files.  Currently the Wi-Drive is available in either 16GB or 32GB configurations, but Kingston will be releasing a 64GB model within the next couple of months.

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