Weird - according to this http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2393740,00.asp#fbid=rvU... it is running 2.3?

But they say they are not doing anything to prevent root - awesome!

This is what actually interests me, a rooted kindle fire. Only thing I care for is the hardware, I could not be less interested in amazons version of android though. Since I did not get a HP Tablet, this might be the next best thing to get a cheap tablet running a modded version of android.