By Mark Prigg Amazon has launched a budget £159 tablet it hopes can take on the iPad mini. The Fire HD tablet, which is based on Google's Android software, has a 7inch touchscreen and is linked to Amazon's own app, music and book store. It will go head to head with Apple's £269 iPad mini, which is launched next week, and Google's £159 Nexus 7 tablet. Scroll down for video Competition: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos holds up the new Kindle Fire HD 7" and Kindle Fire HD 8.9" which is one of the iPad's top competitors The tablet wars: How they stack up
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