How to take a screenshot on a Kindle Fire?

I ran across this question posed on Twitter by Anil Dash:

Is there really no way to take a screenshot on a Kindle Fire? Huh.

I know it's early to tell, but does anyone know if this is true about the device?

Answer

You can take screen shots with ddms and the Android SDK. It's not hard to set up. See http://www.thefireblog.com/2011/11/16/houston-we-have-screenshots/:

So, here’s a quick summary people:

• Install the android SDK tools, then the platform-tools


• Edit your adb_usb.ini file to add the 0×1949 vendor ID at the end


• Ensure that adb is running properly


• Check that your device is online


• Run ddms


• Start taking your screenshots using the Device > Screen Capture option.