Kindle Fire is the new Tablet in 2011. Today we are going to showing you Cyber Monday Kindle Fire Sales online.
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Movies, apps, games, music, reading and more, plus Amazon’s revolutionary, cloud-accelerated web browser
18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books
Thousands of popular apps and games, including Netflix, Hulu Plus, Pandora, and more
Ultra-fast web browsing – Amazon Silk
Free cloud storage for all your Amazon content
Vibrant color touchscreen with extra-wide viewing angle – same as an iPad
Fast, powerful dual-core processor
Favorite children’s books, graphic novels, and magazines in rich color.
I’ve never owned an e-reader and never owned a tablet. I was weighing my options with various tablets but becoming discouraged by the high prices. Seriously, some of them cost more than a lap top. Then I heard the rumors that Amazon was coming out with their own tablet at a very low price. The day it was announced, I bought it, and today it finally arrived!
First thing is, you have to be realistic. This is not an iPad, it’s not meant to compete with an iPad. Amazon has created a tablet that is affordable for those of us that can’t spend $500. In order to make it affordable, some of the bells & whistles were eliminated. So to even think of comparing this to something like an iPad isn’t realistic. If this is what you are expecting, you will be let down.
When your Kindle Fire arrives it is in a box with just the Kindle Fire, the power plug, and a card that shows you how to turn it on & unlock it. The rest you either figure out for yourself or look up on the website. It’s a little refreshing to order something electronic & not have it come with a million inserts and pieces. The tablet itself has a very shiny surface so reading in sunlight will be difficult. I have seen screen protectors advertised as low glare that may work. The back is a sort of thick rubber. This will help prevent slipping, dropping, etc and gives it more of a durable feel. It powers on quickly and set up was extremely fast! No issues at all connecting to my WiFi!
The display is bright, you can adjust to your liking. I found this a plus, if it’s too bright for reading you can easily dim it down. Pictures were clear & crisp. The touch screen has given me no problems so far.
Web browsing was fast. I have seen some complain it’s too slow but I found it comparable to my computer and much faster than my Samsung Galaxy phone. I attempted various websites with no lag at all.
Your Amazon Cloud drive is easily available and all of my music showed right up as well as apps I had already downloaded from Amazon on my phone. You do have to reinstall the games so if you already completed every level of a game like Angry Birds, you’ll have to start over. The games played easily, no issues with closing, freezing, etc. so far.
Your purchase includes a free month of Amazon Prime if you don’t already have it. This includes free instant movies. I decided to try an instant movie & was very impressed! I expected to have to sit & wait but a full length movie was available almost instantly! It played with no problems, and the image was great. I found myself wishing this had a hookup so I could attach it to my tv. Kindle Fire does use their Whispersync technology. So if you have a device that is compatible, you will be able to view a movie on your device (tv, blu-ray player, etc) where you left off on your Kindle Fire.
Reading books was easy, most likely works the same as a regular Kindle. My only real complaint is that everything you look at or open ends up in your carousel. So far there is no way to personalize this option. I am hoping in a future update, they will add this in.
Overall, for Amazon’s first time out, this is a great little tablet for what they charge. It will give many people out there that can’t afford a more expensive one the option to own a tablet & e-reader. Also, if you want to give this as a gift, there is an option to “deregister” the device. This will allow someone else to register.
UPDATE 11/19/11: I discovered I cannot print from the Kindle Fire. I own a HP Envy wireless printer that makes an app available for Android users for free to print from a device. I have this installed on my Samsung Captivate & can print from it with no issues. The Amazon app store does not offer this nor does it offer any free wireless print apps that I could use in it place. Well, I found 2. One is in Beta & requires you to install Google Chrome, the other costs $12.99. Very disappointed and I hope Amazon offers something soon.
On a positive note, I found the Kindle Fire charger also works on my Samsung Captivate which is an unexpected convenience.