Kindle Fire

[xBa380]

Received mine yesterday... Absolutely love it. Read many mixed reviews, but once I played around with it I do not find any of the issues people complain about. I honestly think most of these bad reviews come from Apple nuts... There is no reason to complain about this tablet, at this price, with the features it has.

Browsing is great and the tablet is responsive. The streaming video is excellent, no lag or jitters at all. The connectivity with the Amazon store is really well done, easy to browse the website, movies, tv shows, apps, etc... Youtube videos load much quicker then on iPhone/iTouch devices. Built in audio is pretty good and the IPS display is really nice.

I love the size and build of this tablet. It feels high quality with a nice rubber backing and the near indestructible gorilla glass front. I would easily spend $300-400 on this tablet. They really made an awesome product that is affordable.

The interface is clean and easy to use. Setup is cake and in no time you easily learn the operation of the device. A really good no-frills tablet for $200.

My girlfriend also loves her fire as well… Her mom went crazy for it and ordered one after a short time playing around with it!

I highly recommend it, personally. Go Amazon!

 

[Vikas]

Can you tell us what you do NOT like about this tablet? I am thinking about it but lack of display output is keeping me from taking the plunge.

 

[Quattro Pete]

When you connect it to a PC via the USB cable, does the tablet show up as an external drive, thus allowing you to copy media content onto it from your PC?

 

[xBa380]

So far, if I had to nitpick what I don’t like:

Maybe the carousel display. I wish you could disable it and just go right to your app page or something.

Ear phone jack seems to not work that well with the iPhone earbuds. They don’t fit in that tight, cause it to cut out and such. I need to try with my other headphones.

The charge is via USB… I am not a big fan of USB type charging ports. I like the more simple male/female power connectors.

Lack of dedicated volume button… But it is easy enough to click the display to lower it.


Honestly, those are the only things I have found so far.

 

[xBa380]

Pete,

I have not connected it to the computer yet actually. I will try that later today. It does not come with a USB cable, actually. So you must use your own if you plan to do so.

 

[Quattro Pete]

It's an interesting device, yet the general concept of a tablet is still lost on me. I mean, I already have a 10" netbook that looks/feels/works like a proper PC. Sure, it's bulkier than a tablet, but it has a proper physical keyboard which I very much prefer. The wife has both a netbook and an iPad, and she somehow uses both though.

I guess it's a good device for travel. For me, if I just sit on the couch in front of a TV to browse web, write emails, etc., I can't justify buying one of these things if I already have a netbook that does it all and is more practical due to having a keyboard.

 

[sasilverbullet]

I have a color Nook, hacked to be dual-boot and run Cyanomod 7 (Android tablet). So I have two in one! Love my color Nook...

 

[CivicFan]

The Kindle Fire is a device to make shopping on Amazon easier.They sell it below cost .

I can see the utility of a tablet as a portable communications device. Unfortunately, its advantage over a phone (the screen size) is also a major barrier for me because you cannot carry it in your pocket.

Maybe in 30 years hopefully we will have folding screens.

 

[xBa380]

Pete,

I did see you can connect the device to the computer via USB and drop documents/music/photos/etc... right into folders on the device. As well as send files from any computer through amazon.com in your account to cloud which you can view later on your device.

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

Originally Posted By: sasilverbullet
I have a color Nook, hacked to be dual-boot and run Cyanomod 7 (Android tablet). So I have two in one! Love my color Nook...


Thanks to Pandabear, I kept mine, dual-booted like yours. It's growing on me.

Amazing battery life while streaming online radio stations.

This market segment is changing faster than Kim Kardashian's spouses. The new Nook Color Tablet and Lenovo 7" tablet look great too. The Lenovo one will have a camera and mic, making it into a a full-meal-deal. Nice.

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

Forgt to mention, as Amazon has the ecosystem to pull this off, they are going to sell a LOT of Kindle Fires.

 

[Quattro Pete]

When is the Lenovo one coming out?

 

[MrHorspwer]

I see the Kindle Fire being the hobbyist's tablet of choice. At $200, let Amazon take the subsidy hit, get rid of their "Buy more stuff from Amazon!" skin, root it, and install a custom ROM.

As it stands right now, it's a 7" sales pitch to spend more money with Amazon.

 

[Cutehumor]

I missed out the HP touchpad fire sale. but it looks like a $199 Kindle Fire is in order and it's supported.

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

Originally Posted By: MrHorspwer
I see the Kindle Fire being the hobbyist's tablet of choice. At $200, let Amazon take the subsidy hit, get rid of their "Buy more stuff from Amazon!" skin, root it, and install a custom ROM.



I'm not so sure about that, there's no SD card slot. That alone makes the Nook Color Tablet option more flexible.

The average consumer could probably care less about that if they buy into the Amazon ecosystem, storing most everything up on their cloud storage. And I'm sure many will be happy to only spend $199 on a fun device.

 

[Colt45ws]

Does anbody know if the fire will connect to a WPA 2/Enterprise, 802.1X autheticated wireless network? I want to get a fire for my Mom but that capability is kind of important.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
Does anbody know if the fire will connect to a WPA 2/Enterprise, 802.1X autheticated wireless network? I want to get a fire for my Mom but that capability is kind of important.

According to Amazon specs:
Quote:
Supports public and private Wi-Fi networks or hotspots that use 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, or enterprise networks with support for WEP, WPA and WPA2 security using password authentication; does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.

 

[Vikas]

Yesterday night, I started reading the customer reviews of this device, starting with all the one star review first. The device does seem to have some security issue. It looks as if the Kindle Fire is an open wallet i.e. anybody who plays with it can order *anything* from Amazon without having to provide the owner's password.

 

[xBa380]

How about locking the device with your own password? I have to enter a password to even use my device.

 

[Colt45ws]

Errg. Password Authetication only? Factory stock android comes with the capability I need so what gives? Intentional breakage? For what reason? I know many universities and colleges use this type of authentication so they made it difficult for lots of potential buyers to connect to wifi.