Amazon Kindle Fire (Amazon Tablet)

[ScoobySnax]

Re: Amazon Kindle Fire (Amazon Tablet)

Just played with one of these in Target today. The screen and UI look great, but the responsiveness to the touch is pretty sketchy (with the demo unit). I still think it's pretty good for what you're paying.

[trobinson97]

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Well, I'm very satisfied with mine.

[SidVish]

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Well, I'm very satisfied with mine.

Me too. I love it.

[Holic]

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Had a chance to try out both the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet this weekend. In my opinion, the Nook Tablet was noticeably faster when browsing the web. Angry Birds loaded quicker on the Nook as well. Being able to add another 32gb of space is also a nice selling point. However, if you are an Amazon Prime member, the Kindle Fire would be a solid choice.

Edit: Just found out the Nook has been rooted as of this morning.

http://www.androidcentral.com/barnes-noble-nook-tablet-rooted

[shugknight]

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^ yes but the bootloader is still locked, and might stay that way. So that means custom mods might be a no-no.

[mestevo]

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After a few days with it I thought my wife would have some complaints but says she still couldn't be happier. Her mom has asked about inheriting her older Kindle from her.

Meanwhile mom bought a $60 Android Tablet from Big Lots. Wtf. Looks more and more like both of our moms may be getting a Kindle Fire for Christmas.

I'm sure at some point I'll need to sideload a couple of apps for her, but she's got her Kindle Library, Prime Streaming, Flixster Ultraviolet streaming and Netflix. She's happy and it's far exceeded her expectations.

This thing is a license for Amazon to print money IMO.

[shugknight]

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I went ahead n rooted my fire. Best decision ever! Not only is my fire synched to my gmail account but I also was able to install the Dolphin browser, which is unbelievably faster than the amazon stock browser.

For those thinking about doing it, I highly recommend it! I also unrooted after I installed the google apps n marketplace so I can stream amazon.

I also got rid of the boring bookshelf interface the fire had. :P

[Zion21]

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Any good deals on this device for black friday or is Amazon keeping the price locked for now? <object
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[trobinson97]

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I'm pretty sure they wouldn't want to piss off everyone who bought this already by lowering the price so soon after release.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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Still have mine as well, also have the nook tab still, so after a week with both I know I jumped the gun, but fire has had almost all my time, granted the nook is a sweet device still, I think the fire will continue to burn in my hands, thinking about give the nook tab to my brow for Christmas..


Does anyone know.of hand how cloud space we get by default?

[Scott]

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I may think of getting this for my parents...

[shugknight]

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Still have mine as well, also have the nook tab still, so after a week with both I know I jumped the gun, but fire has had almost all my time, granted the nook is a sweet device still, I think the fire will continue to burn in my hands, thinking about give the nook tab to my brow for Christmas..


Does anyone know.of hand how cloud space we get by default?

5GB

Not alot, but another advantage of rooting because I'm able to install Google Music and just stream my music on my Google Cloud. I also use Google+ for my pictures so I don't use up my Amazon cloud space on things like that.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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5GB

Not alot, but another advantage of rooting because I'm able to install Google Music and just stream my music on my Google Cloud. I also use Google+ for my pictures so I don't use up my Amazon cloud space on things like that.

Any help with rooting? Also when u download apps from the anndroid app store, do they go to the cloud or hdd space?

[shugknight]

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Any help with rooting? Also when u download apps from the anndroid app store, do they go to the cloud or hdd space?

All apps are downloaded to your local hard drive.

As for rooting here you go...

http://www.pcworld.com/article/244303/how_to_root_your_kindle_fire.html

To install the Google apps, you need the apks found here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1349902

To install the Android Marketplace follow this: (A little bit tougher as you need a file explorer such as Astro or Root Explorer, Google is your friend :P)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351283

If you need more help on the marketplace piece, PM me. It was a little bit tough to find the right tools.

After you do all this, go back to step 1 (where you first rooted your fire) and then just unroot it from the program, restart, and boom! you're set!

[ScoobySnax]

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I'm thinking about ordering again. The law of common sense is taking over. I can get my wife and I a Fire for $100 less than an iPad. I can store most of my music on the cloud and if need be, I can buy more storage. WIN.