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L. A. R.

I won this in a raffle, just getting started on it

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2021

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What I wanted was a means to read books. But the Fire has many internet capacities I will never get or use. Nonetheless, it was free to me so I've downloaded a book and off I go. If you want just a means to read books Kindle has e Readers that are supposed to be easier on your eyes and have other advantages that make them superior to the Fire for simple reading. But my experience is turning out just fine, I'm reading and I find it pleasant.

The problem I'm having is that the cost of a Kindle book has risen over the years such that now the digital copy is the same price essentially as a paperback. Consider that as you combine the cost of the book with the device to read it.

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Margaret Micco

Unable to charge KINDLE

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2022

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I have loved this Kindle but now the socket to charge is worn out. It is the USB charge as the same one is used for my phone. Cord works with the phone. I ordered new ports and works on phone but not on Kindle. If Iwant to charge Kindle I have to hold port plug to make contact. This Kindle is linked to my phone and really don't want to start all over again. Is there something that can fix this problem

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Mama Manda

Great Device at a Fair Price

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2012

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I just love my Kindle Fire! I use it every day. I do a lot of reading, although reading is not the only thing I use my Kindle Fire for. There are tons of applications (plenty of which are FREE) available to include games, social media, organizational tools, and much more. You can watch videos and Netflix. You can listen to music. You can share excerpts from books you read on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media websites with a tap of your finger. You can highlight portions or text in any given book and it saves it for later referencing. You can also make notes, bookmark pages, and share your reading progress right from the page you are reading when you are reading it. You can download books via wifi right from the Kindle Fire. My FAVORITE part about the Kindle Fire is that I can read on my Kindle Fire, Cloud Reader Online, and my Amazon Kindle application on my phone and never have to worry about not knowing where I was at in a book or which device I last read on because they all sync with each other. Therefore, I have the opportunity to read basically anywhere and anytime if I'm near a computer, my phone, or my Kindle Fire. Also, once books are downloaded to the Kindle Fire device you do not need an internet connection to read. The same goes for Cloud Reader if you are sure to download the book for offline reading. The Kindle Fire is great for a fast reader because you can find another book right at your fingertips at any given time. I highly recommend the Kindle Fire for anyone who enjoys reading in general. It is VERY decently priced for its capabilities. The ONLY issue I have had with the Kindle Fire is that occasionally applications will freeze and have to be shut down, but I have experienced this problem with EVERY electronic device with applications I have ever owned so it is not a real problem in my opinion. For the price and capabilities, you will not be disappointed.

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This is a REALLY good 7-inch Tablet!

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2012

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I have owned three tablets in my day: the Sony Tablet S (ended up being too big for my needs), the Vizio Tablet (which proved to be lousy for web surfing, etc), and this Kindle Fire 2. I will admit: I held off for A LONG time in taking the Fire seriously, because I do not (and still don't) like how heavily watered down Android is on Amazon's tablets. But, I must say, I like this tablet much more than I anticipated, and I will say that this will almost certainly be the tablet I stick with. Here are some of the features I love most:

SILK BROWSER'S READING MODE: Browsing the web on a 7-inch tablet is not necessarily ideal, even with pinch zoom (very smooth on the Fire, by the way). But Amazon's Silk Browswer makes browsing news articles and text-heavy websites a little more comfortable with ist reading mode. When on, say, a news article, just tap on the "eyeglasses" icon, and Silk displays a 'text only' version of the web page (no ads or pictures) that allows you to change the font, adjust the text size, and anything else you can do with, say, and ebook. Really helpful feature that is, to my mind, well worth the trade off in slightly slower page loading speed.

TEXT TO SPEECH: I like to listen to my books on occasion (often at the gym) and I was a bit bummed when the Kindle Paper White DID NOT have the text to speech feature. No, text to speech is not perfect, and right now, it is only available in a generic female voice. But I can read a book at home, go the the gym and listen to the book, and pick up right where I left off when I get back home. (Another more expensive but higher quality of doing that is, when available, buy the audio accompaniment to a book (for a few dollars extra when you buy the book) and the Kindle Fire will let you toggle between the two or use both at the same time. Honestly, I prefer the less pretty and less expensive text to speech option. (And it is available on more books.)

DEEP AMAZON INTEGRATION: One reason I bought this device was that I buy most of my music from amazon (and stream video, as a Prime member). Of course, I could get the Amazon Cloud Player app on another device, but using the Kindle Fire with amazon content is just more convenient. Anything I buy automatically shows up in my music folder as on the cloud, and I can download what I want, archive it when I am done, and redownload it later. (After all, we only get 8GB or storage, which is a downfall of the Fire UNLESS one is willing to take advantage of the free and paid cloud storage amazon offers.)

Now, for two things I was surprised about not minding as much as anticipated:

NO CUSTOMIZATION ABILITY: the Kindle Fire 2 runs Android 4 (I think) but you'd never know it because Amazon has tweaked the snot out of it. I know many people find Android a bit hard to use, but I really do miss having the customization of Android.... but not as much as I thought I would. Honestly, between the 'recently used apps' carousel, the favorites menu, and the ability to put frequently viewed webpages in that favorites menu, the Fire's layout is quite easy to use and doesn't really lack anything I want to have. For those who do want a bit more customization and a more Android looking layout, there are a few apps in the amazon store ( GO Launcher EX ) that gives you the option of a more Android-looking UI. Surprisingly, I decided I didn't need it.

VERY LIMITED APP MARKET: I love gmail, google books, google music, and google drive - NONE of which are available here. I've side loaded some other non-Amazon-approved apps (without rooting) and it is not too hard to do. But these google apps: amazon must REALLY not want us to have access to them. Basically, any service that competes with amazon will either have to be sideloaded or flat out won't work. But honestly, there are quite a few apps that are compatible with those google services. CalenGoo allows me to sinc with google calendar, ZeroPC Cloud Navigator syncs with google drive (and dropbox), and Mantano Reader Premium can load google books. So, while it is a bit of a pain not to have access to the full android market, it hasn't proven to be THAT big a deal. And while I still hate the idea of only having access to "amazon approved" apps, the apps amazon approves are all well optimized for 7-inch tablets, while only a fraction of the apps on the Android Market are.

So, all in all, I have no major complaints about this tablet...none. The only minor complains are the two listed above, and neither have proven to be as big a deal as anticipated. Really, I find myself using this tablet a lot, for quick net browsing, quick note writing, movie and music streaming, and book reading. (I even take it to the gym where I can text-to-speech my amazon content.)

If you are in the market for a good inexxpensive 7-inch tablet, go with the Kindle Fire 2. (Okay, yes, if you want a fuller android experience and have about 100 extra dollars to spend, the Nexus 7 is worth a look too. But don't tell amazon I told you that.)

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