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I've been using my Fire for general use and it works great. I use it more than my laptop at home for web browsing. I didn't like the built in pdf reader, but there's probably something better.

Originally Posted by coopscohen Kindle or Vita. I have over $300 in amazon credit. What should I do?

As was answered, that depends on what you are looking for primarily, but keep in mind that if you go Vita you're going to be dropping over $300 on the device plus memory card ($350 with the largest memory card) before you even start looking at the $40-50 games, so system & 32gb card & Uncharted will set you back $400. That's of course double the price of the Kindle Fire so kind of an awkward comparison.

Originally Posted by Brownjohn I've been using my Fire for general use and it works great. I use it more than my laptop at home for web browsing. I didn't like the built in pdf reader, but there's probably something better.

General use is great. I think the pdf reader that comes with it is fine, I'm not sure what else you really want it to do?

I like mine I've had it since it came out. Everyone who has played with it said they think it feels really solid and great build quality and screen

I prefer the form factor to a 10" since I have smaller hands. A few complaints would be the stock browser and no android market support, but I rooted and put a 3rd party browser on it and access to the regular android market, then unrooted. Let me keep all the things I put on like android market, but still have access to Amazon video and everything

I basically bought the Kindle Fire as inexpensive entry into the tablet market and in retaliation of my laptop exploding. (GPU and CPU fried...so $400+ to fix that or $200 for a Kindle Fire)

It has become quite the little television companion and I love it for looking up things while I'm playing games. I just power-off the screen and it'll sit there for hours so in that sense it obliterates the laptop which it replaced.

Once the Android stuff is built into linux at the kernel level then we should be able to move away from emulation/virtualization and into full-on native installs as there are already plenty of distros built for the processor/architecture.

But I fully admit that I have as much fun hacking the thing as I do actually using it.

My mothers birthday is coming up and she has never used a computer before.

Would the Kindle be a good tool to introduce her to web browsing? Like Youtube and Facebook/Email? Music, checking the weather, and browsing her pictures?

I don't want to purchase something that is top dollar, like a Laptop so I'd figured the Kindle would be a great low cost tool to teach her the basics of web browsing and sending messages to family members.

$199 sounds much better than spending upwards of $350 for a laptop. Definitely, I'd get her something more premium down the road.

I know the Kindle is not a full blown computer, which I'd thought it would be great for someone with no background in comp, like an introduction. Doesnt matter if it is not fast since non-tech savvy people dont pay much attention to that. I just want it for the basics so she can use it as such.

How is the PDF format? I'm assuming she will enjoy reading on it.
So should I purchase one?

I just got a kindle on super bowl sunday during walmarts free 50$ giftcard with purchase(I gave my aunt the giftcard for her birthday) So far I am enjoy it for web browsing and listening to music on it (cloud). Sorry if this an old thread but CAGs do any of you recommend any good apps for it and how is the experience with the unlimited cloud storage? I am interested in the 20$ a year plan but is there a catch? Thanks for the information and this is my first tablet pc to celebrate my 5 months in working at my job

Originally Posted by 200STM I just got a kindle on super bowl sunday during walmarts free 50$ giftcard with purchase(I gave my aunt the giftcard for her birthday) So far I am enjoy it for web browsing and listening to music on it (cloud). Sorry if this an old thread but CAGs do any of you recommend any good apps for it and how is the experience with the unlimited cloud storage? I am interested in the 20$ a year plan but is there a catch? Thanks for the information and this is my first tablet pc to celebrate my 5 months in working at my job

Don't know if they still have the promo but it used to be if you bought any album on the amazon mp3 album 7.99 or above you'd get the 20GB plan/year

Originally Posted by 200STM I just got a kindle on super bowl sunday during walmarts free 50$ giftcard with purchase(I gave my aunt the giftcard for her birthday) So far I am enjoy it for web browsing and listening to music on it (cloud). Sorry if this an old thread but CAGs do any of you recommend any good apps for it and how is the experience with the unlimited cloud storage? I am interested in the 20$ a year plan but is there a catch? Thanks for the information and this is my first tablet pc to celebrate my 5 months in working at my job

While we are on the subject, anyone tried for a PM at BB?

Yeah forgot to mention picked up a second fire for the house thanks to Wal-Mart's $50 gift card offer. They sold through real fast.

I think the Walmart deal is theoretically good thru Valentine's Day, if you can find one in stock anywhere.

Originally Posted by DJP519 I think the Walmart deal is theoretically good thru Valentine's Day, if you can find one in stock anywhere.

Anyway to find stock ? The online site doesnt list it but sometimes theres ways around that

When will a new kindle come out?

Originally Posted by Slayerfaith1982 I like mine I've had it since it came out. Everyone who has played with it said they think it feels really solid and great build quality and screen I prefer the form factor to a 10" since I have smaller hands. A few complaints would be the stock browser and no android market support, but I rooted and put a 3rd party browser on it and access to the regular android market, then unrooted. Let me keep all the things I put on like android market, but still have access to Amazon video and everything

I prefer the 7" screen anyway. 10" is a little too big to carry around for me, especially living in NYC. I had a question though. Is it possible for the Fire to unroot itself? When I first rooted it to get Market access, I couldn't access Amazon Video. I actually tried the other day and it was working again. I might just re-download a root checker app, but I found that pretty odd.

Either way, if you're new to the Tablet world the Kindle Fire is the perfect tablet to get started. It's cheap, well made, pretty fast, and can do what most other tablets can to a certain extent. I love mine ^_^

Originally Posted by T9X69 I prefer the 7" screen anyway. 10" is a little too big to carry around for me, especially living in NYC. I had a question though. Is it possible for the Fire to unroot itself? When I first rooted it to get Market access, I couldn't access Amazon Video. I actually tried the other day and it was working again. I might just re-download a root checker app, but I found that pretty odd. Either way, if you're new to the Tablet world the Kindle Fire is the perfect tablet to get started. It's cheap, well made, pretty fast, and can do what most other tablets can to a certain extent. I love mine ^_^

Yeah, the last update Amazon sent OTA about a month ago unrooted all devices. If you have the market APK, just reload it and the market should work it it does not already.

Originally Posted by ral1121 My mothers birthday is coming up and she has never used a computer before. Would the Kindle be a good tool to introduce her to web browsing? Like Youtube and Facebook/Email? Music, checking the weather, and browsing her pictures? I don't want to purchase something that is top dollar, like a Laptop so I'd figured the Kindle would be a great low cost tool to teach her the basics of web browsing and sending messages to family members. $199 sounds much better than spending upwards of $350 for a laptop. Definitely, I'd get her something more premium down the road. I know the Kindle is not a full blown computer, which I'd thought it would be great for someone with no background in comp, like an introduction. Doesnt matter if it is not fast since non-tech savvy people dont pay much attention to that. I just want it for the basics so she can use it as such. How is the PDF format? I'm assuming she will enjoy reading on it. So should I purchase one?

My mother was not computer savvy at all, she has really really basic computer knowledge, just that you click things, and they seem to open. She hasn't stopped playing with her Kindle since Christmas.

As for PDF, I couldn't quite answer that, since I don't ever use it, but my mom has got quite the feel for it now, so yes I think you should get one for your mommy.

Have been looking at these for a rubberized case for my Fire to protect it from all the drops. (I have a 6 and a 4 year old with butter fingers)

http://www.amazon.com/Gumdrop-Cases-...2302146&sr=1-1

However, they're out of stock at Amazon and have been so for weeks. Does anyone know of a similar product and where I might acquire it?

Thought that I'd share a pic of the Fire running Android 4.0.4 now that the hardware acceleration issues are sorted:


I'm still tweaking things and the ROMs/kernels aren't fully ready for average user daily use but it's proceeding nicely nonetheless.

Either way the Kindle Fire is now an awesomely priced Android 4.x tablet.

I'm just waiting on these rumored 10" tablets they should be announcing this summer.

Originally Posted by Tsel That is amazing. I've had my Fire for probably a month now, but I've yet to attempt any sort of modding. I've been pretty happy with it so far and have been mainly using it to read comics.

I bought one when they launched and I have no desire to mod it.