Testing my Kindle Fire

Kat

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Thanks Pat for my new toy:hug:

Now I can read & post at same time. :witch:
 

bartman432

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How do you like that new Kindle. I have just the standard one and love it. Compared to the I-Pad, the Kindle is a deal.
 

Kat

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How do you like that new Kindle. I have just the standard one and love it. Compared to the I-Pad, the Kindle is a deal.

I love it so far. I have an older Kindle also. Actually this is my 4th one :eek: This is my first touch screen though. The best thing for me so far is not having to worry about a a light. Even though I have the cover with the light, it seems I was always dinking with it, to get it to work:(

My kids will inherit it. This way they will both have one to read at school.

The only bad thing is no more free 3G :( But, since I usually d/l a couple of books at a time it shouldn't be a problem.
 

SmokeShow

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Is it as well suited for surfing the web as the iPad or is it's main focus still reading documents (books, mags, etc.)?

I have an iPhone & find myself surfing the Internet on it a good bit more than my laptop even when at home. Since I'm comfortable with & acustomed to the iPhone platform, I've been thinking about getting an iPad but gosh dammit! IDK they were as salty as they are!

How much are the kindles?
Are they wifi only or do they have cell signal too?
 

Kat

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Is it as well suited for surfing the web as the iPad or is it's main focus still reading documents (books, mags, etc.)?

I have an iPhone & find myself surfing the Internet on it a good bit more than my laptop even when at home. Since I'm comfortable with & acustomed to the iPhone platform, I've been thinking about getting an iPad but gosh dammit! IDK they were as salty as they are!

How much are the kindles?
Are they wifi only or do they have cell signal too?

The Fire is $199 and is Wifi only :( But it works just as well I have seen VS Pat's $500 I-Pad with Wifi only.

I use mine mainly for reading. What limited time I used for the web it has worked great and is easier for me to use then my Iphone to type. Since the keys are bigger and I have long acrylic nails.

As for reading I find the biggest disadvantage to the normal kindle is the battery life it sucks. I can kill the battery in 3 to 4 hours. I have to make sure I have a charger handy. So I bought extra firewires. I have one at work, one by my computer, one next to the bed.

2 differences between the normal Kindle and the Fire. For reading outside the normal kindle wins, for night the Fire wins since I don't have to have a book light.
 

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I bought the wife a Toshiba Thrive, but she did not care for it so i got her the Ipad 2 with wifi and 3g. She gave me the thrive and since i rooted it i can tether it to my jailbroke iphone and it has usb ports and a hdmi port. so far i like it.
 

408.Luke

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What does rooted mean?

its like jail-breaking a iphone or ipad but for android, basically hacking it. There's alot more you can do with the device then, especially the apple products, ive never messed with a android hacked device so idk what all you can do with it.
 

SmokeShow

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Oh ok. Yeah, I follow you now. I understand the hacked apple thing. If I had better cell signal at the house I'd be much more inclined to jailbreak my iPhone so it could be tethered & drop my Internet at the house but it's weak so I don't do it.

Is there a cell phone signal amplifier that could be setup on your house or property to generate a stronger cell signal?
 

408.Luke

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Oh ok. Yeah, I follow you now. I understand the hacked apple thing. If I had better cell signal at the house I'd be much more inclined to jailbreak my iPhone so it could be tethered & drop my Internet at the house but it's weak so I don't do it.

Is there a cell phone signal amplifier that could be setup on your house or property to generate a stronger cell signal?

yep theres tons of them on the market, had one in the company truck and all of our Oil Rigs have them. Wish i could remember brands so i could recommend one to you but i dont. Theres good ones and bad ones. I know some locations i can have no signal and when im in the tool pushers house where the booster is I'll get full bars and some only boost by a bar or two
 

crazycrew

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I want a tablet so bad, but can't figure out which one to get.

For those that have the kindle fire, anyone rooted it yet? I think the thing that's stopping me on the fire is the amazon app store. I wish it just the regular android app store.


Sent from My iPhone
 

flyinelvis11

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my wife got one for christmas and she loves it. i tried using it to surf and log on here, i thought it was poor. maybe i was doing it wrong but once i finally got logged on here i found the autocorrect (or whatever you call it) clumsy and very difficult to use....how can you get hummed out of bummer?!? my sausage fingers didn't like it much maybe with a stylus it would be better but it was unresponsive when i tried to use the one from my pda so i don't know if the are compatible with a stylus. just random ramblings from a non-techy guy, maybe kat could elaborate or enlighten me?