[Lumiere]

Anyone got one?

I don't have a kindle and I am thinking of buying a kindle fire.

[Layercake]

(12-08-2011 06:51 AM)Lumiere Wrote:  

Anyone got one?

I don't have a kindle and I am thinking of buying a kindle fire.

I have. Just shipped one from the U.S to the U.K but not opened it yet....

[Lumiere]

(12-08-2011 07:58 AM)Layercake Wrote:  

Just shipped one from the U.S to the U.K

Why? There are not on sale in the UK yet?

[Aliblahba]

I just downloaded the kindle app two days ago, which was cheaper than buying the actual device. Got it so I could download Decoding Air Travel from the Amazon Kindle store. The whole system was easy and efficient to use.

[Menace]

I have one. It's ok, but it's not a real tablet, which is expected for $199. But, at the same time you want it to do things you know you shouldn't expect, ya know? Software is a little un-optimized, but should get better (it's already had 2 updates). Decent for consuming media, and as an LCD kindle, but it's really not that great for surfing the web, I'll tell you that. The Silk browser is slower than I expected, and is still slow even after it should have figure out what sites I browse. Browsing this site is a bit of a pain, the 7" screen is just too small to render text without having to zoom in.

Appears to be hackable and I think people have put Cyanogen Mod 7 on it, and I think it recently had a pseudo-port of Ice Cream Sandwich, but I no longer have the time or inclination to hack this stuff.

I'm going to get an iPad 3 when it comes out. This thing is like banging but not coming; fun but unsatisfying.