> Walter Hamler wrote: >> Anyone out there using the Kindle Fire? I ordered one today after >> reading a review on Z-Net that highly touted it. >> >> Walt >> > > Hi Walt. > > Yeah, but I can't tell you much about it. > I'm as green as can be on it. I'm only about 2 hours into having messed > around with it. > > It's up and running, but...I am NOT yet comfortable with it. > > Keep my email address and check in from time to time. I'll report > whatever I've discovered, but I haven't even begun to examine 1?10th of > what it can do. Maybe 1/40th! <g> > . > > It has already, and automatically, loaded all my books from my old, > still active Kindle III. All of them! All I have to do is access them > (almost instantly!) and start reading. Wow. > I'm going to really like this Fire! <bigrin> > > keith
I pre-ordered and got one on the 15th. I haven't used it to it's full potential but it's lived up to my expectations. I originally thought for $199 it was a no-brainer if I wanted a tablet for browsing, e-mailing, movie watching, reading, etc. It's been just that and while I'd overall prefer a 10" tablet over a 7", for $199 it's an amazing device considering I can do 99% of what I'd do with an iPad at 1/3 to 1/2 the cost. While in Los Angeles for a recent wedding I watched a number of Netflix shows at the hotel with no issues and it was aware of any apps I'd already purchased through the Amazon appstore. It won't work with the standard Android Market, without rooting it and doing some manual installs, which I'll probably do. I'm not sure I have the need to though. A GPS capability would be nice, but again for $199, it's amazing and is saving my sight when I use it instead of the Android phone. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
