I recently bought a Kindle Fire v5 from Amazon for $30. It has the "blue shade" feature which allows reading at night with some of the light spectrum filtered out. Also, I found a software hack to download that allows installing apps that are otherwise blocked (B&N Nook, etc...) without breaking the code. It works great as a reader and all around tablet for apps and basic surfing, streaming and downloading movies (we have Prime.) It was worthless as a reader when we were at the beach recently, but I expected such.
I also purchased a factory rebuilt Kindle Paperwhite (the backlit version) for $50 for my wife. (I have the Nook equivalent) These are much preferred as a reader, nice and compact with awesome capacity. On Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 6:11:04 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I have an old Kindle Fire, which someone onlist very kindly donated. The > battery is losing hold, and I'd like a slightly more generally useful > replacement, meaning that the device's principal use would be Kindle, but > I'd also like to be able to surf lightly and check and send email. > > The device would have to be faster and less "klunky" than the Fire. > > The device's screen must be more or less the size of the Fire's, and it > must weigh about the same -- I like reading in bed. > > I don't use it for deep surfing or actions that need privacy security. > > I'd buy used before new, but new cheap is acceptable. > > What are my options, and which is best? I use Apple laptop and phone, but > I am not tied to the marque. > > I'll give the Fire away free, shipping incl., if and when I get a > replacement device - it was shipped to me free and I thank the giver again. > > Thanks. > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
