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Kindle Fire Tablet

7" LCD Display, Wi-Fi, 8GB
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The perfect family tablet, with the best in kids' entertainment
  • All new — 40% faster, twice the memory, longer battery life
  • Ultra-fast web browsing over built-in Wi-Fi, easy-to-use email works with Gmail, Yahoo! and more
  • The most popular apps and games — Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, HBO GO, Pandora, Angry Birds Space, and more
  • Kindle FreeTime — set screen limits, create child profiles, and more
  • Kindle FreeTime Unlimited — just for kids. Unlimited access to books, games, apps, movies and TV shows. Learn more
  • Massive book selection, vibrant color magazines. Over a million titles less than $9.99
  • Over 23 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, books, audiobooks, apps, and games
  • Kindle Fire owners get 500 Amazon Coins (a $5 value) to spend on Kindle Fire apps and games. Learn more
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The All-New Kindle Fire

All-new Powerful Processor

Move seamlessly across apps and open titles quickly at a touch. With a new 1.2GHz processor and 1GB of RAM, Kindle Fire is 40% faster and more fluid than before.

Free Cloud Storage

Kindle Fire comes with 8GB on-device storage, so you can download favorite titles to view offline, anytime. You'll also get free, unlimited cloud storage for all your Amazon content, so you can rest easy, knowing that you'll never lose the content you love.

Extra-long Battery Life

Kindle Fire has been re-tuned to optimize power consumption. The result: a longer battery life, with up to 9 hours of reading, surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music.

Easy to Hold in One Hand

Designed to travel with you wherever you go. Small enough to fit in a purse and light enough to hold in just one hand, Kindle Fire is perfect for browsing, playing, reading, and shopping on-the-go.

Perfect for Parents

Kindle FreeTime is a new service, built from the ground up to help give parents peace of mind when it comes to tablet use. Parents can create a profile for each of their children and choose what books, apps, games and videos they want to give their kids access to. Kindle FreeTime is free on the new Kindle Fire.

Set Screen Limits

Many parents choose to limit their kids' screen time, but doing so without the proper tools is difficult. With Kindle FreeTime, parents can set daily limits for Kindle Fire use, or restrict certain categories - like games and video - while leaving unlimited time for reading.

...And Perfect for Kids

When kids use Kindle FreeTime, it's like they have their very own, personalized tablet. The background color and fonts change to a kid-friendly design. They only see the titles that they have access to see. The home screen carousel shows their recently viewed titles. And, they can even navigate visually to content based on characters or topics - for example "Cinderella," "Dinosaurs," or "Puppies."

Built Tough

Kindle Fire is designed to stand up to accidental bumps and scrapes. Our state-of-the art display is 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic, so you can let your child play, without worry.

A Subscription for Kids (and Parents)

Kindle FreeTime Unlimited is the first-ever all-in-one subscription that brings together books, games, educational apps, movies and TV shows - all the types of content that kids and parents love. With unlimited access to thousands of hand-picked titles for kids ages 3-8, parents don't have to spend time (and money) guessing what their kids will enjoy, and kids can explore a world of age-appropriate content on their own – no ads, no in-app purchases.

An Incredible Value

Kindle FreeTime Unlimited gives kids the freedom to choose from thousands of the most popular books, games, apps, and shows for hours of fun and learning. Unlimited access starts at just $4.99 per month, with special pricing for Prime members from $2.99 per month.

Easy Access from Kindle FreeTime

When a parent subscribes to Kindle FreeTime Unlimited, thousands of titles appear in the Kindle FreeTime app, sorted by their kids' age and gender, alongside the titles parents have already selected from their own collection of content. Without help from mom or dad, kids can follow their imagination across books, games, educational apps, movies, and TV shows of their choice.

Beloved Movies and TV Shows

FreeTime Unlimited includes movies from Barney, Thomas the Tank Engine, Bob The Builder, Fireman Sam, and Angelina Ballerina, as well as TV shows your children want to watch, with episodes from Sesame Street, SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Blue's Clues, Yo Gabba Gabba, Caillou, and many more.

E-books for Fun and Education

Flip through beautifully-illustrated picture books, including new and classic favorites like Big Nate, Phineas & Ferb, and Kung Fu Panda, as well as books by Caldecott-honored authors such as Chris Van Allsburg's Jumanji and Barbara Lehman's Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Enjoy hundreds of eBook apps with Read-to-Me functionality from characters such as Scooby-Doo, Thomas the Tank Engine, Arthur, and Superman, and from award-winning children's author Sandra Boynton (Moo, Baa, La La La!).

The Best Games for Kids

Featuring dozens of children's games with no ads and no risk for in-app purchases like Cut the Rope and Magic Piano, as well as Disney’s bestselling Where’s My Perry and Where’s My Water, and popular early development games like Kids Learn to Read, My First Puzzles Dinosaurs, and SuperWhy!.

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Ultra-Fast Web

Kindle Fire offers a new version of Amazon Silk, our cloud-accelerated browser, which provides a better than 30% reduction in page load times over the previous version.

Easy to Read

There are multiple ways to enjoy your favorite web content. With a single touch, the user interface disappears to allow for full screen reading. Or, you can turn on Reading View to enjoy a clean, easy-to-read version of the site that removes all unnecessary images and other website clutter.

Trends and Recommendations

Looking for the latest news or the next big site? Trending Now alerts you to pages that have recently seen an unusually high level of traffic, which is generally a good indicator that the page or topic may be particularly noteworthy right now.

All Your Personal Email

The new email app on Kindle Fire makes sending mail, viewing attachments, and syncing contacts simple. With full support for the world's most popular email providers - including AOL, Exchange, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo!, and more - it's our easiest-to-use email ever.

Connect to Your Corporate Email

Read email and attachments, manage calendars, and sync contacts on the go. Kindle Fire features full support for Exchange-based accounts making it easy to stay connected when you step away from the office.

Deep Facebook Integration

In addition to the free Facebook application found in the Amazon Appstore, Kindle Fire is fully integrated with Facebook, making it easy to connect and share with friends and family. Sync favorite photos at a touch, share quotes and passages straight from your book, and more.

Carry and Read Your Documents

Your weekend travel plans, the latest office report - keep your essential information close at hand and backed up on the cloud. Email spreadsheets, PDFs, Word docs and more directly to your device or upload from your PC or Mac using Amazon Cloud Drive.

The Greatest Games

Kindle Fire is built for the best in gaming. Enjoy best-selling games such as Angry Birds Space, Where's My Perry?, Fibble, and Skylanders Cloud Patrol.

Up Your Game with GameCircle

Earn achievements, compare scores with friends, or take on the world with global leaderboards. GameCircle titles with Whispersync automatically store your progress in the cloud, so you'll never lose an unlocked level or saved game, even if you delete it from your device.

Your Favorite Apps

Kindle Fire gives you instant access to the most popular free and best-selling apps, including titles like Netflix, HBO GO, Facebook, Hulu Plus, Pinterest, Pulse, Pandora, The Weather Channel, Zillow, and Magic Piano.

Play More, Pay Less

Use Amazon Coins to purchase apps, games, and in-app items. Save up to 10% on apps and games by purchasing Amazon Coins. Learn more
Are you a developer? Kindle Fire Developer Resources can help you get your apps and games on Kindle Fire tablets. Learn more

Massive Book Selection

Shop the Kindle Store for over 1.2 million of the most popular books, or explore millions of free, public domain books such as Pride and Prejudice.

Vibrant Magazines

Enjoy over 500 magazines in glossy, full-color layouts, photographs and illustrations. Double tap an article for easier reading view and starting next month, tap the cover to go directly to an article and bookmark your favorite articles for future reference. Magazines include favorites such as Vogue, National Geographic, Maxim, Cosmopolitan, ESPN and Better Homes and Gardens.

Lowest Book Prices

Over 600,000 books are less than $4.99, over a million are less than $9.99.

Read for Free with Prime

Amazon Prime members can borrow over 180,000 titles for free with the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, as frequently as a book a month, with no due dates.

Exclusive Kindle Titles

Over 180,000 Kindle exclusive titles from best-selling authors including Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen Covey, Andy Borowitz and Karen McQuestion.

All the Content

Kindle Owners' Lending Library

Read for free. With Prime, Kindle owners can borrow any title from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library for free, as frequently as a book a month, with no waiting and no due dates. The Kindle Owners' Lending Library features hundreds of thousands of titles, including all 7 Harry Potter books, and over 100 current and former New York Times best sellers.

Prime Instant Video

Prime members also enjoy unlimited, commercial-free streaming of thousands of popular movies and TV episodes such as Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Thor, Rango, The West Wing, Glee, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Parks and Recreation.

Free Month of Amazon Prime

If you haven't tried Amazon Prime in the past, we'll give you a 30-day free trial. Experience what millions of members already enjoy: unlimited streaming of hit movies and TV episodes, reading a Kindle book a month for free, and Free Two-Day Shipping on millions of items. We think it's the best bargain in the history of shopping, and we hope you do too.

Huge Music Selection

With over 20 million songs from thousands of artists, Amazon's MP3 music store is home to one of the largest music libraries on earth. Music you buy on the Kindle is saved to the cloud for free, and you can play or download it anytime.

Your Music. Everywhere.

Import the rest of your music library to Amazon Cloud Player and play it wirelessly on your Kindle Fire - just tap Music on the Home screen to get started. Browse and search your library, create and manage playlists, play your music from the cloud, or download for offline playback. All your Amazon MP3 purchases and your first 250 imported songs are stored free.

Audiobooks by Audible

Audible offers more than 100,000 titles written by best-selling authors and performed by world-class professional narrators. The collection includes Anne Hathaway's performance of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Samuel L. Jackson's performance of A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes, and Susan Sarandon's performance of The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers, as well as many others.

Whispersync for Voice

Now you don't have to put a good book down, even if you're cooking, running or commuting. With Whispersync for Voice, you can seamlessly switch between listening to the Audible audiobook and reading the companion Kindle book right where you left off. Learn more

Experience Immersion Reading

With Immersion Reading, Kindle Fire can now synchronize Kindle text with companion Audible audiobooks with real-time highlighting to create a more immersive reading experience, as well as deepen learning and comprehension. Almost 15,000 Kindle books and 15,000 companion Audible audiobooks across a wide array of genres are available.

No Other Company Offers This Kind of Flexibility

At Amazon, we make it easy for you to access your content on other devices. The books, videos, apps, audiobooks, games, and music that you buy for your Kindle Fire can also be enjoyed on Amazon apps for Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, game consoles, TVs and more.

Beautiful, New UI

Kindle Fire's new UI makes it easier than ever to find and enjoy your favorite titles. Spin through recent content straight from your home screen. Pin favorites and access at a touch. Whether you're in the mood to watch, read, listen, or play, Kindle Fire gets you started quickly and easily.

No Set-up Required

Kindle Fire arrives pre-registered to your Amazon.com account so you can get started right away, including having immediate access to any previously purchased content you may have.

Read-to-Me

With Text-to-Speech, Kindle Fire can read English-language content out loud to you, when available from the publisher.

Unparalleled Content Discoverability

Kindle Fire makes it easy to find content you'll love by using Amazon's powerful recommendation engine to compare your purchases and favorites with over 15 years of consumer purchase history and suggest content to you, right from your homescreen.

1-Click Shopping

No switching between apps, no juggling passwords and profiles - Kindle Fire is seamlessly integrated with Amazon's content stores so you can shop new books, movies, games, and apps with a single tap.

Features

X-Ray for Movies and TV

Explore favorite characters and actors at a touch. Kindle Fire uses the power of IMDb to bring Amazon's exclusive X-Ray service to movies and TV shows. Simply tap on any scene to instantly see which actors are currently on screen, jump straight to other movies in which they star, and more.

X-Ray for Books

Tap on any page as you read to access X-Ray, an easy way to uncover more from the books you love. Instantly find chapters and locations that mention ideas, characters, and important places, as well as background info, biographies, and more from Shelfari and Wikipedia.

Experience Immersion Reading

With Immersion Reading, the Kindle Fire can now synchronize Kindle text with companion Audible audiobooks with real-time highlighting to create a more immersive reading experience, as well as deepen learning and comprehension. Almost 15,000 Kindle books and 15,000 companion Audible audiobooks across a wide array of genres are available.

Whispersync for Voice

Now you don't have to put a good book down, even if you're cooking, running or commuting. With Whispersync for Voice, you can seamlessly switch between listening to the Audible audiobook and reading the companion Kindle book right where you left off. Learn more

Whispersync for Movies

Start streaming a movie on Kindle Fire, pause, then resume watching straight from the same scene on your TV. Whispersync remembers your last scene watched across all your apps and devices, so you can avoid the frustration of having to find your spot.

Whispersync for Books

Kindle Fire uses Amazon's Whispersync technology to automatically sync your library, last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across all your devices. With Kindle reading apps available for phones, tablets, PCs, and Macs, you can keep the story going wherever you are.

Whispersync for Games

GameCircle titles with Whispersync automatically store your progress in the cloud, so you'll never lose an unlocked level or saved game, even if you delete the game from your device.

Enjoy and Share

Relive your most memorable moments. Our new, beautifully designed photo app makes it easy to swipe through albums, or step in to full-screen viewing. And sharing your photos couldn't be easier. Just tap on individual images to email them to anyone you like.

Import and Edit

Kindle Fire makes it easy to keep favorite photos close at hand. Download your albums from Facebook, or use the Amazon Cloud Drive desktop application to upload photos from your PC or Mac. Editing on your device is just as simple, with many popular photo editing apps available in the Amazon Appstore, such as PicSay Pro, PicShop, and Adobe Photoshop Touch.

Whispercast for Kindle

Introducing Whispercast, Amazon's free online tool that helps your school or business manage a deployment of Kindle devices and wirelessly distribute content. Centrally manage your Kindle devices and send eBooks and documents to your students, employees, or customers with ease.

Kindle at School

Kindle excites students about reading. The same great features that help you lose yourself in a book on Kindle translate seamlessly to the classroom, helping students learn to read or study more effectively. Learn more about Kindle at school

Technical Details

Display7" multi-touch color display; 1024x600 pixel resolution at 169 ppi, IPS (in-plane switching) technology
Size7.44" x 4.72" x 0.45" (189 mm x 120 mm x 11.5 mm)
Weight14.1 ounces (400 grams)
System RequirementsNone. Kindle Fire is ready to use right out of the box - no setup, no software to install, no computer required to download content
Storage8GB internal storage, approximately 5.5GB available for user content
Battery LifeUp to 9 hours of reading, surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music. Battery life will vary based on device settings, usage, and other factors such as web browsing and downloading content. Actual results may vary
Charge TimeFully charges in 3.3 hours via the Kindle PowerFast charging accessory, or slightly longer with other micro-USB power adapters that you may already have. Charges in approximately 11.5 hours from your computer via the included USB charging cable
Wi-Fi ConnectivitySingle-band Wi-Fi. Supports public and private Wi-Fi networks or hotspots that use the 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n standard with support for WEP, WPA and WPA2 security using password authentication; does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks
PortsUSB 2.0 (micro-B connector) port for connection to a PC or Macintosh computer or to connect to the Kindle PowerFast charging accessory
Audio3.5 mm stereo jack and integrated stereo speakers
Content Formats SupportedKindle (AZW), KF8, TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, Audible Enhanced format (AAX), DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, PCM/WAVE, OGG, WAV, MP4, AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, HTML5, CSS3, MP4, 3GP, VP8(.webm)
SensorsAccelerometer
Location ServicesLocation-based services via Wi-Fi
Accessibility FeaturesVoice Guide, Explore by Touch, Text-to-Speech, adjustable font sizes and color, built-in dictionary. Learn more
Warranty and Service1-year Limited Warranty and service included. Optional 2-year Extended Warranty available for U.S. customers sold separately. Use of Kindle is subject to the terms found here
Included in the BoxKindle Fire tablet, USB 2.0 cable, and Quick Start Guide. Power adapter sold separately

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Kindle Paperwhite 3G Kindle Paperwhite Kindle Kindle Keyboard 3G Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 4G Tablet Kindle Fire HD 8.9" Tablet Kindle Fire HD Tablet Kindle Fire Tablet
$179.00 $119.00 $69.00 $399.00 $269.00 $199.00 $159.00
Screen Size 6" 6" 6" 8.9" 7" 7"
Display Technology Paperwhite Built-in light E Ink Pearl E Ink Pearl HD LCD HD LCD LCD
Resolution/Pixel Density 212 PPI 167 PPI 167 PPI 1920x1200,
up to 1080p HD		 1280x800,
up to 720p HD		 1024x600
Audio - - Stereo speakers Dolby Audio,
dual stereo speakers		 Dolby Audio,
dual-driver stereo speakers		 Stereo speakers
Connectivity
Free 3G

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Wi-Fi		-



Wi-Fi
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Wi-Fi		 Free 3G

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Wi-Fi
4G LTE

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Dual-band,dual-antenna Wi-Fi		-



Dual-band,dual-antenna Wi-Fi
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Dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi		 -



Wi-Fi
Storage 2GB on device

Plus free cloud storage for all Amazon content		 2GB on device

Plus free cloud storage for all Amazon content		 4GB on device

Plus free cloud storage for all Amazon content		 16GB or 32GB on Wi-Fi device
32GB or 64GB on 4G device
Plus free cloud storage for all Amazon content		 16GB or 32GB on device

Plus free cloud storage for all Amazon content		 8GB on device

Plus free cloud storage for all Amazon content
Dimensions 6.7" x 4.6" x 0.36" 6.5" x 4.5" x 0.34" 7.5" x 4.8" x 0.34" 9.45" x 6.5" x 0.35" 7.6" x 5.4" x 0.4" 7.44" x 4.72" x 0.45"
Weight
7.8 oz7.5 oz
 5.98 oz 8.7 oz 20 oz 13.9 oz 14.1 oz
Processor - - - Dual-core,
1.5GHz OMAP4470		 Dual-core,
1.2GHz OMAP4460		 Dual-core,
1.2GHz OMAP4430
Battery Life 8 weeks
wireless off		 4 weeks
wireless off		 8 weeks
wireless off		 10 hours
continuous use		 11 hours
continuous use		 8.5 hours
continuous use
Web Experimental
browser		 Experimental
browser		 Experimental
browser		 Cloud-accelerated
browsing using Amazon Silk		 Cloud-accelerated
browsing using Amazon Silk		 Cloud-accelerated
browsing using Amazon Silk
Interface

2-point
multi-touch

5-way
controller

Keyboard

10-point
multi-touch

10-point
multi-touch

2-point
multi-touch
Kindle Fire Customer Questions & Answers
Q: Can you use Skype?
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No. The kindle fire does not have a camera. The HD version does though. See all 5 answers
Q: A friend showed me her Kindle Fire. I may be interested in getting one. However, I have some questions.How easy is it to transfer my existing...
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I'm not sure as far as books go. We use it mostly for games and learning apps for the kids. If your books are on the cloud, they are extremely easy to download. The print question I don't have an answer for either since we do use it for books. They watch movies on it too  |   See all 3 answers
Q: Can the kindle fire handle nook format
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No. It is not open source. It can only use Kindle books.
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“ I love that there are many games and books that I can download for free. ” April Matthews  |  579 reviewers made a similar statement
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9,254 of 9,455 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Compare FIRE HD to the KINDLE FIRE GEN 2 September 14, 2012
By clickz4
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UPDATE: I bought both a Fire HD and a Gen 2. (as a present to my mother in law) My initial reviews were written after playing with them for like 20 minutes. I merged both reviews into one to really compare the two products. I'm still answering questions in the comments if you have any. And see the video that compares the two and gives a mini tour of the Kindle system.

My Background: I've had 4 android phones, I've had multiple e-readers and my latest 'touch' device is the Le Pan II Android tablet. I've worked on several iPads but never been compelled to spend the extra money for one myself. Wife has a first generation Fire.
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The new Kindle Fire and Fire HD are the second generation color kindle e-reader/media player/tablet devices. The original Fire received a lot of well earned 4 star reviews. It was a great product but at the end of the day, it was a first generation product. It was no iPad slayer. The Fire HD raises the bar and raises it quite a lot. Jeff Bezos said they set out to make the best tablet available period and -in some regards- they did that in spades. In other ways not so much. (more on this below in the closing thoughts)

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BUILD QUALITY:
- BOTH are top Notch. I didn't expect anything less from Amazon but they really are solid feeling.
- FIRE HD lighter and while it is about the same thickness, the edges are rounded more like an iPad. sleeker look and more comfortable to hold.
- FIRE GEN 2 is heavier and 'boxier' built to more fit existing covers I guess. It's heavier too.

SIZING:
The HD is just a bit taller but a decent bit wider than the Fire. --- NOTE pay attention to accessories because THEY ARE NOT THE SAME SIZE.... Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful product and incredible support from Amazon! October 1, 2012
By Lisa
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I purchased the Kindle Fire ten months ago for my daughter. Three weeks after she got it, it was stolen. Amazon worked with our police department to find the person who had taken it. Amazon first put a hold on the person's account and shut down the Kindle Fire so it wouldn't work. Then, once Amazon had a subpoena, Amazon gave the police all the information the thief had registered to my daughter's Kindle Fire and the police were able to recover it and get it back to us. Since that time, we have purchased an additional Kindle Fire and, just recently, a Kindle Fire HD. We use them like iPads at a fraction of the cost and the number of free books and apps available is unmatched by their competitors. Our oldest Kindle Fire (ten months old) just stopped charging and I contacted Amazon via Live Chat. Immediately, they said they would send me a replacement Kindle Fire and would also email me a printing label for free shipping to return the defective one. Their customer service is incredible! The Kindle Fire itself is amazing. The internet is fast; connects perfectly to all wi-fi; the graphics are clear and sharp; the books and apps offered are endless. My teenager listens to Pandora on it constantly. I'm always reading. My husband checks the sports scores. My young sons are always playing the game apps. We have them protected in KlearKase protectors and have found them to be well-made, quality devices. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend a Kindle Fire to anyone of my friends and family.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Great product but they get you with the ads and missing accessories September 17, 2012
By Old School Working Mom
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My 7 year old son has the 1st gen Kindle Fire, and we've been very happy with it. He mostly plays games on it now, but we plan to purchase more movies and books for it in the future. My 5 year old wanted one too, so we just purchased the 2nd gen Kindle Fire for her. She had been saving her allowance and birthday money this whole year for it. We purchased one the day they were announced!

We've had it now for 3 days... and while it's still the same great product, we were disappointed to find (after receiving the device) that the 2nd generation Fire comes WITHOUT a wall charger (which the first gen Fire had) and has a whole mess of ads loaded onto it. My 5 year old can't read very well yet - she couldn't figure out how to get rid of the ads, and was constantly yelling for me to come help her. Also, some of the ads featured more mature themes (ads for sexy prime time tv shows, for example) that I would not want to expose my young child to.

To purchase the wall charger, it cost us an extra $20, and it cost us $15 to have the ads turned off. So now we're up to $194 for the Kindle Fire that we thought we were getting for $159, plus a whole bunch of time wasted trying to figure out how to turn off the ads, and waiting for the wall charger to arrive.

I am normally a HUGE Amazon fan, but this one leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Would have given the device 4-5 stars on its own, but with the extra expenses and hassle, I have to take it down a couple stars.

***Update Oct 10, 2012*** Interesting that many folks have taken my review as an opportunity to comment on my parenting skills. While I'm sure folks are "well intentioned" (sarcasm), I don't recall asking for parenting advice. Many have said it's ridiculous to buy an eReader for a child who can't read.... Read more ›
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1,687 of 1,809 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Best value September 21, 2012
By Me
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I just received my kindle fire today. I had a hard time deciding between the HD, this, and the paperwhite. I decided on this one, because I really thought I'd like the immersion reading. I have an audible account and I've been reading along to the audiobooks. It's amazing how fast I can get through the books (at 3x speed) and I really retain the info. The immersion reading is super-easy to use and definitely worth upgrading to this. The whole point of the kindle is to read more, and this new feature makes it possible to read 2 or 3 times as many books in the same amount of time. I'm an average-speed reader and was able to read 4 books (with the help of the audiobook reading pace) in the last 30 days and one was the 800+ page Stephen king, "11/22/63".

I also tested out the text to speech. It's a lady's voice and much, much, easier to understand than the text to speech on my kindle keyboard. It also has many speed options and I think it reads faster than my kindle keyboard version. I am very, very pleased with it.

It is much more responsive than the previous kindle fire I'm upgrading from.

If you are worried about the free offers, don't be. I DETEST commercials and advertising so much, I quit reading magazines and watching television. The offers only show on the startup, no big deal. I already took advantage of a $5.00 credit for amazon video. I was able to rent two movies and it only cost me 89 cents, when it was said and done, and I was planning on renting Hunger Games tonight, anyway. So, so far, I don't mind the offers at all.

My favorite feature is the immersion reading and the text-to-speech improvements. I also downloaded all the free kindle books with the free audiobooks for the immersion experience.... Read more ›
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I'm happy with my Kinder. It's just what I needed, It's amazing all can I do with it. I love it.
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1.0 out of 5 stars no parental controls on this version
I bought the kindle specifically because I wanted parental controls. When I received it and set it up, I found parental controls were not available. Read more
Published 14 hours ago by Lisa Schwarz
2.0 out of 5 stars Kindle
It is not working right it will not let me type any letters in when I do something that needs words to type and it keeps going in and out and back and forth. Read more
Published 18 hours ago by Mary
4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good deal
A refurbished Kindle is, in my opinion, a good deal and risk. Amazon offered me a good price after the 4-way arrow on my original Kindle stopped working, even though it was out of... Read more
Published 18 hours ago by Deanna Maxwell
5.0 out of 5 stars kindle fire
It alot of fun and easy to use. set up was very easy. delivery on time( alilttle bit early) loved it
Published 19 hours ago by cathy litaker
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