Comments on: My thoughts on 7-inch Kindle Fire HD, 2012 edition http://gigaom.com/2012/09/11/my-thoughts-on-kindle-fire-2012-edition/ Sat, 25 May 2013 01:30:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Brian http://gigaom.com/2012/09/11/my-thoughts-on-kindle-fire-2012-edition/#comment-1180643 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:03:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561401#comment-1180643 Lochness Lass – Most eBooks are under 1MB in size, which is quite small. The Kindle Fire HD comes with at least 16GB (a.k.a 16,000MB) of storage, so you could download around 16,000 books to read when you’re away from an internet connection.

]]> By: emily http://gigaom.com/2012/09/11/my-thoughts-on-kindle-fire-2012-edition/#comment-1178412 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:02:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561401#comment-1178412 does the nook have wifi????

]]> By: emily http://gigaom.com/2012/09/11/my-thoughts-on-kindle-fire-2012-edition/#comment-1178408 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:00:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561401#comment-1178408 so have you tried the nook? Is this better than the nook? and also can you get the internet one the nook? thanks….

]]> By: mike J http://gigaom.com/2012/09/11/my-thoughts-on-kindle-fire-2012-edition/#comment-1149181 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:52:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561401#comment-1149181 Can I use and external hard drive to compensate for the 16GB. Can I transfer my itunes libray from my laptop?

]]> By: Lochness Lass http://gigaom.com/2012/09/11/my-thoughts-on-kindle-fire-2012-edition/#comment-1136185 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:28:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561401#comment-1136185 Can anyone advise me as a first timer to tablet gagets – how many books can I store & read when I am out of wi fi range ?

]]> By: Ian http://gigaom.com/2012/09/11/my-thoughts-on-kindle-fire-2012-edition/#comment-1101873 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:45:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561401#comment-1101873 Waiting for mine to be delivered, then will commet

]]> By: Scott Wickham http://gigaom.com/2012/09/11/my-thoughts-on-kindle-fire-2012-edition/#comment-1073708 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:17:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561401#comment-1073708 The only thing keeping me from buying a kindle fire HD is that I have the first generation kindle fire which already has a place in my life. The two features I want are the upgraded sound system and text to speech for books.

But my kindle fire model 1 does what I need in a tablet, casual surfing, music (pandora and amazon), casual video (netflix). I don’t use it for reading except pdf I have a Kindle for reading.

Also Kindle Fire #1 supports flash — which is nice when casual surfing.

My wife has ipad 1 and does the exact same thing with her ipad except she reads books on it.

When we need to work we move to our laptops.

BTW: Load in Dolphin browser and avoid silk.

I have never suffered for the lack of apps.

]]> By: TJ Mac http://gigaom.com/2012/09/11/my-thoughts-on-kindle-fire-2012-edition/#comment-991368 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:01:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561401#comment-991368 Two things will keep me from buying it;
1) Ads …. do a opt out policy
2) lack of google apps usage

]]> By: jeffmcneill http://gigaom.com/2012/09/11/my-thoughts-on-kindle-fire-2012-edition/#comment-990749 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:09:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561401#comment-990749 Jeff Bezos specifically said that customers do not want gadgets (which was even in the mistaken description for this article). He said that customers want services that work and get better over time. That is what he is offering. Geeks can and will always be able to root and install whatever they want (I rooted the first Kindle Fire I received within a week of getting it, and it runs faster (and geekier) on Cyanogenmod. There is nothing wrong with not offering an explicit geek-oriented model (geeks will geek out anyway) or their prices, which are awesome. Wake up and smell the market-share boys!

]]> By: Rich http://gigaom.com/2012/09/11/my-thoughts-on-kindle-fire-2012-edition/#comment-990594 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:52:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561401#comment-990594 Om, are you serious about Amazon reducing the price of the Kindle Fire HD to half of its launch price?

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