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It's a Kindle HD 8.9 with 64g memory. Got a great price on it and it came with 24/7 lifetime tech support so it's like the "Mayday" service, except I have to call them instead of press a button.
But I don't know what to do with it. I tried reading a book with it and it sucks, it's heavy, awkward, cumbersome and uncomfortable. I would much prefer a regular book. The only reason I can see for using this for books is if I had to travel a lot and carry a ton of books with me. Otherwise, it's stupid.
I do like it for viewing videos while in bed. Unfortunately, while the Dolby speakers are awesome, the are on the back of the unit and for some unknown reason Amazon stopped the volume very low, so some videos cannot even be heard. Music is out of the question in many cases due to this problem.
But if you are lucky enough to find a video with high volume, you can block the back speakers with your hands or some object and the sound will be transferred to the front and is awesome.
Unfortunately there aren't a lot of videos I want to see. Same goes with the selection of books. I bought it thinking I'd re-read my favorite old books, well, they're not available on kindle, so I'm getting them in paperback, which is better since the Kindle samples I've read are not worth the inconvenience.
Lots of apps, lots of scary stories of how the apps are full of malware and destroyed their Kindle. So, I'm only downloading major network apps.
I must say the tablet seems very well made, the video can be excellent (sometimes), the sound can be made excellent (sometimes), books are out of the question, unless I am desperate, don't really know what I can do with this thing.
Thoughts?
It's a Kindle HD 8.9 with 64g memory. Got a great price on it and it came with 24/7 lifetime tech support so it's like the "Mayday" service, except I have to call them instead of press a button.
But I don't know what to do with it. I tried reading a book with it and it sucks, it's heavy, awkward, cumbersome and uncomfortable. I would much prefer a regular book. The only reason I can see for using this for books is if I had to travel a lot and carry a ton of books with me. Otherwise, it's stupid.
I do like it for viewing videos while in bed. Unfortunately, while the Dolby speakers are awesome, the are on the back of the unit and for some unknown reason Amazon stopped the volume very low, so some videos cannot even be heard. Music is out of the question in many cases due to this problem.
But if you are lucky enough to find a video with high volume, you can block the back speakers with your hands or some object and the sound will be transferred to the front and is awesome.
Unfortunately there aren't a lot of videos I want to see. Same goes with the selection of books. I bought it thinking I'd re-read my favorite old books, well, they're not available on kindle, so I'm getting them in paperback, which is better since the Kindle samples I've read are not worth the inconvenience.
Lots of apps, lots of scary stories of how the apps are full of malware and destroyed their Kindle. So, I'm only downloading major network apps.
I must say the tablet seems very well made, the video can be excellent (sometimes), the sound can be made excellent (sometimes), books are out of the question, unless I am desperate, don't really know what I can do with this thing.
Thoughts?