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I know the kindle only gives you what? 1gb of your "own" space in it but i was wondering can you load PDF on it? CBZ/CBR? or do you pretty much have to load whatever you buy from amazon on it?
It gives you 5GB of local storage, reads PDFs fine, and can be sideloaded with most Android apps if they don't rely on phone, gps, camera, etc.
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It gives you 5GB of local storage, reads PDFs fine, and can be sideloaded with most Android apps if they don't rely on phone, gps, camera, etc.
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How is the netflix app on it? is it smooth?
And when you load do you load it via computer and if so does it come with the cable?
I cant help with netflix question but I can tell you it doesnt come with a USB cable just a mains charger.
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Cbr and Cbz files are read easily on comicrack, I read a lot of comics on my fire and its my preferred software.
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Storage also is not an issue, upload your files to box or dropbox and download when needed.
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Belgorm said:
Cbr and Cbz files are read easily on comicrack, I read a lot of comics on my fire and its my preferred software.
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Is this right out of the box? no rooting or anything? is it an amazon app i dl? one of the biggest reasons i want one is because of comics/books and the panel by panel viewing on kindle is why i want it so bad, does this comicrack do the same?
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Storage also is not an issue, upload your files to box or dropbox and download when needed.
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Not a big tech savvy person i have no idea what a box or dropbox means.
Go check out http://comicrack.cyolito.com/
There is a android version which works fine on the Kindle, you can download and move the free version to a folder your Kindle and install.
I was reading up on the dropbox and stuff is there a way of putting pdfs etc. on the fire without an android phone? i don't have an android phone.
You can copy them across to the documents folder with a USB cable or setup dropbox on your PC and put them in the shared folder and then download them on the Kindle through Wi-Fi.
Netflix works fine.
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Nice
Belgorm said:
Cbr and Cbz files are read easily on comicrack, I read a lot of comics on my fire and its my preferred software.
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Thank you! I've been lazily looking for a CBR/CBZ reader for my Fire. This one works great. This device just gets better and better
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How is the netflix app on it? is it smooth?
And when you load do you load it via computer and if so does it come with the cable?
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I've been using the Netflix app for a few days and I'm very impressed with it.
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I also second the Comicrack. I tried a few that I had tried initially with my galaxy s. Obviously screen was too small to really enjoy. When I tried those same ones on the Fire, it was ok. JJ comix spams you to purchase it after every tap practically, even in the settings and preferences before you start reading anything.
Android comic viewer was ok, but I like to hold it landscape and set to fit width. This one kept randomly changing that even though I had it set to fit width.
I saw comicrack had a droid version, which i used on PC before, and its been great.
I havent tried the part/panel feature yet. Just setting to fit width is great. I set top left/right to next page, bottom left/right to previous so regardless which hand I hold, same function. Only time I zoom is if its a 2 page spread and depending you don't need to zoom since the res is so nice.
For reference, and not exaggerating, 95% of my Fire has been messing with comics. I loaded one book up to see if it worked, and 1 video. No music.
Got me a nice 26gb marvel pack.
You can email pdf's to your device at (yourusername)@kindle.com
Here the apk http://www.mediafire.com/?iu3mpcbdzrwbdez
It doesn't work on my Fire with ICS, just shows blank pages.
Chrome needs to take advantage of the hardware acceleration features, which is not enable in ICS for Kindle yet.
thank you very much
I'm sad. I would love Chrome on my many non ICS Android devices.
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How did you get the app to show up? I copied the apk to system/apps, but it doesn't show up on my KF 2nd gen. Play Store and Youtube work fine. Firefox crashes, so currently I have no browser...
Flash the AOSP jb ROM n u get chrome to work. It's working on mine flawlessly.
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I have tried to get Amazon Instant Video on SGT 2 10.1, but i havent got i it working. Have anyone tried to get this working, now it works one Nook tablet. Do anyone now how to get it working.
As of right now the apk does not work on ICS. If the kindle fire ever gets updated it will likely work for us
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I have watched amazon video on my sgs2 I used xscope browser and changed it from Android to desktop, haven't tried it on the tab yet.
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No problems on my gt-p5113 using Amazon prime to watch shows. I'm using Apex browser pro without any issues like stuttering or lagging but I'm not using an apk, just viewing on the Amazon site itself.
One of the primary uses for the Nexus 7 will be as an eReader. To that end I was wondering if anyone conform whether the android Kindle app is compatible with the Nexus 7.
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Brac20 said:
One of the primary uses for the Nexus 7 will be as an eReader. To that end I was wondering if anyone conform whether the android Kindle app is compatible with the Nexus 7.
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No reason it wouldn't be, along with the B&N Nook app, Kobo, etc., etc.
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One of the primary uses for the Nexus 7 will be as an eReader. To that end I was wondering if anyone conform whether the android Kindle app is compatible with the Nexus 7.
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You should definitely be able to use the Kindle app, as well as the Amazon AppStore, and the Amazon MP3 store.
I assumed as much I just wanted to be 100% sure as that's where all my books are ;-)
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Kindle app on Nexus 7 and an actual Kindle side-by-side would be a nice comparison, if anyone can comment on that.
I could have tonight. I forgot to do it tho.
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Kindle app on Nexus 7 and an actual Kindle side-by-side would be a nice comparison, if anyone can comment on that.
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I've tried both, the nexus is hands down a better experience, its smoother and the screen is much nicer
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Salty Wagyu said:
Kindle app on Nexus 7 and an actual Kindle side-by-side would be a nice comparison, if anyone can comment on that.
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The best kindle experience is available not on kindle fire rather it is available on Kindle iPad app. The interactive magazines on kindle store does not appear so interactive on kindle fire however the same magazine is very interactive on kindle iPad app. This is kind of surprising but true and I know because I have both. Also the iPad screen has better aspect ratio in order to fit the magazine fully in the screen whereas on kindle fire it does not fully fit the screen because of 16:9 aspect ratio and same is the case with Nexus 7. You can read magazines without much zoom on iPad as compared to any 16:9 screen ratio table which includes not only the 7 inch but the 10 inch tablets as well. I use to own Galaxy Tab 10.1 and I know how good the magazines used to look on iPad as compared to Tab 10.1.
Don't worry though I myself have order Nexus 7 for myself but I won't be using it for reading though. I wanted a 7 inch Tegra 3 tablet for gaming so thats what I am going to do on it. I hope that games would be compatible with 4.1 soon. The biggest problem with Android Eco System i.e. app compatibility on multiple devices.
saadi703 said:
The best kindle experience is available not on kindle fire rather it is available on Kindle iPad app. The interactive magazines on kindle store does not appear so interactive on kindle fire however the same magazine is very interactive on kindle iPad app.
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That might be true for magazines, but for ebooks I've found a 7" in portrait to be ablout perfect. It just about equals a single paperback page, and is very easy to old for longer periods of time. Text on my iPad is excellent, but it gets heavy after awhile and I don't like the Kindle 2-page format in landscape. And the iPad is positively ungainly in portrait.
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Play Books apps is nicer than the Kindle Android app, but, I think I'll do my book shopping on the Kindle store because it's very easy to strip DRM and share with others in my household. I haven't been able to find a solution to make Play Books DRM free/share with others I'd share a physical book with otherwise.
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Play Books apps is nicer than the Kindle Android app, but, I think I'll do my book shopping on the Kindle store because it's very easy to strip DRM and share with others in my household. I haven't been able to find a solution to make Play Books DRM free/share with others I'd share a physical book with otherwise.
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I agree that play books has a better ui, but I keep both on it as I use the kindle app to side load the books I already own, if I don't find a book on the play store for a great deal I also tend to buy them on kindle since its multiplatform.
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wynand32 said:
That might be true for magazines, but for ebooks I've found a 7" in portrait to be ablout perfect. It just about equals a single paperback page, and is very easy to old for longer periods of time. Text on my iPad is excellent, but it gets heavy after awhile and I don't like the Kindle 2-page format in landscape. And the iPad is positively ungainly in portrait.
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Yes that's what I said in my post as well that books are ok with 7 inch tablet but magazines are not so exciting. For books 7 inch is ideal size. Kindle magazines for Android Kindle are most not interactive although same magazine when downloaded on iPad is interactive. It is kind of strange because the Kindle app for iPad is also made by Amazon and why would amazon make a better app for iPad as compared to Kindle fire. It confuses me. The Kindle for Android is same as for fire.
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Can anyone provide screenshots of the same book/page on the Nexus 7 and a Kindle e-ink device. Just wondering if I'm going to still want an e-ink device for reading in addition to my N7.
Thanks.
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Can anyone provide screenshots of the same book/page on the Nexus 7 and a Kindle e-ink device. Just wondering if I'm going to still want an e-ink device for reading in addition to my N7.
Thanks.
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I'll be keeping my Kindle as the e-ink display is just a lot easier on the eyes for reading as well as the battery life being superb.
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Yes that's what I said in my post as well that books are ok with 7 inch tablet but magazines are not so exciting. For books 7 inch is ideal size. Kindle magazines for Android Kindle are most not interactive although same magazine when downloaded on iPad is interactive. It is kind of strange because the Kindle app for iPad is also made by Amazon and why would amazon make a better app for iPad as compared to Kindle fire. It confuses me. The Kindle for Android is same as for fire.
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Sorry, missed that in your post. I'll note that I've decided that a good combination is a new iPad for a 10" device and a Nexus 7 for a 7" device. Best of both worlds, really.
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Can anyone provide screenshots of the same book/page on the Nexus 7 and a Kindle e-ink device. Just wondering if I'm going to still want an e-ink device for reading in addition to my N7
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e-ink is really nice for brightly lit environments. battery life is much better. and they they weigh a lot less. but they make really crappy general-purpose tablets
dbrickg said:
e-ink is really nice for brightly lit environments. battery life is much better. and they they weigh a lot less. but they make really crappy general-purpose tablets
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Sure. I actually have both, because I live in SoCal and so no tablet is going to work everywhere I want to read.
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The wife has a kindle and a flyer. If I had to choose one I would pick a tablet because its so much more versatile but eink readers are very good at the one thing they are for. Synchronization between both kindle and the app makes it quite convenient to have both too.
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The margins in the Kindle app on Android are still too large for my tastes. They are much smaller on the Fire proper. So there is a difference between Kindle app and Kindle device.
I'm currently using Aldiko for sideloaded epubs. I'm hoping Google Books will allow sideloading in the near future as I find it a better user experience than Aldiko.
I've tried the vast majority of other readers, and so far haven't found anything better.
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The margins in the Kindle app on Android are still too large for my tastes. They are much smaller on the Fire proper. So there is a difference between Kindle app and Kindle device.
I'm currently using Aldiko for sideloaded epubs. I'm hoping Google Books will allow sideloading in the near future as I find it a better user experience than Aldiko.
I've tried the vast majority of other readers, and so far haven't found anything better.
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The Nook android app allows sideloading of epubs. It's very nice as far as the user interface.
Hi, I have the Amazon Prime Streaming Video service, and I was wondering if there is a app, or a way to watch it on my S4,and my Nexus 7 2013? Thanks
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The only way I have figured out is to load flash player for android from the adobe archives and then use a browser such as Dolphin to access the prime streaming movie page.
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Red is right.
Amazon has not released their app for the Android market.
Many have tried to extract it from the Kindle Fire & HD to use on
other tablets or phones, but it has not worked. Kind of bad since
Amazon has released the Amazon Instant Video App for IOS.
So, the only way to watch is to set your (flash capable) browser to desktop, load flash
and then log on to Amazon and watch the video through the browser
it works, but not as well as the Amazon Instant Video app. . .
Unfortunately flash is dead in Android 4.4, so this is a short-term solution for everybody, unless you stick with your current device and never upgrade it.
I understand why they might have wanted to keep instant video a kindle exclusive. But once they released it on iOS, it should be on android too.