Refurbished. Today only on Tech.woot. Decent deal.
http://tech.woot.com/
Great tablet and that's a pretty good price. Does anyone know anything about that website? Is there a Today's W00t! deal everyday?
Yes. Woot is a very reputable website and is owned by Amazon although they don't take Amazon payments, but do take PayPal so you'll be covered. Started out as there own company and when it grew so big, it was bought by Amazon. It used to be One site Woot.com, but now has several offerings like tech.woot, sports.woot, etc. Each site has 1 deal everyday.
I'm thinking about picking one of these up tomorrow if the sale works out. Note that this sale was supposed to be last week, but they postponed it until tomorrow due to some technical difficulty.
http://reviews.cnet.com/marketplace/2748-32333_7-2096.html?tag=nl.e794&s_cid=e794&ttag=e794
I would be new to the Kindle Fire, but not Android. I have a Nexus 7, Evo LTE, and have owned and sold several other phones and tablets. This one interests me because it's a cheap option for the kids, and I would also like to take advantage of the free monthly kindle lending library book with my Prime account. The most important thing is to get the Play store on there so I can take advantage of my purchases. It looks like I can root the fire, install the play store, and a market opener app, unroot, and still keep the existing OS. I believe the original OS is required to use the extra Prime features (and also a couple of kids apps I've found exclusive to the kindle). I may eventually go with a CM10.1 based ROM in the future, but I would like to at least try the stock OS for the Prime features first.
One hesitation I have is the lack of storage for kids movies. I've seen the nook tablet refurbs for $80 over the holidays, which I know has 1GB ram and SD card slot, but the kf seems to have better software support both from the stock software to the custom development.
So, what do you guys think? Is this the best option for a sub-$100 tablet for kids?
If you install a custom rom (CM10.1) will the amazon market still recognize the tablet as a kindle fire, and can you still install the kindle fire edition apps?
UPDATED: Sale was changed to $70 from $75. Supposed to start tomorrow at 8AM PST.
Kindle Fire Refurbs for $75
It would be a very good choice to get a kindle fire. And if you wanted to go cheaper you could always buy a demo version on eBay for $50. Then root it and put stock ROM on it. That's what I did for my brother
tobiascuypers said:
It would be a very good choice to get a kindle fire. And if you wanted to go cheaper you could always buy a demo version on eBay for $50. Then root it and put stock ROM on it. That's what I did for my brother
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Thanks. I didn't realize about the demo units. They seem to end at about $55 on ebay, and many don't come with chargers. With the sale now at $70, I think I'll take the 90 day warranty and the ability to take back to best buy.
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Thanks. I didn't realize about the demo units. They seem to end at about $55 on ebay, and many don't come with chargers. With the sale now at $70, I think I'll take the 90 day warranty and the ability to take back to best buy.
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You won't be able to download Kindle Edition apps on the playstore if you put 10.1 on there. Personally, I would jump on this tablet for 70, after putting 10.1 on there it runs pretty smooth, does all I want it to, all around good media device. Not even jealous of my friend's nexus 7 .
This deal is live now for anyone interested. You need to enter the promo code "cnetkindle" when checking out.
I bought a brand new one for $100 bucks about 2 weeks ago on ebay , I havent gone custom rom yet , I have rooted (fff & twrp) , still contemplating losing the amazon stuff , I dont really read much so losing it isnt a big thing , I really like the size , I also have an Acer a500 and that is 10 inch , but the Kindle is actually the "just right size" (after my Galaxy Note) !
$70 is a great price for one of these, even if local storage isn't great. Thanks for the tip on the sale!
Its a sturdy device that my 3 yr old son loves. But we don't travel with it so we don't need local storage. Streaming via Netflix over WiFi is working fine for us.
I didn't care for the stock launcher or OS and so fixed that. But maybe you could just install a different launcher after getting the play store installed. Then you wouldn't lose your amazon perks.
Sold out.....
That's just how good our 1st gen KFs are!!!!
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Found a link to a 20% off coupon for Office Max. I used one a few weeks ago exactly like this to get a price match at Office Depot, since it's closer to me. That how I got my 32GB Nexus 7 2013 for just over $200. Tablets and ereaders are specifically included on this coupon, so go nuts. Office Depot and Best Buy both have specific inclusions for Office Max price matches.
http://www.retailmenot.com/view/officemax.com#print.4968019
Yay
And brandspankingnew! In case someone still wants to grab this 32GB Kindle HD 1st generation, here's the Amazon link
http://www.amazon.de/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_163485227_2?ie=UTF8&docId=1000810373&pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=right-3&pf_rd_r=0TG0CT8RK4DJ4NFPJ039&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=503431647&pf_rd_i=186606
Not sure if this also works for people outside Germany. Hope, someone enjoys the information as much as I did.
It'll be my first Kindle to play around with.
Can't go wrong for that price, right? :good:
I ordered one this morning, I think 99 euros is a pretty fair price.
Also ordered a fastboot cable with it since I want to put CM11 on it
Probably not the fastest tablet (even for 99 bucks), but overall a pretty decent device I think.
Damn i was too late...
But i bought 16gb instead for the same price
Hi all,
I have heard that Windows has cut the licensing fee for manufactures who would like to produce Windows tablets with a scree below 9 inches at a budget price (under $200)...
Can anyone suggest such a tablet? (I really can't spend more than $150 dollars, so I would also consider Windows RT if anyone knows of any cheap but decent products...)
Thanks guys
If you wait for the right deal, you can probably get a Lenovo Miix 2 or Dell Venue 8 Pro for around $175-$189.
If you really are firm on the $150 price point, you may want to buy one used. A lot of people pawn off the free Office 2013 license that comes with these tablets and sell the tablet on fleabay afterwards.
I own both tablets, and highly recommend them, for Windows 8.1 solo or dual-booting Android. They can even do Netflix HTML5 streaming with gusto on Chrome 38.
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