http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/64...le-Fire-electric-shock-risk-children-chargers
Was bit disappointed that I'd read about it here before Amazon got around to emailing about it.
The £12 voucher to get a new charger placated that pretty fast.
Bit of a bump as they've finally sent me the envelope to return the old one.
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FYI Kmart and Tigerdirect has 16gb right now..
So just wanted to ask how the kindle app runs on this tablet vs the kindle app for ipad, and if the office software that comes with the tablet is good enough to buy the dock over for school... thanks guy.
Do you mean Adorama?
lol yeah, never seen this place before sorry
point is kmart and tigerdirect has them! lol
and wanted some info on the kindle app.. I seen it on the xoom some time back and it was not as polished as the kindle app for the ipad. Oh hows the zinio app?
I just orderd min 32gb from newegg.
Hi guys just letting you know that this Sunday's Walmart ad will feature the Kindle Fire at stores for $199.99 and you get a $50 Walmart gift card with your purchase! Its probably a Valentine's Day promotion because the sale runs through 2/14.
Check your local Walmart ad on Sunday 2/5
I saw this from Slickdeals.
http://slickdeals.net/f/3893016-Kindle-Fire-for-200-50-Walmart-Gift-Card-at-Walmart
A sale running from this Sunday (2-5) on to the 14th? Link was down for me...
Edit: Think I got it.
http://slickdeals.net/f/3893016-Kindle-Fire-for-200-50-Walmart-Gift-Card-at-Walmart
Looks to be from the 5th on.
Nice...
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Was wondering why our local WalMart was stocking up on them, they've been trying to keep 20 or more out in the case for the last week..
Thank you for the heads up. I was just about to pull the trigger and get it from Amazon. I think $150 is a perfect deal for the kindle fire. Since I go to Wal-Mart often the gift card will get used for every day stuff.
The Amazon Kindle Fire was my first tablet and a great one as well. Thanks to awesome developers such as JackpotClavin, HashCode, Lithium, and everyone else the Kindle Fire is a great choice for budget and size conscience individuals.
Anyway, I just purchased a 4G LTE Motorola Xoom 32 GB on Ebay for $200 and sold my Kindle Fire for $150. I recently realized that the Xoom was a Google Experience Device and is going to be updated to Jelly Bean by Google!
Once again thanks everyone for making the Kindle Fire such a great device!
that thing is, heavy lol. I had one, a looooong time ago. briefly. enjoy it
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That's an excellent upgrade! I'm surprised you could sell your Fire for $150
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That's an excellent upgrade! I'm surprised you could sell your Fire for $150
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haha yeah. I put up my kindle fire on ebay with a good description an $89.99 starting bid price and a $150.00 buy it now option and it was sold within 12 hours.
im really excited for the xoom since there will be official jelly bean for it
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That's an excellent upgrade! I'm surprised you could sell your Fire for $150
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They sell easily for 150.
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They sell easily for 150.
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That's a surprise, considering they sell new for $199 in the USA. I got them from an Australian importer for $261 including case and adaptor.
Even with the next generation kindle tablets on the horizon people are buying up kindle fires on eBay. I suggest if any of you want to upgrade to sell now before the kindle fire 2 comes out and drops the resale value of the original.
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
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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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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