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To: Grampa Dave

Heads up on a Kindle Fire. If you have an Amazon account with a stored credit card, check your credit card statement for odd charges from Amazon. I was gifted a Fire by my daughter who set up a Free Time app for the grandson. The app is not so free at $5.29 a month. The Fire is great for the price if you do mind the constant merchandising from Amazon.


18 posted on 12/25/2016 5:10:30 PM PST by buckalfa (I am deplorable.)
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To: buckalfa

Thanks, my family got me the no ads version.

I set it up last night, and let the battery charge fully.

It is as fast as my ChromeBook which is fast.

Having said that, those with limited tablet/digital experience would be lost.

There are no instructions in or on the box. You have to plug it in.

You need your email addies and other data.

After you turn it on, it is fairly easy to enter the data you need.

It connected to our fastest wifi connection and seems very secure. The connection was faster and the result better than my Acer. My Acer would not connect at the fastest WIFI and is very weak in most areas of our home.

I found that I could easily transport all of my google contacts which makes life easier.

In a few minutes, I read all of my emails on Comcast and Google and sent a couple.

We use Amazon prime and our pictures on AP were downloaded quickly.

I got it to replace my 2 year old Acer tablet which is dying on it 2 year old birthdate.

Great screen, and my Amazon books are very readable.

Silk, the browser is very fast. It found my CPap site which records my nightly sleep and the display is as good as my 15 inch Chromebook. It was chopped up on the Acer and Android phone.

I will remove my sd memory card from the Acer and put it in the Fire today sometime. I don’t know if I even need it with the Prime for our photos. I got the 32 gb memory, and it will be all I need.

So far so good. Of course, you can’t really evaluate any electronic gizmo until you have used them for at least a month on a regular basis.

Thanks again for the feedback.


19 posted on 12/26/2016 8:54:53 AM PST by Grampa Dave (You can't shame liberals because, they don't understand the concept of honor and decency!)
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