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I have one, enjoy it and use it very much. If they get the software figured out (tapping is wonky) this would be a 5 star device, as it is now, it's a 4 star d

I have one, enjoy it and use it very much. If they get the software figured out (tapping is wonky) this would be a 5 star device, as it is now, it's a 4 star device.

sigzero 15y ago
Amazon put out an update. Did you update yours or is it still wonky after that?
- Terretta 15y ago
  Still wonky. But -- it won't bother you if you don't use iOS. If you've never used iOS, you're used to having touch response delayed or misinterpreted, or completely missed, or responding at a different scale of movement than your finger's movement. The Fire will do what you expect, which is, act like that too. I let a colleague play with the Fire, which he had ordered but not yet received, while on a business trip. I gave him the Fire the first evening. He loved it. He was ecstatic. He'd never used an iPad, and his phone is Blackberry. He raved about it. He couldn't wait to get his. Next evening I took the Fire away and gave him the iPad. He used the same apps: Kindle, Netflix, Hulu+, web browser. He thought it was great. "Sure, the screen's twice the size, and reading the web seems a little easier, but they're basically the same." The third evening, I gave him back the Fire. Next day, he was not just despondent, but frustrated to the point of irritation: "This thing just doesn't do what you tell it to!" He no longer wanted the Fire, and decided to get an iPad instead. Since launch I've maintained the Kindle Fire is fantastic for consuming commercial media within Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu, either if $200 is your budget cap or you've never used iOS. I've owned several of the other tablets, and they just don't compare to the Kindle Fire for simplicity and ease of use. The Kindle really can be just picked up and used, and that's huge. It's very likely that someone who gets one won't miss what they don't know. They'll likely happily stick with future versions. Sort of makes one wonder what's wrong with the other Android tablet makers.

I have one, enjoy it and use it very much. If they get the software figured out (tapping is wonky) this would be a 5 star device, as it is now, it's a 4 star device.

sigzero 15y ago

Amazon put out an update. Did you update yours or is it still wonky after that?

Terretta 15y ago
Still wonky. But -- it won't bother you if you don't use iOS. If you've never used iOS, you're used to having touch response delayed or misinterpreted, or completely missed, or responding at a different scale of movement than your finger's movement. The Fire will do what you expect, which is, act like that too. I let a colleague play with the Fire, which he had ordered but not yet received, while on a business trip. I gave him the Fire the first evening. He loved it. He was ecstatic. He'd never used an iPad, and his phone is Blackberry. He raved about it. He couldn't wait to get his. Next evening I took the Fire away and gave him the iPad. He used the same apps: Kindle, Netflix, Hulu+, web browser. He thought it was great. "Sure, the screen's twice the size, and reading the web seems a little easier, but they're basically the same." The third evening, I gave him back the Fire. Next day, he was not just despondent, but frustrated to the point of irritation: "This thing just doesn't do what you tell it to!" He no longer wanted the Fire, and decided to get an iPad instead. Since launch I've maintained the Kindle Fire is fantastic for consuming commercial media within Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu, either if $200 is your budget cap or you've never used iOS. I've owned several of the other tablets, and they just don't compare to the Kindle Fire for simplicity and ease of use. The Kindle really can be just picked up and used, and that's huge. It's very likely that someone who gets one won't miss what they don't know. They'll likely happily stick with future versions. Sort of makes one wonder what's wrong with the other Android tablet makers.