Anyone got a Kindle fire (not HD wrsion) ?? advice please

[sm4him]

All I know is, I've really never had any problem reading anything on my Kindle Fire--and I have vision problems.
To me, one of the big pluses is the color--like Hugh said, if you're just reading novels, it won't matter, but I often read photography books, magazines, etc on mine, and I love the color capability.

I will grant that if you were outside in the really bright sun or something, you'd run into problems trying to read it, and that IS a big advantage of the regular Kindles. In fact, I've considered buying a regular Kindle just for that purpose--sitting by the pool, or at the beach, or just reading during my lunch time outdoors--but the truth is, I just don't run into the need for it often enough to justify the expense, and if I had to pick one or the other, I still prefer my Fire, because of the color abilities and the semi-tablet nature of it.

 

[JohnYoung]

To each, his own, I guess.

As I mentioned, I have the original Kindle Fire and the new HD version. My wife has the original version as well. We have both read hundreds of books on them and have had zero issue reading on the LCD screen. It is true that it does not look like reading a paper book, but it IS crystal clear and sharp. We do both have screen protectors from day one, so maybe that reduces some of the glare that has been mentioned.

The main advantages that I see of the Fire vs a standard e Reader, is;

Books that have high res pictures, such as a photography book, displays far better than a standard eReader. If you are just interested in reading novels, this would not be an issue.

When reading a book that has reference links, it is handy to click on the link and it bring up the linked site or reference, which I don't think would be an available feature on an eReader.

Hmmm... OK now you are swaying me towards the Fire again.. Decision.. decisions.....

I think I will go for the Fire, I had also looked at a nexus BUT we already have a good fast android tablet computer so a repeat really were as the fire is a fancy e-reader so makes more sense... I think :lmao:

sm4him - Thank you I am going to buy the Kindle Fire

 

[JClishe]

I've had the gen 2 Kindle and recently got the Paperwhite. The Paperwhite is great for reading in bed with the lights off and not waking your spouse.

Another thing - that's been mentioned already - is battery life and reading in bright light. We took a family vacation to the beach this summer and my wife and I both literally read our Kindles all day long laying on the beach, while the kids played in the sand & water. No problems whatsoever with the sun, and neither of us had to charge our Kindles for the entire week. In fact you don't even need to pack a charger when you travel with your Kindle.

Something else that I rely heavily on is the "send to Kindle" feature of Instapaper and Readability. Ever have a long article or something on a webpage that you want to read later but you don't want to sit in front of your computer to do it? Put the Send to Kindle button on your browsers favorites bar and Instapaper or Readability will deliver it wirelessly to your Kindle. So every night when I go to bed there's new stuff on my Kindle waiting for me. Not sure if Kindle Fire's have that functionality.


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[JohnYoung]

Thank you, looks interesting and looking at the page below it looks like it will work with Kindle Fire

Amazon.com: Send to Kindle for Mozilla Firefox


But suppose on Kindle Fire if its web content you could use the browser if in range of wi-fi but excellent if you are not or don't want/or can't use the internet

 

[sm4him]

Thank you, looks interesting and looking at the page below it looks like it will work with Kindle Fire

Amazon.com: Send to Kindle for Mozilla Firefox


But suppose on Kindle Fire if its web content you could use the browser if in range of wi-fi but excellent if you are not or don't want/or can't use the internet

Huh, I had no idea that little add-on existed--looks pretty cool!
I just did a quick test of it; it does indeed work on the Fire. I sent a short blog article and a longer article from cambridgeincolour.com--the short article just showed the small article, not the other articles that appeared on the same page when I was online, but it did also have the link where I could click on go to that page.
The Cambridge article was perfect. The whole article right there, ready to read offline, OR there is a small link at the top that takes me to the same page online. Also, as I read, all the clickable links from the article are still "live" so I could explore any of those, if I'm so inclined and have wifi at the time.
Very cool! Now, I have to go through all my bookmarks, looking for those articles I've marked to go back and read later!

 

[JohnYoung]

Thank you, looks interesting and looking at the page below it looks like it will work with Kindle Fire

Amazon.com: Send to Kindle for Mozilla Firefox


But suppose on Kindle Fire if its web content you could use the browser if in range of wi-fi but excellent if you are not or don't want/or can't use the internet

Huh, I had no idea that little add-on existed--looks pretty cool!
I just did a quick test of it; it does indeed work on the Fire. I sent a short blog article and a longer article from cambridgeincolour.com--the short article just showed the small article, not the other articles that appeared on the same page when I was online, but it did also have the link where I could click on go to that page.
The Cambridge article was perfect. The whole article right there, ready to read offline, OR there is a small link at the top that takes me to the same page online. Also, as I read, all the clickable links from the article are still "live" so I could explore any of those, if I'm so inclined and have wifi at the time.
Very cool! Now, I have to go through all my bookmarks, looking for those articles I've marked to go back and read later!

Great pleased you found something useful from this thread thanks to JClishe and thank you for letting me know that it works :hug::

 

[JClishe]

Great pleased you found something useful from this thread thanks to JClishe and thank you for letting me know that it works :hug::

Glad I could add some value to the thread! I have a dedicated folder on my Kindle called "Web" that I put all of my web articles in.

I do find that Readability generally formats articles a little nicer than Instapaper does when sending to Kindle.