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Amazon Kindle Fire

Based on 33 reviews

Excellent:

6
Good:

11
Average:

7
Bad:

9

Pros

Seamless experience with Amazon's digital content services; great Web browser; curated Android app store includes must-have apps; ultra-affordable price tag; exceptional screen for its price.
Compact, Snappy performance and great battery life, Nice display, 5GB free cloud storage, Free 1 month of Amazon Prime
Well priced; Perfect for tablet users on a budget.
Check out that price tag, Support for Adobe Flash Player, Solid web browser for basic web browsing, The wealth of Amazon content at your fingertips, Video streaming and bookborrowing for free with Prime membership, Great deals on apps in Amazon app store.
Amazon Prime members get additional perk of 100,000+ free movies and TV shows plus Kindle Owners’ Lending Library for $79/year. More user-friendly than any other Android-based device on the market. Perfect for frequent Amazon shoppers, who are treat
Small formfactor, easy to use, Flashfriendly
Great screen; solid performance on all fronts; excellent integration into Amazon ecosystem; good value for the price.
Affordable, good quality, excellent Amazon shopping and support experience.
Easy to set up, Easy to use, Easy to explain, Simple design, Cheap price, Great content, Portable
Gorgeous screen, Strong multimedia playback, Mostly snappy performance, Good price for its functionality
Great price, Does what the average user expects and does it well
Compact, very affordable, good app selection, great ereader and video playback, cloud music support
Very affordable, Solid construction
Screen is detailed and bright, Battery life is pretty robust for the price, Interface for managing books, movies, and apps is visually appealing, Speakers are loud
Easy shopping for Amazon books, music, videos, Smooth integration of cloud and local storage.
Solid, compact design, Slick and easy-to-use interface, Easy access to lots of content and apps, Free video and books for Amazon Prime members, Very affordable, Loud speakers
A great platform for casual video playback. A perfectly fine Android 2.3 app device. A price that pleads “buy me,” repeatedly, until you crack a big grin, and give in like a goodnatured father buying trinkets for the kids at WalMart.
Incredible value for the price, Sharp, bright, hi-res screen, Extremely easy to use, Free cloud storage for Amazon content.

Cons

Lacks 3G, cameras, microphone, GPS and location services; paltry 8GB internal storage; no Bluetooth; limited parental control; fewer apps than Apple's or Google's app stores; screen could be brighter.
Laggy web browser, No Bluetooth, No microphone, No camera
Cloud services don't work in India; Only Wi-Fi connectivity; Lacks expandable memory.
No Camera, No Bluetooth, No HDMI, No SD card slot or expandable storage, Poor placement of power button and headphone jack, No free (or paid) 3G option as seen on some eink Kindles, Limited app selection compared to full Android market.
Screen is too small for comfortably reading magazine content without zooming. Limited app selection, especially for Google lovers. Some popular apps blocked from installation at launch (Plex, Zinio, doubleTwist). Facebook “app” just a shortcut
No external volume buttons, No autodiscovery
Lack of Bluetooth, external buttons and other standard tablet functions;
Lacks the features of a general purpose tablet, lags sometimes.
No microSD, Bluetooth, camera, Can get oddly sluggish here and there, Needs more RAM, Small 7-inch screen
Oversimplified interface feels cluttered and more limiting than liberating, Taps often register as swipes, Storage space is tight, No memory-card slot
Lacks volume from onboard speakers, No Bluetooth, No 3G capability
Boring design, somewhat clumsy user interface, no volume controls
Amazon Appstore is very limited compared to the Android Market, Inconsistent performance, No video chat camera
Keyboard is difficult to type on for more than a few words, Stores for buying content are too disparate, and sometimes forced in front of your face as with the Video section, 6GB of storage is very small. We know, clouds and everything, but there's no
Sluggish performance, Interface still has some bugs, Not as flexible and versatile as other tablets.
No dedicated volume controls, 8GB of memory not expandable, Occasionally buggy, sluggish performance, Skimpy parental controls
Small screen size and insufficient processing power. Crap browser performance. Near useless as a magazine reader, and roundly trumped by superb eink Kindles as a book reader.
Sometimes sluggish, Screen can be very reflective, Limited on-device storage.

By TechSpot on November 24, 2011

My out of the box experience with the Kindle Fire was not as good as I had expected. Sure, the very initial setup was a breeze, since it logged in my Amazon account automatically (which it won't do with devices bought at retail stores or ordered from

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By GSMArena on February 17, 2012

The Amazon Kindle Fire is a 7" Android tablet and one might think it's in the same league as some of Samsung's Galaxy Tabs, the HTC Flyer, the BlackBerry PlayBook, the Acer Iconia tabs, the Toshiba Thrive, you name it. The list goes on but most...

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By CNET Asia on February 03, 2012

Though it lacks the tech specs found on more expensive Apple and Android tablets, the US$199 Kindle Fire is an outstanding entertainment value that prizes simplicity over techno-wizardry....

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By The Gadgeteer on January 31, 2012

The Kindle Fire is already a wildly popular device because of its sub $200 price tag and Amazon’s brand reputation. The reasons why I like the Fire are its price, compact size, nice display, snappy performance and good battery life. The reasons...

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By TechTree on January 27, 2012

Expert Review MRP: Rs 16,000 Rs 13,900 () Is it an ebook reader or is it a tablet? Marketed as a tablet, Amazon's Kindle Fire has finally made its way into the Indian market. The tablet has been priced higher for India as compared to the $200...

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By Pocketables on January 20, 2012

Specifications Despite its cheap price, the Kindle Fire still has very decent specs. It packs 7-inch 1024 x 600 IPS display, 1GHz dual-core processor, and WiFi b/g/n, but Amazon did cut corners by leaving out any cameras or extra ports, there's not...

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By NotebookCheck on January 08, 2012

Those wanting a complete Android experience with iOS-like performance out of the box are going to get neither with the Kindle Fire. Let’s face it; the Amazon tablet has less games, less apps, less features, less screen real estate, less...

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By Big Picture Big Sound on December 25, 2011

If you're trying to decide between an iPad and the Kindle Fire, you've got several things to consider. The iPad peforms better, with better features. Of course, the iPad is significantly larger -- certainly too big to carry in your pocket. The...

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By Hardware Secrets on December 19, 2011

There is a natural tendency to compare all tablets to the popular, ground-breaking iPad, but the Amazon Kindle Fire really can’t be compared to the iPad. It is an entirely different, less expensive category of tablet. At less than one half of the...

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By Mac|Life on December 13, 2011

While the iPad continues to offer the slickest tablet experience overall, we actually prefer the Kindle Fire for reading books, and the 7-inch form factor is a nice middle ground between smartphones and a 10-inch tablet. You’ll have to pry the...

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