initial impression... wow
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susandennisI've been thinking a lot about the good old days and how I do not miss them one teensy weensy bit. I don't miss paper books, I don't miss TV's without remotes, I don't miss having the World Book encyclopedia being the only general resource book at my fingertips ... but also I don't miss plugging into a modem and hoping for the whine after the hiss. I don't miss mag cards or removable disks of any size. I don't miss cables and having the wrong one. I don't miss electronics that when they finally arrive and you have to charge them up for a day before you can touch them.
I love love love getting a device that knows my name out of the box. With all my books already on the shelf. I love getting a device that takes one tap to load in all my audio books. My tunes are there and Pandora is just a log in away.
And it came with a 70% charge so it was ready to go. It doesn't even have a USB cable. I just logged into my network and boom, I'm in biziness.
When I first pulled it out the box I was really shocked by how heavy it is. At least compared to my Kindle. But, after hold it for a while, I realized I was being silly. It's not heavy. Ad it's the perfect size. It feels good in my hands.
One thing that bugged me about the Kindle besides not being able to see the type was no clock. The Fire has a nice little status line at the top that gives you the time and battery life and other stuff.
It's snappy. Nicely responsive. And it just looks nice. LJ looks very nice on it, for instance. And it sounds good. I figured I was going to have to get a speaker for my audio books (or use headphones)... nope. It's not a boombox but it's plenty loud enough to listen to while I play a game. The interface is really intuitive. Much more so than the Nook, for instance. I'm trying out a subscription to the LA Times and it looks VERY nice.
I bought a refurbished model and saved myself $20. It came with an adapter cable and that was all. It's all you need. The box is bigger than it needs to be but not outrageously so.
I'm getting a very sinking feeling that this sucker is not going to be returned as planned.
I love love love getting a device that knows my name out of the box. With all my books already on the shelf. I love getting a device that takes one tap to load in all my audio books. My tunes are there and Pandora is just a log in away.
And it came with a 70% charge so it was ready to go. It doesn't even have a USB cable. I just logged into my network and boom, I'm in biziness.
When I first pulled it out the box I was really shocked by how heavy it is. At least compared to my Kindle. But, after hold it for a while, I realized I was being silly. It's not heavy. Ad it's the perfect size. It feels good in my hands.
One thing that bugged me about the Kindle besides not being able to see the type was no clock. The Fire has a nice little status line at the top that gives you the time and battery life and other stuff.
It's snappy. Nicely responsive. And it just looks nice. LJ looks very nice on it, for instance. And it sounds good. I figured I was going to have to get a speaker for my audio books (or use headphones)... nope. It's not a boombox but it's plenty loud enough to listen to while I play a game. The interface is really intuitive. Much more so than the Nook, for instance. I'm trying out a subscription to the LA Times and it looks VERY nice.
I bought a refurbished model and saved myself $20. It came with an adapter cable and that was all. It's all you need. The box is bigger than it needs to be but not outrageously so.
I'm getting a very sinking feeling that this sucker is not going to be returned as planned.
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