The larger Fire HD runs the same modified version of Android as the standard Kindle Fire HD 7 with the same drawbacks. Even with some background noise, you won’t necessarily need headphones to listen to music and watch video due to the speakers’ loud volume.Ī screen capable of showing 1080p video with every pixel intact means that watching movies and TV shows is a particular pleasure. Add to that the excellent sound quality coming from said speakers and you have a good media platform in the Fire HD. Because they sit right on the taper, the speakers don’t get completely muffled when you set the device on a hard surface. Two speakers sit on the back of the Kindle Fire HD, right at the left and right edges of the tablet. Between the Android games, music, TV shows, and movies accessible from the cloud, it’s possible to take your media library everywhere and actually enjoy it. The 8.9-inch Fire HD is particularly suited to the type of well-rounded media experience Amazon wants to offer its customers. We wish that there was somewhere to put our thumbs that didn’t result in smudges over time, but at least we didn’t reach for a cleaning cloth every few hours. Plus, the screen doesn’t full up with smudges too quickly. As we’d expect with this screen technology, the Fire HD’s viewing angles are wide, colors bright, and blacks deep. The edge-to-edge glass on the front covers an 8.9-inch IPS display with a full HD resolution of 1920×1200 pixels. Who needs the Pixel Tablet? Amazon’s new Fire Max 11 looks greatĪmazon is having a fire sale (pun intended) on Fire tablets - from $60Īmazon’s new Fire HD 8 tablets run faster, last longer, and start at $100Ĭompared to the $270 Nook HD+, the Fire HD’s design is inelegant and not as comfortable. Users will eventually remember they’re on the left side in the default landscape orientation, but the placement doesn’t fall naturally under the hand, so you might still have to look. Just like the 7-inch model, the power button, and volume toggle is ridiculously hard to find by sight as well as by feel and are hard to press. It doesn’t feel too heavy for it’s size, though is still heavier than the Nook HD+ by almost 2 ounces. It’s still boring, though at least not uncomfortable to hold at a larger size and heavier weight. It bears the same uninspiring design, large bezel around the screen, and a matte, soft-touch back. The 8.9-inch Kindle Fire is almost indistinguishable from the 7-inch version except for size (and a few specs). It also shares the same flaws as the smaller version, including less than stellar performance. It shares the same design, operating system, and multimedia chops. If the 7-inch Fire HD is too small, take a look at big brother. From eBooks to digital video to apps, Amazon is the content king, and if you own a lot of this content, the new Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is a good way to experience it. However, they do offer a nice gathering place for Amazon’s vast media offerings. Amazon email/calendar apps don’t match Google’sĪmazon’s Kindle Fire tablets have never represented the ‘best’ of anything, even in the low-cost Android tablet.
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