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Amazon Kindle Fire
8.0
final rating

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Criteria Comments Rating
  • Features No comments good
  • Display No comments good
  • Battery life No comments good
  • Ease of use No comments so-so
  • Storage capacity Really needs an SD card slot for when you just don't have the connectivity to get to amazon cloud and need to load movies on the device. poor
  • Design and form factor No physical volume button is a MAJOR PITA, especially with a kid sharing the device. so-so
  • Portability (size / weight) No comments great!
  • Durability No comments great!
Detailed review
In general, especially considering the price point, this is a good device. It's tougher than it looks and can handle what my 2 year old dishes out when I'm not looking. However, we had to put on a new OS because the out of the box one was way too oriented to buying things, which is dangerous when you're letting your kid use it to stay occupied while you try to take a breather.

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jonursenbach

jonursenbach

What OS/ROM did you put on it?
idolatrare

idolatrare

Sorry, I misspoke. Didn't put a new OS on it but a new home screen called Go Launcher. Works pretty well, although the browser won't work in landscape mode, which is annoying to me. The two year old doesn't really care about that.
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