โApr-13-2019 05:21 PM
โApr-19-2019 06:10 PM
Ron3rd wrote:FlatBroke wrote:Tom_M wrote:valhalla360 wrote:I bought my Kindle Fire for $30 from Woot.com which is owned by Amazon. It's like Amazon's bargain basement. It was advertised as refurbished but looked brand new. I did install Google Play. You only need to do this if you can't find an app on Amazon App Store. Here's a link that explains how to install Google Play:
But why go thru the hassle when you don't have to?
https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/get-google-play-on-fire-tablet
THANK YOU! I just purchased a refurbished Apple mini iPad for $78 from Woot using my Amazon Prime account and free shipping. Hope my wife will replace her sluggish Fire tablet and link it to her iPhone. If not it will it will make a great GPS to go along with my Garmin Glo 2
As I mentioned in my earlier post, I bought a desktop pc from Woot. Great machine, satisfaction guaranteed same as Amazon. I'd never buy a full retail price pc again. Great deals to be found there.
โApr-19-2019 09:11 AM
FlatBroke wrote:Tom_M wrote:valhalla360 wrote:I bought my Kindle Fire for $30 from Woot.com which is owned by Amazon. It's like Amazon's bargain basement. It was advertised as refurbished but looked brand new. I did install Google Play. You only need to do this if you can't find an app on Amazon App Store. Here's a link that explains how to install Google Play:
But why go thru the hassle when you don't have to?
https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/get-google-play-on-fire-tablet
THANK YOU! I just purchased a refurbished Apple mini iPad for $78 from Woot using my Amazon Prime account and free shipping. Hope my wife will replace her sluggish Fire tablet and link it to her iPhone. If not it will it will make a great GPS to go along with my Garmin Glo 2
โApr-19-2019 07:46 AM
Tom_M wrote:valhalla360 wrote:I bought my Kindle Fire for $30 from Woot.com which is owned by Amazon. It's like Amazon's bargain basement. It was advertised as refurbished but looked brand new. I did install Google Play. You only need to do this if you can't find an app on Amazon App Store. Here's a link that explains how to install Google Play:
But why go thru the hassle when you don't have to?
https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/get-google-play-on-fire-tablet
โApr-19-2019 06:52 AM
wanderingaimlessly wrote:
My first tablet was a fire. It worked fairly well, seemed more durable than some of the others I looked at. It is nowhere near the Ipad obviously but will perform many functions. One thing I did not like about it, and I dont know if they have fixed it was that you could only use Amazon apps. While they have most, it did limit you on some occasions. By going with an Android tablet using chrome there was more variety in what was available.
Amazon may have fixed the problem, but I know it was a problem a while back.
โApr-18-2019 10:47 AM
Tom_M wrote:valhalla360 wrote:I bought my Kindle Fire for $30 from Woot.com which is owned by Amazon. It's like Amazon's bargain basement. It was advertised as refurbished but looked brand new. I did install Google Play. You only need to do this if you can't find an app on Amazon App Store. Here's a link that explains how to install Google Play:
But why go thru the hassle when you don't have to?
https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/get-google-play-on-fire-tablet
โApr-16-2019 03:11 AM
mr. ed wrote:I purchased a 10" Nextbook 2-in-one from Walmart about 4 years ago for $100. It's a touch screen with removable keyboard. It came with Windows 8.1 and it upgraded to Win 10 with no problems. I have Microsoft Streets & Trips on it which connects to a GPS receiver. I use it for navigation and also play out music and audio books while I'm driving. It's mounted on my console in a cup holder device with the keyboard removed. The keyboard has died but there is a touch screen keyboard so it's still functional. It's similar to this RCA Cambio available at Walmart:
Further question: What do you think of Windows tablets?
โApr-15-2019 09:08 PM
โApr-15-2019 08:39 PM
mr. ed wrote:
Further question: What do you think of Windows tablets?
โApr-15-2019 04:44 AM
valhalla360 wrote:I bought my Kindle Fire for $30 from Woot.com which is owned by Amazon. It's like Amazon's bargain basement. It was advertised as refurbished but looked brand new. I did install Google Play. You only need to do this if you can't find an app on Amazon App Store. Here's a link that explains how to install Google Play:
But why go thru the hassle when you don't have to?
โApr-14-2019 10:50 PM
theoldwizard1 wrote:fla-gypsy wrote:
The Fire tablet doesnโt come close in capability unfortunately.fj12ryder wrote:
Like anything else, it depends on what you use your tablet for. The Fire will do quite a few things, and many apps can be loaded with some work and fiddling.
Truth in both statements ! If your a committed long term Apple user, it will take some time to get used to the differences. If you use iCloud to share/store a lot of pictures/documents or use FaceTime a lot, you are likely doing to have issues.
Apple even more so than Amazon (Fire) want to be you "one and only provider" so they both make cross functionality "difficult". Neither particularly like Google so using Google apps can be a challenge (not that is can not be done).
I have a Fire 8 HD, but have not used it much. Just a bit too small.
Amazon has recently had some AMAZING deals (up to 50% off) on their entire Fire table line (likely there will be new versions before Christmas) that are hard to pass up. I would buy a Fire 10, give it a good 2 to 3 months and if you are not happy, sell it. You won't lose that much money.
โApr-14-2019 10:45 PM
theoldwizard1 wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
I would go to a more generic android platform.
Fire are cheap because amazon wants to lock you into their ecosystem (similar to apple).
With a little bit of well documented work, you can bypass most of the Amazon limitation. The big restriction is not being able to download apps from Google and that is easily bypassed.
โApr-14-2019 05:07 PM
โApr-14-2019 04:37 PM
Fizz wrote:
Were you happy with the iPad?
I would never switch.
The new iPad Air comes with a pencil for jotting notes
โApr-14-2019 10:30 AM
valhalla360 wrote:
I would go to a more generic android platform.
Fire are cheap because amazon wants to lock you into their ecosystem (similar to apple).