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ssahnan · 12-17-2011, 01:43 AM

I would add that I too don't really ever hit eye strain reading on backlit screens but then again, for me atleast, no, it is not the comfort level of reading on a e-ink display, especially longterm. I never stop reading on a ipad of the fire because my eyes/head hurt, but my reading sessions are always longer on my e-ink kindles then my backlit devices. Comfort has got to have something to do with that. In addition, all backlit screens really stink in comparison to e-ink in outdoor natural light settings. I usually do some reading when waiting for my son in the school line(sometimes i park in line early if it works out timewise) and if trying to read on the fire or ipad, I do have to fidget to find a comfort zone with minimal glare. But conversely, i prefer reading on the fire at night as opposed to using the light on the kindle e-ink covers.

the amazon store is not anywhere nearly as robust as the android store but if you have another android device which i don't, there does seem to be easy enuf methods to transfer those apps to your fire that don't involve much work. there are other stores if you dont have another android device that can assist in filling some amazon store holes as well but ultimately, the best of the best apps are on the android store and more often then not, only the android store.

the fire does have limited video support but there are apps that can be grabbed, some from the amazon store that will add more codec support.

as far as having on your fire what you have had on your kindles, most if not all should come thru. there are some hiccups with documents but like adding non amazon apps to your fire, it's not too much of a issue to get them on it. I was able to have every single kindle ebook i own transfer over to the fire. The only issue I encountered wasn't any fault of the fire, some books have a fairly low limit of devices they can be installed to. In out family, we have kindle installed on a fair amount of devices so I hit that limit with a few books. that took some getting around.

One of the coolest parts about buying the fire from amazon directly was when I got the fire, whatever amazon content could be on the fire, was already there. They'll do that for you.

12-17-2011, 01:43 AM	#3
ssahnan Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 50 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: kindle3g, kindle touch, kindle fire, kindle ipad 1 and 2, kindle iphon	I would add that I too don't really ever hit eye strain reading on backlit screens but then again, for me atleast, no, it is not the comfort level of reading on a e-ink display, especially longterm. I never stop reading on a ipad of the fire because my eyes/head hurt, but my reading sessions are always longer on my e-ink kindles then my backlit devices. Comfort has got to have something to do with that. In addition, all backlit screens really stink in comparison to e-ink in outdoor natural light settings. I usually do some reading when waiting for my son in the school line(sometimes i park in line early if it works out timewise) and if trying to read on the fire or ipad, I do have to fidget to find a comfort zone with minimal glare. But conversely, i prefer reading on the fire at night as opposed to using the light on the kindle e-ink covers. the amazon store is not anywhere nearly as robust as the android store but if you have another android device which i don't, there does seem to be easy enuf methods to transfer those apps to your fire that don't involve much work. there are other stores if you dont have another android device that can assist in filling some amazon store holes as well but ultimately, the best of the best apps are on the android store and more often then not, only the android store. the fire does have limited video support but there are apps that can be grabbed, some from the amazon store that will add more codec support. as far as having on your fire what you have had on your kindles, most if not all should come thru. there are some hiccups with documents but like adding non amazon apps to your fire, it's not too much of a issue to get them on it. I was able to have every single kindle ebook i own transfer over to the fire. The only issue I encountered wasn't any fault of the fire, some books have a fairly low limit of devices they can be installed to. In out family, we have kindle installed on a fair amount of devices so I hit that limit with a few books. that took some getting around. One of the coolest parts about buying the fire from amazon directly was when I got the fire, whatever amazon content could be on the fire, was already there. They'll do that for you.