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teija · 06-18-2014, 02:03 PM

Yesterday I found myself browsing and looking at the Kindle Fire HD as a possible purchase for my mother. At $119 on sale it was definitely a good deal for a basic "tablet". She is far from a power-user, but also does not use the Amazon environment. Would this be a completely ill-advised purchase for her? Is it useful at all to someone who might just want a tablet to do basic web surfing/email and maybe read the occasional free Kindle book? I read something about it being ad-intensive as well... is this the case?

I know absolutely nothing about Kindle and did have a quick search on here but a bit overwhelmed by all of the threads/information...so I thought I'd just ask for people's general thoughts.

06-18-2014, 02:03 PM	#1
teija Gadget fiend Posts: 354 Karma: 2111100 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Vancouver, Canada Device: Kobo Clara HD, Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite 2021, Sony PRS-350	Kindle Fire HD? Yesterday I found myself browsing and looking at the Kindle Fire HD as a possible purchase for my mother. At $119 on sale it was definitely a good deal for a basic "tablet". She is far from a power-user, but also does not use the Amazon environment. Would this be a completely ill-advised purchase for her? Is it useful at all to someone who might just want a tablet to do basic web surfing/email and maybe read the occasional free Kindle book? I read something about it being ad-intensive as well... is this the case? I know absolutely nothing about Kindle and did have a quick search on here but a bit overwhelmed by all of the threads/information...so I thought I'd just ask for people's general thoughts.