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Originally Posted by conan50
I hate to say this, but after having 2 Kindle Fires, and giving them away, I don't recommend them unless you are primarily using them as ereaders. They have good hardware, and are reliable, but they are pretty horrible to try to use as a real computer,
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No Android tablet is a 'real computer' by my standards. None could replace any 'real computer' for various 'real computer work' like development, video editing, controlling various hardware devices, design, even 'real' word processing and other office work.
If you need a 'real computer', get a 'real computer.'
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you'll be much happier with a full Android operating system and feel less limited.
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Can you please give any specifics here? Yes, Fires don't have Google services, but for the most part, they run all the Android apps most people want. Not that I disagree that in many cases, people will run up against their limitations. -- I did, and I too no longer use Fires because of it-- but I think the price, support, etc, combined with the fact that they do indeed run most Android apps that folks seem to want just fine will make those limitations moot for many folks.
Plus if you are a serious Amazon content consumer, the Fire has added benefits, like really good Prime video support.
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I prefer e-ink to read from generally, but with a decent screen, tablets can do more, offer more options, handle multiple formats, and they have text-to-speech. A tablet also allows a bit of multitasking in between reading.
I wouldn't write off a tablet based only on the experience with a Kindle Fire. As someone suggested earlier, pick up an inexpensive Android tablet with an sdcard slot for ebook storage and give it a try.
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An 'inexpensive' tablet, depending on your definition of that word, may not meet those criteria, starting with 'decent screen' and could easily result in a far worse experience than with a Fire.
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