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I'm still trying to determine how different the "new" HD8 is. It has Alexa, but that's software. I'm THINKING I'm getting better battery life and it appear to be a tad faster. But I couldn't swear by either. I still can't just leave it alone for a few days or a week or more and expect there to be any battery life. That's one of the nice things about an iPad. They really don't lose much if anything when you aren't using them.
Still, I like the size and the expandable memory. When I travel I load movies and shows on my Kindle Fires even if I bring an ipad along as well. My latest gig I'm commuting and not traveling. I've loaded a bunch of training videos from Udemy.com (great place).
One thing that is still frustrating is that -- from time to time -- the Kindle Fire's bog down. For no good reason I can discover, they just get REALLY slow. And then some time later they are ok again. Happened with my 7, first HD8 and the new HD8.
I have made my peace with FBReader as my Android epub reader. I like Marvin on my iDevices much better than any of the Android reader apps. Reader apps, btw, are the biggest reason I had to install Google Play. Kindle books and Audible books work very well as one would expect.
I don't see the night and day improvement between the old and new HD8. I see improvement, but if money is an issue...keep your old HD8 and wait for a more significant upgrade. For me, the price falls into discretionary spending and I just hand my old HD8 to a family member.
How are the rest of you finding the new HD8 compared to the old one?
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