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Originally Posted by barryem
I have a very nice Android tablet and I also have a 7" Fire tablet. There is a huge difference in them and it has nothing to do with app stores. I have Google Play installed on the Fire tablet (that's very easy to do) so I can and do install Google's apps on my Fire tablet. None have failed to run so far.
The difference is twofold. Ads! I paid the price to have ads removed from my Fire tablet and that removed the ad that pops up when I turn it on or wake it up. It doesn't prevent it from occasionally popping up an ad before I can load an app, any app, even paid ad free apps from Google. It just seems to be built into the OS. I've complained to Amazon. They suggested resetting it, which I did, but nothing changed.
The other difference is the incredibly clumsy interface of the Fire tablet. Yes it's manageable and easy to get used to but it's so much nicer not to have to; to be able to just do what I want without having to figure out how to find it in the highly pre-organized interface of the Fire. Android has the advantage of customizability and Fire takes most of that away.
I got mine when it was on sale for $30 and I'm glad I did. I had last year's model as well. When I got this one I gave away my last one. This is slightly improved: it's slightly less terrible. 
I use it as a throwaway. I have a card in it with a lot of very old TV shows from the 1950's and 1960's, which I enjoy. I keep it turned on all the time. It gets rebooted every few days but never turned off. I don't care what that does to the battery. It should last till next Christmas when I'm sure I can get another one for $30. It's worth every penny. Thank god I didn't pay $50.
Barry |
I agree with all you say. I wouldn't buy another Fire tablet. I just figured if I said that earlier, they would say 'oh, everyone knows he's biased against Fire tablets.'