St. Anthony's Fire

[jacksonunit]

* I named my Kindle St. Anthony's Fire
* My name is Anthony
* I'm a saint. No, really. I am.
* That's way too much box.
* Great, another charger.
* WiFi setup worked with zero issues
* Amazon Prime Instant Videos work flawlessly
* Netflix Videos work flawlessly
* Dr. Who is a great series, I can't believe I've missed out on it for so long
* Rose is hot
* Fire, oh yeah. fire...
* The book reader app is not as good as on my Touch, I NEED to flick to the next or previous chapter dammit.
* Book reader's menu plays hard-to-get. Come BACK here damn you.
* Guess I never imagined that the most advanced Kindle would NOT have TTS. What the hell?
* Carousel get's old five minutes after the shiny-object effect wears off.
* default menu item should be brightness, not volume for reader. Reminds me that TTS is missing.
* Magazine gimmick is still useless
* PC magazine is still useless.
* Maybe I should paint a little glow-in-the-dark dot to show me where the power button is.
* This thing is virtually the same size as my KT with the lighted cover on it.
* Orson Scott Card must have a time machine he uses to go back and steal my ideas before I can market them. The bastard!
* Orson is a better writer than I can ever hope to be.
* Pathfinder is like reading two very different books at the same time.
* Fire, oh yeah. Fire. Battery is only down to 65% after four hours of constant fobbing, and I didn't even bother to charge it first.
* The Weather Channel app is pretty cool, but it needs to rain more.
* My middle daughter has an unnatural interest in my gadgets. She may be more excited about this than I am. I think shes a replicant, or a Scott Card spy.
* Pathfinder is really good, but I'm going to have to switch over to the Touch. my eyes itch.
* I wish I had metal eyes. (I DARE you to take that Orson!)
* DOH! I can't believe I wasted my Prime book check out for January on Robert's Rules of Order. Sheesh, I'm like the "What Will the Dumbass Do Next Show."
* I should go to sleep before I screw up something else.
* The charging cord is insanely difficult to attach in a dimly lit room.

[Blossom]

Congrats. I'm happy you are enjoying your new Kindle!
My first unit the charger took some work to plug into the port. My replacement does not have this issue. So it varies.

The stock app reader needs some work. Get Screen Dimm at the app store for night reading. It's well worth it.

I use Mantano for reading mostly. It has collections! You have to convert your kindle books to epub though. It has TTS but the voice is very metallic.

[CWatkinsNash]

I know it's only Feb 3rd, but I'm nominating that post for "Best Kindle Unboxing Post of the Year (Any Model) 2012".

What, we don't have an award for that? Well, we do now.

[RDaneel54]

Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

I know it's only Feb 3rd, but I'm nominating that post for "Best Kindle Unboxing Post of the Year (Any Model) 2012".

What, we don't have an award for that? Well, we do now.

2nd your nomination.

[jacksonunit]

Thanks for the noms and props! I got the ScreenDimm app and the Fire just became my favorite bed-reader.

[tstarky]

Finally, a review for real people. I agree with just about everything you said, except maybe the one about Rose....unless Rose is a guy.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by jacksonunit

Thanks for the noms and props! I got the ScreenDimm app and the Fire just became my favorite bed-reader.

That's what I use mine for and for audiobooks.

[jacksonunit]

My, we have come a long way. Remember the original Kindle's little glimmer flake row selector doo-dad. Sometimes, I'd just spin it up and down just to watch it. I'm pretty sure it was alien technology.