FIRE vs TABLET

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

The government has already paid for the bandwidth upgrades and what did internet service providers do? The executives pocketed the money.

It's time for the feds to move in and do a Ma Bell on these guys and bust them up.

Feds: "Alright guys, what do you want to be: a phone company? a cable TV company? or an internet service provider? Pick one and lose the other two."

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by emilikins

Ah, let me clarify You can sell a physical DVD or CD just fine, first sale allows that. But the digital copies included with the Blu-ray, I doubt.

That's what I understood from what you posted. I would think that selling a DVD would mean selling all copies, including the removal of any copies you have on various storage media. In the end, you'd lose all of it.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by emilikins

Sideloading on the Fire: Laptop Mag has a post on how to sideload apps onto the Fire, complete with screenshots!

I'm boning up on Fire workarounds, because my library ordered one (along with upgrades, since we have first gen Kindles here). I don't want one, but I need to be able to know how to work with it to help students.

That shows ES File Explorer works and Opera Mini! *happy dance*

[Barbara1955]

ONCE the Digital Copy is USED its Usless to anyone else! Its a one-time thing & they are Time Dated! Also Incase YOU havent Noticed they Cost $5 extra to You! Check it out next time you go shopping! DVD Alone is one price Blue Ray alone is one price put them together your charged another price ADD the DC & Your paying adv $5 for something You dont even want or need!

I belong to a online swap site IF you have ALL 3 formats case & paperwork you can post it! IF you want to break the set up you can post them in the Bazzare & earn the same crs! Either way its Not against the Laws to Break up a set Or the site would Not allow it! DC are discourage as some member Use them or they time out & members still try to "re-sell" them thus cheating other members! I purchase Beauty & the Beast as a 3 copy set....wanted to SEE the difference in the supose qulity [none] I of course kept the DC for me & let the other 2 copies go to 2 other members Eveyone happy! I paid $30 for the set! Paid $2 each to mail the DVD to 1 pers & BluRay to the other person & Got 3 crs valued at $3.50 each!!! WOW I made out like a bandit!!! NOT!

I ALSO paid at Walmart for a movie I wanted the DC copy so I PAID the extra $5 & GOT NOTHING! They wouldnt even take it back when it Clearly said on the INSIDE of the Box the DC Copy had Timed Out!! & Sony also said Tough! I Lost! BBB also said Not illegal

And you folks think what I do is Illegal.... Get a life!

[emilikins]

That's what I understood from what you posted. I would think that selling a DVD would mean selling all copies, including the removal of any copies you have on various storage media. In the end, you'd lose all of it.

Ahh, gotcha now. I'd have to say ... no on selling the DVD copy would mean selling all copies. As Katie1 pointed out, often once you access the digital copy, the game's over. They often need a license key, serial number, you have to register for it, etc., whether or not they charge you extra for it. I hope the practice she mentioned isn't common, because that's very deceptive on the packaging. I guess it's like all those "free 30 downloads from eMusic!" stickers you see on products, which translates to, "download them for free, but after the free trial, you need to sign up and pay up to continue listening."

[WT Sharpe]

My Grandson's Fire just arrived. It's charging now.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

My Grandson's Fire just arrived. It's charging now.

Congrats! I'm sure he will love it!

[Barbara1955]

WAHOOO LET us know how it works!! Review Please!!!

DC inc in packaging Can expire you paid for something You cant use.... Stores Can charge you for this! I no Longer buy DC in store after being ripped off! BUT I will buy from someone who doent want the copy Never used the copy & is Still within the usable date & IF the FBI wants them fine! They need to 1st do something about the Real Crooks! In this case the Stores that Rip people Off! I have one friend that buys the packs she keeps the DVD at her house & gives the BluRay to her DD with kids & her other DD gets the DC cause she travels for work & can play them on the road. Once in awhile if its a movie the DD on the road doesnt want she give me the DC! & I give her $5 towards another purchsed movie bundle! Win-Win

BTW since this started by me telling what I wanted a Table for time to Get Back on Subject! We been too long!

[WT Sharpe]

I'm not very pleased with the Virtual Keyboard. It's too small, and I see no way to adjust the size.

I bought my grandson an Archie Comic for the Comix app, and it works well.

The rest I'll leave to him.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I'm not very pleased with the Virtual Keyboard. It's too small, and I see no way to adjust the size.

I bought my grandson an Archie Comic for the Comix app, and it works well.

The rest I'll leave to him.

I don't know if you can on the Fire till someone else tries it but there are other Keyboards for Android you can install. I have like 3 different ones on my phone. I bought one and two were Amazon giveaways.

[Barbara1955]

Do you have a way to compare the Keyboard to another 7 in Tablet.... To see IF it too small or common size??

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Blossom

I don't know if you can on the Fire till someone else tries it but there are other Keyboards for Android you can install. I have like 3 different ones on my phone. I bought one and two were Amazon giveaways.

Thanks, that may be a solution. The present keyboard may be a bit too cluttered. The most common symbols are placed above the keyboard, further reducing the screen size. The iPad gets around that by having 3 keyboard screens; one qwerty, one for numbers and common symbols, and one for less-frequently used symbols. The keyboard native to the smaller Fire has two screens, one qwerty, and one for symbols & numbers. Both the Fire and the iPad keyboards omit the four directional arrows, which is something I'm not pleased about, but have learned to live with.

It may be that my hands are just too large for easy typing on a 7" screen, or it may be that with time I could get used to it.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Thanks, that may be a solution. The present keyboard may be a bit too cluttered. The most common symbols are placed above the keyboard, further reducing the screen size. The iPad gets around that by having 3 keyboard screens; one qwerty, one for numbers and common symbols, and one for less-frequently used symbols. The keyboard native to the smaller Fire has two screens, one qwerty, and one for symbols & numbers. Both the Fire and the iPad keyboards omit the four directional arrows, which is something I'm not pleased about, but have learned to live with.

It may be that my hands are just too large for easy typing on a 7" screen, or it may be that with time I could get used to it.

I tend to like the keyboard that comes with 2.2 It kind of like you mentioned. There is a ipad clone keyboard app I'm again not sure if these will work or not with the Fire.

[Synergi]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Thanks, that may be a solution. The present keyboard may be a bit too cluttered. The most common symbols are placed above the keyboard, further reducing the screen size. The iPad gets around that by having 3 keyboard screens; one qwerty, one for numbers and common symbols, and one for less-frequently used symbols. The keyboard native to the smaller Fire has two screens, one qwerty, and one for symbols & numbers. Both the Fire and the iPad keyboards omit the four directional arrows, which is something I'm not pleased about, but have learned to live with.

It may be that my hands are just too large for easy typing on a 7" screen, or it may be that with time I could get used to it.

No, it's the Fire, I'm finding the keyboard harder to use then the Nook colors. Maybe there are settings to change keyboards..haven't had time to fully explore every detail yet..

And my hands are small for the record..

[Barbara1955]

Sounds to me your supose to use one of those plastic sticks not fingers! My Tablet has the stick on the back & it slides in & out of a slot! Does the Fire have them?