09-07-2018, 04:37 PM | #31 | |
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This new Fire tab will ship with Fire OS 6 (based on Android 7.1 Nougat). It'll be the first Fire tab to have it. Current Fire tabs use Fire OS 5 (based on Android 5.1 Lollipop). For reference, the latest version of Android is 9.0 Pie.
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09-07-2018, 05:16 PM | #32 | |
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09-07-2018, 05:22 PM | #33 |
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Well here is a selling point... You can add 400 gig SDCard. Tempting since I just added a 256 to my Fire 10 its Full.
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09-07-2018, 05:49 PM | #34 | |
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09-07-2018, 07:03 PM | #35 |
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I got the new 10, too. The only time it's uncomfortable for me is reading in bed. It's not really too heavy; I just can't hold it comfortably and turn pages when lying on my back. I've tried multiple cases for it: hand straps, grab "knobs"--even caseless. Nothing seems to work for me, though. For everything else, it works just fine. If the 8 would fill that nightime void, I'd consider it.
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09-07-2018, 08:29 PM | #36 | |
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"Alexa, engage reading mode." "engage night mode, change font to xyz, dim screen, brighten screen, next, next, back, next chapter, look up character Fido, next... stop reading mode and turn off." |
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09-07-2018, 10:57 PM | #37 | |
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09-08-2018, 04:02 AM | #38 | |
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09-08-2018, 04:07 AM | #39 | |
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Even when I've attempted to endure "side-reading," the constant battle with partial-pillow/eye-blockage wears me out. |
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09-08-2018, 11:08 AM | #41 | |
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https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/19/...ll-blueprints/ Or, just email Bezos and suggest it. They accept suggestions. |
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09-08-2018, 11:16 AM | #42 | |
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I read in dual column landscape so I lock it in easel mode, prop a pillow or two under my chin and rest the tablet against the headboard. Works until I doze off. For some books that is overnight. |
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09-08-2018, 11:39 AM | #43 |
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My idea is a big belly-pillow which has a (mostly) vertical face that I can velcro the tablet to. It's either that or rig up something that I can swing in from the wall and attach the tablet to. Either way, I'll need to contend with potential damage (to both myself AND the equipment) should I fall asleep with either solution "engaged"
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