09-08-2018, 02:44 PM | #46 | |
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(though I can't get my bluetooth remote to turn pages in the Fire's Kindle reader like I can with the full-blown Android Kindle app on my Nexus 7). |
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09-08-2018, 03:35 PM | #47 |
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09-08-2018, 03:41 PM | #48 |
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09-09-2018, 03:49 PM | #49 | |
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The Fire HD8 already supports Alexa handsfree:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...deId=202083830 Quote:
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09-10-2018, 08:58 AM | #50 |
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I'm somewhat happy with the new Fire HD8 release as it's saving me money buying a new Fire HD 8 this year. I have last year's. My interest in the Alexa Show is not nearly high enough given I have 3 echo dots scattered around the house already.
I'd have like more speed and a better "don't use up the battery when the device is not in use" mode. Actually, the latter is all that's really missing for my "watch Netflix, Amazon Prime and read Kindle books" use cases. Since my iPad is my daily driver tablet, the Kindle is often dead when I pick it up if I didn't turn it off after using it. My ipad can go a very long time without use and still have about the same battery life left as when you last used it. |
09-11-2018, 12:39 AM | #51 | |
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09-12-2018, 09:30 AM | #52 |
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Any idea what "goodness" should come from the Android 5.1 to 7.1 "under the hood" upgrade? Better battery life? (fingers crossed)
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09-21-2018, 09:47 PM | #53 | |
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The per app opt-in permissions been introduced in Android 6. You can prevent Facebook from having access to your contacts on phone or tablet. By default all permissions are off, you have to click "allow" for each permission seperately. In Android 7 the DVM got replaced by ART (in later versions of Android 6 ART was introduced as option in developer options). ART brings better performance (and by extension longer battery life) over Dalvik (DVM) by pre-compiling the java code (all apps in Android are written in Java) instead of just in time (aka JIT) as with Dalvik. Small downside, first boot will be slower as everything has to be pre-compiled. That is about it in a nutshell, the rest is window dressing, IMO. |
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09-21-2018, 10:04 PM | #54 |
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The other day I noticed the New Fire 8 has been Released...
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09-21-2018, 10:24 PM | #55 |
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After my Sony tablet with 1 GB of RAM running Jelly Bean, I've considered 2 GB to be my lower limit for RAM in a tablet. This only has 1.5 GB. Maybe that's ok, but if so, it seems like it'd be just marginally ok.
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