{"id":1034,"date":"2012-02-12T10:15:24","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T15:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techiteens.wordpress.com\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2013-07-24T19:10:36","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T19:10:36","slug":"tablet-on-a-budget-kindle-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/tablet-on-a-budget-kindle-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Tablet on a budget: Kindle Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon Kindle Fire<\/h1>\n

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The Kindle Fire is one of the lowest priced tablets currently on the market, but when you\u2019re going up against the iPad and the various Android tablets; you need a lot more than a low price to satisfy consumers.\u00a0 Amazon offers this with several feature and services that give users a fairly good experience with the Fire.<\/p>\n

Using the Kindle is very similar to using any other tablet on the market.\u00a0 The screen is sharp and responsive with its only downside being that at 7 inches, it is much smaller than the competition.\u00a0 \u00a0This will slightly hinder your experience if you need the Fire for movies and TV shows, but it gets the job done for the occasional viewing.<\/p>\n

With the Amazon store, the selection for apps is nowhere near the size of Apple or Android\u2019s.\u00a0 It does however provide you with most of the popular, commonly used apps such as Facebook, Pandora, etc.\u00a0 However, with the Amazon store, you also get access to their large selection of e-books, music, and movies (the last two are almost as large as what iTunes offers).\u00a0 If you opt to get an Amazon Prime membership at only $79 a year, you\u2019ll have access to free streaming movies and TV shows.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t watch enough to warrant the membership fee, you can still buy and rent content a very reasonable price.<\/p>\n

Now for some of the shortcomings of the Fire.\u00a0 First, which may be a deal breaker to some, is its miniscule memory.\u00a0 At only 8GB, you can\u2019t store much on your tablet before it fills up.\u00a0 Amazon tries to solve this with their Cloud service that offers 5GB of free storage, with users having to pay for any additional storage capacity.\u00a0 This is great if you\u2019re always connected to WiFi, but unfortunately this isn\u2019t the case.\u00a0 This brings us to my next point which is that there is no 3G option for the Kindle.\u00a0 This is a major drawback if you\u2019re frequently on the move and need access to internet all the time.\u00a0 Lastly, the Fire lacks a camera so you won\u2019t be able to use it for video chat or even the occasional picture.<\/p>\n

For its $199 price tag, the Kindle has a lot to offer.\u00a0 It will be more than enough if you want to use it mainly for e-books, web browsing, and the occasional app.\u00a0 It\u2019s great if you have a strict budget, but still want to jump on the tablet bandwagon.\u00a0 However if you don\u2019t think you\u2019ll be able to deal with the Fire\u2019s small memory and smaller screen then you may be better off spending the extra money for a higher end Tablet.<\/p>\n

Grab yours now:
\nAmazon.com: $199.00<\/a><\/h3>\n

This review and many more brought to you by TechiTeens Technology Services. See more reviews on our website: www.TechiTeens.com<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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