I’ve recently purchased a Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7″ tablet to replace/upgrade my original Kindle Fire (which was then given to a dear friend).
Overall it’s a huge improvement, at least for the things I like.
- The size is great, much easier to deal with on a bicycle than an iPad.
- The speakers are much, much better than the original – I can now watch movies without needing a headset.
- If I do use a headset, I can use my BT stereo set as the KF HD has a2dp…yes!
There are a couple of problems, but nothing huge. I guess my biggest complaint has more to do with the case I bought and the placement of the USB connection….yep, can’t easily stand the case on its side (to watch a movie) and charge at the same time. Oh well.
A bigger issue has to do with with the non-a2dp BT implementation. I purchased an Amazon Basics Keyboard (Android version) which is sold claiming to work with the Kindle Fire HD. It does. Sort of.
The problem is that when WiFi is enabled, keys repeat randomly something likkkkkkeeeeeeee thisssss . Not a good thing.
With the WiFi turned off, it works fine. Of course that means email and even blogging are problematic. It seems I can write an email and save it for later, though I don’t know about multiple responses yet…and I’m writing this blog entry to find out if the WP Android app will save this text till I connect again….fingers crossed.
And finally, this is me (looking a bit tired at work I’m afraid) taken using the front facing (no rear facing) camera of the KF HD. It’s there for Skype and occasions just like this…
