Don't worry- video chat is one-way: you can see the Amazon rep but they can't see you. That's a button at the top of the screen you can press to get live video chat help in 15 to 20 seconds. Amazon favors a wider design because it feels more book-like, but the screen is widescreen format that's well suited to video content, though the design might make you think otherwise.Īmazon has Whispersync that keeps your devices in sync for the last read page, X-Ray for getting more info on movies and now music too (complete with Karaoke-friendly lyrics), and now we have Mayday. The tablet has a square-ish shape compared to the elongated Nemodel. The micro USB cable sticks up at an odd angle due to the cant, so don't worry: your port isn't misaligned. Since the back edges are beveled, or rather canted up, the speakers don't lay flat on a table so they aren't muffled. At least they're easy to feel if you don't mind running your fingers up and down the tablet's backside until you've got the locations memorized. The power and volume controls are on the tapered back edges, and though they're extremely tactile, I still find myself looking behind the tablet to remember where the controls reside. I use a whirring exercise bike while I watch video and I have no trouble hearing the audio tracks, and I can't say the same for some 13" laptops I've used in the same setting. As ever, Amazon gets some impressive sound from small speakers and the Kindle Fire HDX is loud, clear and full enough to hear even in a room with background noise. The 7 inch tablet weighs 11 ounces and has a soft touch back with a shiny strip along the top where the Dolby enhanced stereo speakers live. The tablet is family-friendly with a sandboxed kid mode where you can specify allowed apps, websites and books and there's Kindle FreeTime for individualized setups for the various children in your house. And Amazon's app store has many of the popular staples that you'd find on Google Play like The Weather Channel, Evernote, MS Office compatible suites, Flixster and file managers. It can sync the email, contacts and calendar apps with Google and MS Exchange. You do get some standard tablet functions like the Amazon Silk webkit web browser with support for HTML5 video, contacts, calendar and email. The software is purpose built to make it easy to consume Amazon's vast array of digital products: ebooks, magazines, music, Prime Instant Video and apps from Amazon's Kindle app store. That's a lot of nice hardware for $229 (WiFi 16 gig model with "offers", aka ads on the sleep screen).Īs ever, the Fire isn't a general purpose Android tablet, even though it does run Android Jelly Bean under Fire OS 3.0 "Mojito". With a 1920 x 1200 sharp and rich display, a cutting edge Snapdragon 800 quad core 2.2GHz CPU, Adreno 330 graphics and an improved OS, it's all good. The new Kindle Fire HDX 7", officially available today, is certainly Amazon's best Kindle to date. In Chief (twitter: with other name brand consumer electronics, the Kindle Fire keeps getting better. What's Not: OS is highly customized and this isn't a general purpose Android tablet. What's Hot: Superb full HD display, fast Snapdragon 800 CPU, Mayday for newbies. Home > Android Tablet Reviews > Kindle Fire HDXĬarrier: WiFi-only, AT&T and Verizon versions
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