My New Kindle Fire (well, not that new anymore)

So back when I was still in the United States in New York with my mum, both my uncle and aunt from California visited us there and bought me a new Kindle Fire. That was still way back July 2012 mind you. Anyhow, my aunt said that she will buy me a pair of rubber shoes and then gave me fifty dollars. Then I had an idea. I told her that I will add my extra fifty that she gave if she will buy me a Nook Tablet, since I did not know about the other product that time. Another reason I wanted the Nook is because I always pay a visit at any Barnes and Nobles bookstore, and it is their ebook/tablet brand.

Before buying the tablet the next day, my older cousin back in my country suggested that the Kindle brand, specifically the Fire tablet is much better than the Nook. I read the reviews and it said that Nooks only function in the United States while the Fire works anywhere. The day came when my uncle gave me a Best Buy gift card worth a hundred dollars and I bought my very own Kindle.

So far, I’m enjoying this cheap little tablet (if you consider 9k pesos cheap). It can pretty much do anything an iPad or Galaxy can, like reading, music, video, apps; except for anything that has to do with cameras. A big plus to this gadget is that it is so helpful in my Dungeons and Dragons game since I don’t or rarely bring my laptop anymore to our sessions to read rule books.

The only thing I hated about this piece of machine is the app store. Since the Kindle brand is owned by Amazon.com, all apps, even though it is using Android, must be bought or downloaded from their own store. Well, it doesn’t seem like a problem at first but you have to have a credit card account in order to use their app store, which I don’t have. Good thing I’m good at googling and I managed to bypass this little or maybe big problem.

The battery life of this gadget is also pretty long. I’ve been using this one for a week without charging. Well, maybe since I’ve been using it for reading mostly. The internet browser is also pretty good and fast since I’ve been downloading apps from it, except that it has no BlueTooth connection which kind of sucked. The sound system and screen is pretty crisp too.

If there is one thing I didn’t like it when I bought it is this: they did not include a free usb connector to your computer. I don’t know if they forgot about this or they literally did it on purpose. Well I can understand the reason for this since this tablet is cheap compared to its competitors, but this is still not an excuse from a machine which can store music and videos and other files.

Here’s a picture of my little baby:

Buy the Kindle Fire if you are not into big bulky tablets. Plus, your laptop or computer already has a webcam, you will just be needing the tablet for little apps.