- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How it compares
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Amazon Kindle Fire
- 7"
- 8 GB
- WiFi
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread
#1 in 2011 Amazon tablets
Released November, 2011
Rated 73% by by c|net (Nov, 2011)The Kindle Fire's e-mail app is clean and simple, and helped by a responsive touch-screen keyboard.
Conclusion Check out the Amazon Kindle Fire
First reviewed January, 2012
Features Key features of the Amazon Kindle Fire
7”
Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Rated 100% by by Arun (Sep, 2012)It is a good product - light in weight and compact, making it easy to carry around.
screen size
7"
10.1"
8.9"
Kindle Fire by G.-Robert (Dec, 2011)It is simple to use, there are ample apps, the browser is responsive, the display is dynamic and the size perfect.
Kindle Fire by Keith-French (Jan, 2012)The screen is easy to see, very vivid, plenty large enough, and the digital keyboard is large enough.
screen resolution
Kindle Fire by David (May, 2012)I know at this price it shouldn't need a Retina-level display, but Retina sure is nice, and this isn't even close.
Kindle Fire by Robert-L-Wooley (Jan, 2012)Great Product, Good Colour Screen with Good Resolution, No Eye Strain from reading ebooksYoutube Movies look great.
memory
| 0 GB | 2 GB  | 2 GB |
processor
Kindle Fire by Pete (Jan, 2012)Although the Fire is a top notch gadget in terms of build quality and even sports a dual core processor under the hood I unfortunately feel robbed in terms of accessing Android market apps.
Kindle Fire by book-a-day-reader (Nov, 2011)The touchscreen is super easy to use and the processor is obviously a dual core given all the "multitasking" you can do with this.
Performance Real world tests of Amazon Kindle Fire
cpu speed
Kindle Fire by J.-B-Kraft--lonestargazer (Nov, 2011)I have heard some people complaining about processor speed, but I just don't see it with what I use it for.
sunspider 0.9.1 benchmark
Kindle Fire by The Verge (Nov, 2011)In the browser, the Fire returned a SunSpider result of 2541.9ms — not too shabby, but compared to the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus's score of 1634ms, it seems a little sluggish.
battery life
7.5 hour
4.7 hour
10 hour
Kindle Fire by Jwilly (Dec, 2011)The size is perfect, the price is perfect, the interface is something different and quite attractive and intuitive to use and it's responsive (enough for me at least) and the battery lasts for a good 7 hours or more depending on what I'm doing.
Kindle Fire by Simon (Jan, 2012)The battery life seems to be around 6-7 hours which will be enough to charge once a day.
Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors
pros
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Capacitive -
413 g -
Can use an external microphone for superior audio quality -
Detects movement for interactive apps -
Many games and videos on the Internet require Adobe Flash -
use multiple fingers at once for more complex interactions -
190 x 120 x 11 mm -
Can be operated hands free
cons
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Requires an external microphone for audio input -
7" -
None -
8 GB -
Can't automatically adjust for changes in ambient light -
Cannot detect when the tablet is rotated -
Cannot automatically pinpoint your location on a map -
Android 2.3 Gingerbread -
No sense of direction when standing still -
need wi-fi or wired connection to be online -
1 GHz -
1024 x 600 -
must unlock manually
Reviews Word on the street
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 | Rated by 18120 users at amazon.com Rated 80% by by MWebb Rated 60% by by Brandon-Marcus (Dec, 2011) Rated 80% by by Lari (Mar, 2012) |
Apps
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 100% by by Thunderbird5 (Jan, 2012)Email, news, shopping, games, videos, reading, the KF is an all around good devise for the casual User.
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 100% by by Ann (Jan, 2012)It is so fast and easy to download, games and books.
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 100% by by Miss-Marmie--MagyI would reccomend this for anyone that loves, reading, music, gathering information and fun.
Screen
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 100% by by Arron-Umberger--Arron (Jan, 2012)The interface is seamless and though it it a touch heavier than the other Kindle devices, it is still much lighter than many books you may have.
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 100% by by BS (Nov, 2011)My husband is having a hard time learning just how to touch it to make it work, but he loves it also.
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 100% by by Firstinlastout (Nov, 2011)The touch keypad is very responsive and everything just works great.
Touch
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 100% by by mochapie (Dec, 2011)I have an Ipod Touch (that I love) and my husband wanted something similar, but larger.
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 40% by by J.-Marder (Mar, 2012)Many times I thought the touch didn't register so I touch again and it takes me back multiple pages.
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 80% by by O.-McConville (Mar, 2012)shopping is very easy, though i can see why others are concerned with how easy the 1 touch shopping can be.
Battery
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 80% by by Dan-Larsen (Feb, 2012)It's a tablet, not an e-Reader really, but the e-reading interface is slick enough (and the amazon-store easy and full enough) that you can definitely read your books on it for hours without eye strain.
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 80% by by Joe-R (Jan, 2012)The battery life is awesome for me and I use it constantly.
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 100% by by Elizabeth (Mar, 2012)The only downside is charge and use time I wish it didn't need to charge so much.
Games
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 80% by by Gabe-BergOverall I'd recommend it for watching videos/movies, playing music, light browsing, and great for app games.
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 80% by by James-M.-White--JamesIf you've got $200 to spare, want a device to browse the web, read ebooks, watch a Netflix movie, or play games on (there are some good ones in the app store), you can't go wrong.
Amazon Kindle Fire | Rated 100% by by LIsa (Dec, 2011)I have plenty of free games and learning books for my kids, and me and email, news etc, all of the nifty things a tablet can do.
Competition What else you should consider
 | 2 | Kobo Arc Longest battery life Kobo Arc vs Amazon Kindle Fire |
 | 3 | Amazon Kindle Fire HD Thinnest Fire HD 8.9" 4G vs Fire |
 | 4 | HP Slate 500 Fastest processor HP Slate 500 vs Amazon Kindle Fire |
 | 5 | Toys”R”Us Kurio 4-way tie: Has a rear camera Toys”R”Us Kurio vs Amazon Kindle Fire |
 | 6 | Fuhu NABI2-NV7A 6-way tie: Supports Flash Fuhu NABI2-NV7A vs Amazon Kindle Fire |
 | 7 | Asus PadFone 2 Most CPU cores Asus PadFone 2 vs Amazon Kindle Fire |
 | 8 | Acer Iconia B1 3-way tie: Decent amount of expandable storage Acer Iconia B1 vs Amazon Kindle Fire |
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