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  • Kindle was designed for reading books. Now its just a regular tablet. just go buy an iPad with the ibooks app instead of buying this

  • @GarageBandify but the kindle costs less

  • @GarageBandify It works great for a tablet at It's price. For people who are good with money and don't want to spend 450-800 dollars on something a regular PC can do.

  • @GarageBandify That's the point the Kindle was made to be a home entertainment system if you will. Where you can read, watch, and do what you want. While the iPad is made for anything, but is over prized, and if you think about it you payed like 2 hundred dollars for this iBooks app. If you want to compare a iBooks app to the Kindle Fire.

  • @King0fHarts sorry. I meant to say: U mean Eisner as in Great barrington, ma?

  • @King0fHarts U mean eisnernas in great barrington, ma?

  • Chinese New Year = Money, Money = Tablet

  • is that a android

  • I am really scared to buy a Kindle :/... I'm not sure how it will feel for me to hold that instead of a book.

  • @freakishlypeculiar Using it as a book will feel a little weird at first but you'll warm up to it eventually and wonder how you did without it :)

    Plus if you don't like it you can always return it or sell it on eBay.

  • @samuel7897 Thanks! I'm deciding on the Kindle Touch or the one beneath that :D

  • Oh My 0:32

  • can it go on youtube?

    

  • @yoyoking000 Yes the kindle can go on Youtube

  • Does it have YouTube?

  • @secretsquirrel94 Its Flash Mobile enabled, so yeah! SoilderKnowsBest (his partner) shows that feature off.

  • @secretsquirrel94 No trust me ipad 2 is king in my book right now (not to pleased with my new kindle fire) so unimpressed after less than 2 days i have already strongly considering rooting it

  • Are the apps as good as Android-games, multimedia, ect. Or should I get and ipod touch for the same price, I will not read books just use it as an android tablet

  • @secretsquirrel94 The games are excellent nice quality

  • how do u delete apps?

  • i just got one and if u want to delete the stuff on your carousel u tap and hold on the thing u want to delete and then a drop down menu comes and u can removve it

  • I'm getting 1 today ps I'm Jewish happy chanukah

  • @Eisner45 Who are you? I go to eisner.

  • 0:30 Thats what she said.

  • are some books free or are all books free???

  • do books on the kindle fire cost money?

  • @RoboMuffin25 yes...

  • Bye gay pad

  • Lol jeremy

  • Is text plus available?

  • @MrMrBobster You can if you sideload the APK.

  • @MrMrBobster yes

  • Oh i already got my bieber on jonny boy

  • dear santa...

  • I have one its awesome!!! Btw I'm on it now :D

  • @mrpeanutguy4719 because this has more apps, movies, tv shows,games books etc. than the blackberry playbook (why do you think the playbook went down to $199? Because its not getting enough sales ) so umm....you still like that playbook now,??

  • How's the screen in direct sunlight?

  • cloud is a amazon based storage device thing.it kinda streams your books/apps etc. you must have wifi to get your things you put on the cloud though so u cant really use it on the go but there is no limit.

  • now whats the cloud storage thing???

  • this thing has a higher pixel density  than ipad2

  • That's not where all your magazines live. Many run on apps so that's where you will find them--in Apps.

    Two finger zoom and double tap and there is not problem with reading the browser.

    As for the last page on a browser in the Carousel...here's an OBVIOUS solution: use Google as your homepage. Then, open a new page and view any site. When finished, close the page, tap on the Google homepage and it will appear in the Carousel. Not particularly difficult, huh?

    Theereader is much more helpful.

  • Why would you get this when a blackberry playbook is only 199 right now?

    Same size but it has 2 cameras more ram 3g better procceser better screen etc.

  • @mrpeanutguy4719 it also doesn't even have an email app, or any apps for it

  • I'm seriously thinking about getting a Kindle Fire, but my friends tell me to wait for the iPad 3... Any way, all I'm looking for is a device to read books and documents.

  • @roen90210 Your choice, ipad comes out next spring and this is out now. If you are looking for a device to just read then I'd suggest getting a regular Kindle that fits your needs though by documents I don't know unless its a pdf. If you means microsoft office documents then I don't really know for each device, though I know you can get apple's iWork app which lets read office files which lets you read and modify (its like apple's version of microsoft office). Hope this helps :)

  • Just got this and putting android market on it. Android market makes it ten times better!!!

  • that awkward moment where you open your Kindle Fire for the first time, go to the Books section and see Steve Jobs in the first row...

  • Does anyone know if there is a good YouTube app for the Fire because I saw it doesn't come with one straight out of the box, Thanks

  • Such a shame they dont seem to be releasing this in the UK. It would make a killing this christmas as there is nothing like this here. I would be first in line to get mine!

  • Esta chafa :/

  • would have been nice to have some better lighting so i could actually see the device...

  • Great review, very detailed. Best on youtube.

  • how much memory does it come with?

  • @XtremeGaming123 it comes with 8 gb in it and unlimited on the cloud

  • Why is it that in every Fire video everyone reads the Steve Jobs Biography? lol. I noticed that XD

  • @thebat991 Its interesting I suppose, haven't read it myself but I'd like to know other things he did besides apple and pretty much starting and saving Pixar. But I probably won't since I personally aren't into biographys.

  • The nook is much smoother

  • although based on android, i reckon it as a kindle OS more than android~

  • 4:00 INHERITANCE!!!!

  • y does the screen look so dark

  • Waiting on my preorder...

  • The Inheritance Series is Awesome! Read it from the beginning :P

  • The awkward moment when your mom walks in and Youtube freezes, and all she sees is Jon about to click on a magazine with a girl in a bikini...

  • I can't wait to get one... There's no way I'm going to sell my privacy to those spy's at apple

  • @TheLiverpoolDelta Yes, because they see every little detail you are doing and give a care how you live your life besides they only get info on what you use to improve the software. Like google on your searchs or companies like verizon and att to improve signal. They don't actually see everything you are doing in realtime on a big screen where employees grab a cup of coffe and watch on their breaks if thats what you are thinking. (Sorta like that south park episode)

  • @TheLiverpoolDelta Just saying... I'm not trying to convince you to buy something you don't want.

  • Obviously not as smooth as a Playbook, iPad or most "premium" $500+ Android tablets, but pretty damn good for $200, WAY better that the Nook.

  • it sounds like and ipad with newsstand and the cloud

  • Jon, should I get this or the epad transformer?

  • @dobbs123456789 transformer

  • @dobbs123456789 eeepad

  • I'd get the Kindle.. but it doesn't support AD-Hoc connections.. which means that I can't tether my 4G LTE from my phone to it when I'm on the road.. oh well. Asus Prime here I come

  • Thinking about gettin this what should I do???

  • @gingerbeanify I just got mine this morning. I was very surprised that it was that good. I'm glad I bought it

  • Hehehe porn?? 09:43 xDDD

  • Good for the price... not iPad's competition though.

  • can you download the movies into your kindle fire?

  • I want one now.

  • Kindle Fire is great, but it won't beat the iPad

  • @armandsarkani But it will beat other android tablets and that's good enough.

  • @jpscar94 Pricewise yes. Performance wise, hell no. It doesn't even have cameras...

  • It seems quite laggy even though it has that dual-core processor...

  • If you download books or music while connected to wifi, can you then access books/video while not connected to wifi (sorta like an iPod)?

  • Hmmm....the video didn't load. That's concerning.

  • If john doesn't replys to me, can some tell me wich table is good enough for kids just under 10 to 9 years old. I want to make a gift and i want to buy a tablet for my little sister. Wich one will be the best in terms of games, resistance, and a easy OS to use. Please reply any one :)

  • @kokaPRinter for someone that age i would get an ipad; the kindle fire is a cheap tablet, but lacks some functionality, and android is for users who want more experimentation

  • @kokaPRinter honestly, i have let a lot of kids use my ipad, and they love it, its so easy to use a 4 year old can do it. so if your sister is 9 or 10 it shouldnt be a problem, just tell her what to do at first and what not to do obviously, she will love it,

  • @stoopidvideo so ipad is the winner?

  • @kokaPRinter yea

  • I like how people were all excited about "Silk" browsing... It's garbage. lol

  • like watching all these kindle fire videos.

  • @solarlightning There is the guide to root it on Rootzwiki. And ICS's source was released two days ago, Kindle Fire's source dropped today, ergo, you may start working on a Custom ROM, and if knowledgeable enough, you may even get a working build of ICS on it. Stop being a hater.

  • @everestDdeth i never denied you can do that but rooting the device wont let you put ics on it

  • haha so much for amazon "instant" video

  • nah

  • i would rather spend money on ipad, a fully capable tablet instead of this

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  • Why is it so laggy?

  • @kkwik16 cuz its a POS

  • This guy always is so much more harsh on apple reviews then android he straight ripped apart the iPhone 4s yet this devise obviously had problems with loading video and web browser (notice how he skips past the loading p the website) yet he over looks it and down plays the issue, for me to take his reviews serious he needs to be fair with apple and android and stop down playing issues that android has.

  • @shawnbmg91 1st. its called expectations, Jon obviously expected more from the iphone4s

    2nd. This isnt a review, its a tour, learn to read. the full review will come in the next couple of days

  • The UI looks horrible to navigate around in my opinion.

  • now i know why this thing is so cheap

  • u buy everything!!!!!!!!!! technobuffalo

  • @DsaherGuy They don't!

  • @DsaherGuy companies send them the products so they review it. They give them back after they're finished.

  • @bernytheman ok

  • why don't jon use stars? :-(

  • Jon, may I point out that it seems awkward for you to put your hand in the way of what you are trying to show us. For example, pinching to zoom on the device. It does not happen for the majority of the video but it is noticeably distracting because in this case its the device thats the main focus of this video and its being covered by your attempt to demonstrate. Hopefullly in the future you will be able to find a good position for your required finger gesture demonstrations. :)

  • You can't hid your porn. Ha!

  • laagggyyyy!

  • locked bootloader?

  • Thumbs down

  • I read on twitter this morning that if anyone posts a video about the fire, not to trust it. They just received it today. So Hmmm!

  • @zoics1 Trust what exactly? Jon isnt giving his opinion, just showing how Amazon changed android.

  • @ShadowE42 I have NO CLUE what you're talking about. My comment is making reference to Jon's tweet early yesterday morning. If you read his tweet, then my comment is pretty much almost repeating what he said in it and you were supposed to LOL knowing that. But I don't know what you mean in your reply. Please let me know what you're talking about.

  • @zoics1 I did not know Jon made a tweet like that, i dont normally go on twitter. To make my comment clear i thought you meant not to trust this video

  • @ShadowE42 Awwww! LOL! I'm sorry! I get it now. I thought you were trolling me, but as it turns out you didn't know. Well, he said Don't trust any uploaded reviews about the Fire as they had only received the device today (yesterday). You know how he likes to spend time on the product before uploading a review. So that's what he was saying & that's what my comment was referring to. I was saying: "Hmmm! Should I trust this upload?" Peace Bro!

  • @zoics1 I'm sure we can trust on @jon4lakers :)

  • @everestDdeth LOL!

  • @zoics1 this is a software tour, NOT a review. A review would include opinions regarding hardware, software, and opinions. This simply includes a non-bias tour of the operating system.

  • @wonton7734 Oh I know.. I was just being funny and making reference to his tweet yesterday.

  • @zoics1 Oh yes, because John Retinger is notorious for uploading fake reviews, isn't he?

  • @whichlawsuit I guess. If that's what you say. I don't know anything about that except for what you stated. By the way, my comment refers to Jon's tweet yesterday. It's funny and it looks like some people got it. LOL

  • @zoics1 He probably got the tablet yesterday... he couldve easily unboxed it made a video and posted it up on youtube... idk why you think that it is impossible to do so... sooo umm next time think.. ok

  • @fabulousbutterfly212 You don't get it. I'm repeating Jon's tweet on twitter yesterday. I don't know why people keep trolling me without knowing what they're talking about. If you follow Jon on twitter, you would be cracking up after reading my comment instead of trolling me for the wrong reason.

  • @zoics1 Think a little harder, and you might find a hint of sarcasm. Idiot.

  • @whichlawsuit No need to sound so desperate to troll. Name calling isn't needed.

  • @zoics1 They actually came a day early so the 14th alot of people received theirs

  • @zoics1 I dobt Techno Buffalo is lying.

  • @jacobbubble2 I agree with you 100%. But what you don't get here is that this is a funny reply to one of Jon's tweets and if you had seen it, you would be laughing.

  • Slow...

    

  • dude your lighting sucks

  • Since the amazon appstore has different launchers can I use one like go launcher on it?

  • im gonna root that hoe and put icecream sandwich on it

  • @bvjorge Why not just buy a damn tablet that has a real Android OS on it in the first place... You'll surely find quite a few for that price... This crap will lag as hell with ICS on it... Not to mention that you don't know if you can root it yet... Nobody may buy it, and nobody will give a shit about making a root method for it..

  • @bigsteamfan Its already been rooted... gizmodo(dot)com/5860019/kindle­-fire-rooted-should-you-do-it

  • @rdsknsfan21 Well... You "should not do it" and go buy something better instead.. Seriously.. This isn't a tablet, it's an E-Reader.. You can't do anything other than read on it, and expect it to work as good as it would on a regular Android tablet..

  • @bigsteamfan If you buy it, I feel like you should be allowed to do with it what you please, I understand it may not be the hottest, spec orgasm of a tablet on the market, but people like to see what they can do with it.. I personally couldn't care less about all of that, but I am interested to see what other people do..

  • @bigsteamfan because I'm very super famous ;)

  • @bvjorge wtf is worng with people like you ROOTIG DOESNT MEAN PUTTING A ROM ON IT ROOTING MEANS GETTING SUPERUSER ON IT..GO HEAD ROOT IT AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GOT ICS ON IT WITH ROOT..no bitch you cant even root this

  • @bvjorge ROOT THAT HOE!

  • @ericframirez hey where is my comment? O.o

  • @bvjorge What if the ice cream melts??!! :o lol

  • I think if Noah reviewed . This review would have went better. This tech websites are downing it. But the average person would love it.

  • If the prices were same - do you guys reckon this is a better choice than the HP Touchpad?

  • Jon didn't seem too excited with this tablet lol. It's $200 price point does show the quality of the tablet. I'd still buy it

  • god that thing lags like a bitch but for $200 bucks I'm still impressed.

  • Is amazon being serious? this, in no way shape or form, has the fit and finish a tablet requires to succeed in the tablet market.

  • @westnile456 the idea is to leverage access to their giant eco system, not make a tablet for ipad fans pull out and show to their friends. Besides the ipad is still the only real "success" in the tablet market so it remains to be seen if fit and finish is an issue or not.

    And if Samsung can sell every damn 100% plastic GSII they make amongst strong android competition that's almost always built better I'd say this has a shot

  • @westnile456 It's not really a tablet it's more of an e-reader. If you wanted to buy a tablet to play games and use other apps, this obviously isnt for you.

  • @UnrealNate Then what is? I cant spend more than 250$

  • because of the price point

  • kindle fire is not a ipad killer its a ipod touch killer

  • What content is available with Amazon Prime?

  • iPad suck cock niggassss

  • iPad ftw bitchessss!!

  • is there a usb for this

  • I was going to get it, but changed my mind. I'm getting the Nook Tablet instead. At least I know Netflix and Hulu will be on it for sure.

  • Brightness seems really low/dark, did u have it set low

  • Would the Kindle Fire be considered a 'Tablet'?

  • Getting mine next week

  • can u sideload apps?

  • *find

  • Jon, can you guns a way to install Google apps. Like maps, gmail, reader, or voice?

    If maps can be installed, will Google navigation work? Specs never mentioned a-gps

  • Kobo Vox probably better