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Photos on kindle??

juliet — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 05:13:02 GMT

I have an android tablet that has a gallery that stores my photos but can't find anything like that on the kindle HD I just purchased. The user guide tells me to download from the cloud - I've done that on a few photos but it seems very slow and there still isn't a place on the screen to click for photos. I have to go to an obscure storage place to find them. The tabs on the top reference music, videos, apps, etc but none for photos - doesn't seem very user friendly?? Is there some easier way that I'm missing?? If not I wouldn't recommend a kindle for anyone for whom viewing photos are a priority.

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VaBelle35 — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 05:31:10 GMT

Top left corner, the box that's 3 horizontal lines. Click that then click downloads and your pictures shd be there.

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glb613 — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:59:20 GMT

I have to ask because I'm just curious, why do you need photos on your Kindle?

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juliet — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 20:03:15 GMT

To clarify it's a Kindle Fire to replace my Android tablet that is unable to be updated to a newer version that I use for photos as well as apps for games, etc. and internet access and of course books when I'm traveling. Thanks for the info on the 3 lines.

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MKR14 — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 20:37:46 GMT

I was thinking of buying a Kindle Fire HDX but didn't know much about the photos or how the camera on it was to take the photos. I sold my iPad mini and was going to replace it with an iPad mini retina but wasn't sure if the Kindle had some way to share them.

Any thoughts on the best choice? I like to take photos with an iPad mini as it is so portable to keep in my purse and has photo stream to bring up on other devices. If the Kindle Fire HDX can do this it is a cheaper alternative. I am not sure if the 7"" or 8.9"" is a btter choice for cameras.

Thanks.

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bells4me — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 00:38:24 GMT

Strange someone would want a Kindle as a priority for viewing photos. Anyway mine are there but it's not a priority.

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docsgirl — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 10:23:55 GMT

On 1/12/2014 MKR NY said:
I was thinking of buying a Kindle Fire HDX but didn't know much about the photos or how the camera on it was to take the photos. I sold my iPad mini and was going to replace it with an iPad mini retina but wasn't sure if the Kindle had some way to share them.

Any thoughts on the best choice? I like to take photos with an iPad mini as it is so portable to keep in my purse and has photo stream to bring up on other devices. If the Kindle Fire HDX can do this it is a cheaper alternative. I am not sure if the 7" or 8.9" is a btter choice for cameras.

Thanks.

MKR NY

I have the Kindle Fire HDX and it does not take pictures. It only has a front-facing camera to be used for Skyping (sp?) but does not have a rear camera to take photos. If you intend to take photos, the Kindle HDX is not for you. Good luck in whatever choice you make. docsgirl

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D Oro — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 11:55:29 GMT

My Kindle Fire HDX takes pictures.

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mima — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:07:46 GMT

The 8.9" Kindle HDX DOES take pics both front and rear, the smaller 7" HDX only takes selfies, not regular pics.

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ChynnaBlue — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:53:55 GMT

On 1/13/2014 PinkSugar said:
Strange someone would want a Kindle as a priority for viewing photos. Anyway mine are there but it's not a priority.

Amazon would be sad to hear that. The Kindle Fires are tablets, just like any other, and are marketed as multi-media devices.

Amazon still has ads for the Kindle Paperwhite and other Kindle readers that make a selling point out of the fact that you can take them outside and read in the sun without glare - something you can't do with a Kindle Fire. They included a camera, so they do want to market for people interested in taking and viewing photos.

They've designed is so that almost anything can be your personal priority and the Kindle will work for you.

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Buck-i-Nana — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 16:08:06 GMT

On 4/11/2014 mima said:
The 8.9" Kindle DOES take pics both front and rear, the smaller 7" HDX only takes selfies, not regular pics.

You've got that backwards mima. The Fire HD (any size screen) only has a front facing camera. The Fire HDX has both front and rear facing camera.

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mima — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 18:57:54 GMT

On 4/11/2014 Buck-i-Nana said:
On 4/11/2014 mima said:
The 8.9" Kindle DOES take pics both front and rear, the smaller 7" HDX only takes selfies, not regular pics.

You've got that backwards mima. The Fire HD (any size screen) only has a front facing camera. The Fire HDX has both front and rear facing camera.

I mis-typed. I edited my post above so that it reads what I meant to say. I'm pretty sure the smaller HDX doesn't take pics both ways but the bigger HDX does.

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docsgirl — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 01:42:16 GMT

On 4/11/2014 mima said:
On 4/11/2014 Buck-i-Nana said:
On 4/11/2014 mima said:
The 8.9" Kindle DOES take pics both front and rear, the smaller 7" HDX only takes selfies, not regular pics.

You've got that backwards mima. The Fire HD (any size screen) only has a front facing camera. The Fire HDX has both front and rear facing camera.

I mis-typed. I edited my post above so that it reads what I meant to say. I'm pretty sure the smaller HDX doesn't take pics both ways but the bigger HDX does.

I have the Kindle Fire HDX 7" and it does NOT take pictures as it does not have a rear facing camera. It only has a front facing camera for Skyping (sp.?). The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 does have a rear facing camera. I have no idea why the larger one has the rear facing camera and the smaller 7" does not. Since I take my Kindle wherever I go, I would have liked to have a camera to take photos. Still in all, I love my Kindle. docsgirl