Electronics

[SilleeMee]

My little 7" Fire was so slow and the battery would not last long on a charge. I put it away an bought me a Chromebook laptop which converts to a tablet and it has Google Play so I can use it just like any other android tablet...it's a true hybrid device and I love it.

[patbz]

@cindyNC :  You can print wirelessly on Fire (I have to use Mopia); it works great!  I current have a Fire 8 and a Fire 10.  They seem to work for all my recreational uses; DH does spreadsheets at tax time and we use our laptop for that.  I've used Fire tablets on Royal Carribean and Celebrity.

[apple1964]

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@DbinMD wrote:

I have a question. I was gifted this tablet for Christmas. I also have a Samsung 9+ phone. Is there anyway that I can transfer things from my phone to the tablet?

I am also finding it frustrating that the apps I have on my phone. I cant find on the appstore on the tablet. Like the Ring app for one. Why is this since they are both google?

Thank you.

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Fire tablets do not support Goggle.

[apple1964]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

My little 7" Fire was so slow and the battery would not last long on a charge. I put it away an bought me a Chromebook laptop which converts to a tablet and it has Google Play so I can use it just like any other android tablet...it's a true hybrid device and I love it.

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I was surprised that my DH brought me the pixle Chrome book this year for my Bday and for a Xmas present as my B-day is close to Xmas. I just love it. I  also have my Acer spin 11 inch that  I am using  in the meanwhile because it works so well. I have the fire tablet 7 inch which I still use Alexa on it to wake us up in the morning and get the traffic in the morning and some cooking recipes  and a timer and other things so you see you can still get use on the tablet. I brought several 8 inch tablets as gifts this year and they were a big hit. and hands free Alexa is great! Happy New Year!

[Porcelain]

The easiest thing to do would be to upload all your files from your phone to a cloud storage service like OneDrive or DropBox or Google Drive. And then access them on the Fire tablet. You put the cloud storage app on both devices.

[DbinMD]

Thank you everyone for your responses.

[apple1964]

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@DbinMD wrote:

Thank you everyone for your responses.

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Your welcome .... Happy Shopping!

[JumpTheRope]

On the Amazon website, under the banner across the top of page,

there should be a choice called HELP FORUMS. 

I helped out there when  the forum first started...for about a year.

But then I got the Gen6 Ipad and gave away all my K/Fires,

except 2/HDXs  and the first version of the 6”.  All still have the 

Carousel, which I loved!

They have a clean, user-friendly interface, unlike the totally revamped OS

they installed on the Fires (since 2014 or 15?)

They’ve improved all sizes of the Fires now and for me, the 8” was the *Goldilocks” size.  Perfect size, speed, screen......and I added a cheap 

3-year Warranty.

Sometimes the 8” is On Sale for $49. 

[marzi 1]

off topic, but has anyone else had trouble getting the free case that came with this? I used the code to order and have not received the case or an answer to my question about my order thru the caseable website.. still waiting

[Jordan2]

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@marzi 1 wrote:

off topic, but has anyone else had trouble getting the free case that came with this? I used the code to order and have not received the case or an answer to my question about my order thru the caseable website.. still waiting

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I ordered a Kindle Fire 10" a couple of years back from QVC, it came with a voucher for a free case from Caseable. It took forever to get the case, it was flimsy, I ended up buying a better case from Amazon. I remember at the time people were complaining to QVC, frankly I'm surprised QVC didn't cut ties with them.