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hey guys this is Austin and today I'm here with a review of the Amazon Kindle Fire this is one of the first tablets to come in at a lower price point while still aiming to be a solid contender but does it have what it takes at first glance it looks promising the Kindle Fire design is quite similar to the BlackBerry PlayBook with a sturdy build up front you'll find a 7 inch display with a resolution of 1024 by 600 while it is billed as an IPS screen I also can't say that it's that spectacular brightness is reasonable and colors are ok but one of the biggest draws of an IPS display are great viewing angles but here on the Kindle Fire they're simply average on the bottom of the fire you'll find a small round power button microUSB port for charging and syncing along with the 3.5 millimeter headphone jack a slight gripe is how small the power button is but beyond that everything works and feels fine flipping it around to the top you'll find the stereo speakers well they certainly aren't going to blow you away I was rather impressed the sound is quite decent internally the Kindle Fire isn't half bad sports a 1 gigahertz dual-core TI OMAP 4 processor 512 megabytes of RAM and a gigabytes of internal memory there are some things missing like a micro SD card reader for expanding your storage as well as a microphone or camera however for the price there aren't many complaints all of these specs results in a mostly good experience in using the fire it runs Android 2.3 with a custom Kindle skin and supports everything you would expect in a tablet including browsing the web email music video apps and of course books as this is a Kindle it would be a poor review if I didn't talk about the reading experience in general it works just like the Kindle app on other tablets with support for the entire Kindle library of books including those as you have already purchased there are also several other Amazon services on fire you have a newsstand for reading newspapers and magazines and the Amazon mp3 music store in addition you have access to purchasing TV shows renting and buying movies and streaming videos through Prime instant video z-- the Kindle Fire comes with the Amazon App Store it has a reasonable selection of apps to choose from with many of the staples including Angry Birds Netflix Hulu and many more there's also a featured free app everyday which will help you pad out your app library without breaking the bank the apps themselves are less than fantastic for the most part many are made for Android phones and are blown up to fit on the larger tablet display which is a bit disappointing on the other hand the core processor is more than powerful enough to handle all the games I threw at it Amazon has spent a lot of time touting the silk web browser it uses Amazon servers to speed up your browsing however I didn't really see any benefit from this at all the browser is very similar to stock Android with the addition of tabs it's not the smoothest in the world but gets the job done and has flash pre-installed DUI is a mixed bag you get a lot on your home screen with a carousel of your most recently used items a dock for any content you like along with a search menu and links to important apps like books music and more up top you'll find the notifications and to the right of that is where you can control screen orientation lock brightness volume etc this brings me to one of my biggest problems with a Kindle Fire no physical home or volume buttons to change the volume you have to leave what you are doing tap the top right and then drag the slider which can be a massive pain same goes for exiting an application need to tap on the bottom strip to make the home button appear battery life is quite excellent on the fire I was able to get close to nine hours out of a charge with reading listening to music on headphones and doing a bit of reddit I mean web browsing standby time is also good meaning you'll most likely get several days out of the fire before recharging the Amazon Kindle Fire is a great tablet for $200 period there's a lot to like from the great 7 inch form factor battery life in excellent Amazon ecosystem well I'm not the biggest fan of the software or the lack of hardware buttons I really feel that the Kindle Fire is the first time that it's habit has become cheap enough that it makes sense for a lot of people if money isn't an issue the iPad is a much better tablet but overall for the price I recommend the Kindle Fire if you feel like being awesome doesn't be sure to leave this video a thumbs up and if you're interested in more reviews like this be sure to subscribe