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you know until the Amazon Kindle Fire came along and looked like Apple was going to enjoy the same blowout in tablets that it did with mp3 players but a 7-inch tablet for under 200 bucks from a company you trust that got your attention but that doesn't mean you don't have issues with it I'm Brian Cooley with the top 5 gripes you've got about the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet this according to a survey of 2600 Kindle users by change wave research number Five's the one you notice right out of the box the screen size 7 inch it's a lot less than 10 inch 10 percent of owners noticed that once they get it in their hands and I bet most of them when they're watching or sharing a movie or a video that whole immersive thing doesn't really happen with a 7-inch device unless you want to hold it like 10 inches from your face and then you look like you're way too much into tablets don't do that number 4 is that ty 12 percent of you pointed out these two things the lack of 3G or 4G cellular connection and the limited or curated selection of apps you see the fire is Android base but that doesn't mean you have access to the whole world of Android apps just the one Amazon lets you get and the lack of 3G or 4G means you'll be working a cold sweat whenever you're away from a Wi-Fi hotspot combine that with the small 8 gigabytes of internal storage and that's a lot of time spent sweaty number 3 15 percent of you said the battery life's too short we found that our lab tests you will be lucky to get the promised 8 hours where we readily got 12 or more on the iPad again smaller device smaller price smaller battery on the fire but this and the Wi-Fi only thing kind of conspire to keep you looking out of the corner of your eye all the time for a place that has Wi-Fi and a plug and that takes some of the mobile out of mobile number two 21% of you said this no camera I don't get this one who carries a fire and not a smartphone that is an imminently easier to use less dorky camera before I get you know the number one Kindle Fire gripe what's the top thing Kindle Fire owners love yeah you know it's the price $1.99 59 percent of you were gaga for that and a distant number two was the color screen loved by 31% who clearly came to their fire from either a grayscale Kindle reader or the 19th century the number one thing that irks you fire folks is get this no volume buttons seriously 27% of you hate having to go to the screen to control the volume gets old real fast even button hating Apple gives you actual volume rockers on the iPad when you head into a more button free design than Apple it's time to get a second opinion hey for lots of Kindle Fire how-to tips including Sharon Vaknin s battery extension tutorial head over to how to cnet.com and for more top 5s like this it's top 5 cnet.com thanks for watching