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hey everyone welcome to another review by Jim's review room today we'll be looking at the Kindle Fire HD from my favorite online place to shop amazon.com now I did do the review in the Barnes & Noble Nook on my youtube channel you can check it out there as well I'll put the link in the video here but the main reason why I'm doing the Kindle today is there's been speculation that the Barnes and Noble Nook may be discontinued or at least no longer being manufactured you can definitely check out the links or do a quick google search and I'm pretty sure you'll find the articles on that so if you can't no longer buy the note a Kindle is of course an alternative so let's see how the Kindle stacks up here now there's minor differences between the Kindle models the main differences are the screen size and pixels the amount of storage that you need and if you truly need 4G LTE for the Abaco Internet so I'll do my best to explain the key features and basics and hopefully with some of these specifications and explanations of each one it may help you decide on what you may purchase now the model I have here today is the most popular and the most purchased Kindle based on ratings per amazon.com if the Kindle Fire HD tablet in the 7 inch form factor the 7-inch comes in under a pound weighing in at ajust about 13.8 ounces now the bigger HD tablet from Kindle comes in at eight point nine inches and weighs in at 20 ounces so let's take a quick tour of the exterior you have your power button on top here if you hold it down it will power it up and power down of course but if you tap it once while it's on it will turn the screen black and go into the you're sleep mode now the valium rocker buttons are here there's the three-and-a-half millimeter headphone port so standard earphones will fit now you have a micro USB charging port on the bottom and next to that is the mini HDMI port which is very nice so that way you can connect it to your TV now the kendo only came with the USB wire and there was not a USB wall charger you just need to connect this to your laptop a computer to charge it though what's really unique about the Kindle that you can't find on the Nook I previously reviewed there's dual speakers in the back now / Amazon's website the Kindle has exclusive Dolby audio processing which should give you some pretty decent sound and I'll get into that a little bit later down and review here and lastly the feel of the Kindle Fire HD it's very light it does feature a slightly rubberized backing for grip it's not as thick as the Nook but I definitely prefer this over the iPad though the iPad or the iPad Mini etc is a one-piece a little bit of chassis which it does slide off of your hand I like this feeling it feels more personable and also secure so let's get a little bit deeper in the review the main difference is price at the time of this review the Kindle Fire HD tablet that I have here with 16 gigs of memory is on sale for $169 and retails for $1.99 for Amazon's website now the equivalent nook which per the Wall Street Journal will no longer be made by Barnes & Noble is still listed on Barnes and Nobles website for $149 and lastly the atrocious iPad Mini that's a whopping 329 dollars so the Kindle Fire does have two varying price points one that displays small banners and ads on your lock page slash screen saver now if you choose to have the Kindle without the ads you do have to pay fifteen dollars more but with mine use the ads are very minimal and it feels properly placed so it's not a nuisance or a distraction there are similar banners or ads that you see gnome and web pages so the ads don't show up while you're reading or watching a video again it wasn't a big nuisance or a distraction at all it's not bad at all again but if you have the option you can always pay $15 just to get rid of all those ads altogether the next important form factor is the resolution and battery performance to put this in simplistic terms resolution is better measured on the e-readers and tablets by pixels per inch so when you're able to squeeze in so many pixels into one square inch of the screen that image is more dense in turn providing more crisp letters and words and more contrasting photos the iPad Mini which is one of the Kindle HD competitors has 163 pixels per inch with the Kindle HD these 7-inch version which is the most popular that I have here comes with 216 that's 25% more density in more detail than the had many the nuke HD itself has 243 pixels per inch now that's 11% less pixels per inch for the Kindle not detrimental and with a small margin of difference you basically can't even tell the difference so when comparing the Nick HD in the Kindle Fire HD as an e-reader the letters in the words are on the same or similar level where each letter is clean crisp and clear the difference in pixels per inch is minimal enough to justify purchasing either or now I'll reiterate again the Nook might be discontinued or manufactured by a totally different company and still sold through Barnes and Nobles website based on recent news it's still early to tell so we don't know as of yet but as for the iPad the price alone justifies purchasing a Kindle HD over the iPad Mini now for gaming it appears on par I tried popular games and it performed as normal the Kindle HD kept up with my latest iPad actually video playback is also on par with the iPad in sense of speed and consistency if anything the Kindle HD had much more contrast and the iPad did now skin tone levels looked much more natural and less washed out compared again see the iPad Mini another nice win for the Kindle so moving on here the battery itself lasts about 11 hours of continuous news / Amazon that's the longest lasting battery out of all the devices I've been comparing I was shocked that the Kindle didn't come with a USB wall charger though and just a USB cable so that means I have to have computer access or bring it laptop with me just in case if I have to charge the Kindle now Amazon does sell an adapter for an additional ten dollars however one remedy if you're fortunate enough to have a phone that uses the same microUSB and use that personally to charge my Kindle so how's the platform operating system especially if no one ever used a Kindle or a tablet before let me tell you it's very simple and layout is straightforward the main page of the candle will feature everything you need there you can access everything from the top side scrolling menu here you'll also have what Kindle calls your carousel which will rotate through most news items to make things even easier you can also save your most used items to your favorites and access them anytime just hold down an app then save to your favorites from here you can tap on the screen and click on that star and the bottom right and access anything that you have saved now with other tablets there's typically a physical home button that you would press now the Kindle however has a home button built into the operating system so what you do is tap on the screen anytime and click down that little house and you'll return to your home page so there's a real no concern of getting lost again very easy for anyone who's never owned or use the tablet before in addition as long as you have Wi-Fi you can have access to your built-in web application and surf the Internet another thing though there wasn't a selection to browse email though now however you can easily download an app to access and organize your favorite accounts like Gmail Yahoo Outlook whatever so overall as a tablet it's very good it performs as good as any other tablet with features like photo viewer web browsing music listening videos movies and you can game on this like any other higher-end tablet now the specs on this thing is up to snuff for whatever you throw at it today lastly I wanted to talk about how easy it is to review and purchase books after all this is an e-reader as well from your main menu select books then store and you can browse by genre bestsellers daily deals etc and once you select a book in here you can read reviews from other readers read the synopsis and even sample a little book with a choice to purchase it if you decide to do so in the future and again if you're ever lost you can always press that home button locate on the bottom and you'll be back to your home page it's easy for someone to pick this up and start other performance features the Kindle HD has a built-in camera though it won't take great photos like an iPad would but it's nice to have it just in case you ever need a Skype or I don't take random photos of yourself or so it also has Bluetooth connectivity to connect your Bluetooth support devices such as a Bluetooth speaker and regarding its exclusive Dolby audio the stereo sound in field of direction for this tablet is very well done you can tell the difference although at maximum then the high notes can be a bit tangy and ringing but yet again the immersion from the auto you have compared to the competition the Kindle wins what's really cool is with Android phones there's this swipe typing as you can see in my demo here I just swipe my fingers to corresponding letters and some amazing feet it picks up their word that I'm trying to type its innovative and unique some people may like it some people may not but you can type as you normally would if you choose to some of the cons that I've seen were not detrimental since other tablets or readers have the same problem like the iPad and Nook you have a glass touchscreen and it does reflect light so if you're outdoors let's say at the beach the park etcetera and in the Sun it's difficult to read the screen from eclair if you're directly under a lamp or under recessed lighting you'll see the glare from the lightbulb as well now the Kindle screen does feature a new touch technology where the design process helps with reduction in glare now without being too technical the screen doesn't glare as much as the competition but glare is still present and I just want to make sure that you're aware of that that's all no another calm there's no expanding memory slot for a micro SD card to expand the space if you decide to download so many goods but at 16 gigs that's probably sufficient for the average user it's the same boat for the iPad as well there's no expansion memory slot and the last con that really stuck out but yet again it's not really a big of an issue I guess you can say I do have to state that I do love Amazon I purchased so much junk off of there you can only use books you bought off of amazon.com you can't purchase books from elsewhere and read them on your Kindle but if you're an avid Amazon user or even in Prime member and Amazon this shouldn't be an issue at all Amazon usually has great deals so I'm sure with this quote-unquote limitation it shouldn't even feel limited since Amazon itself is a great company maybe I'm biased but hey I like them a lot and just to wrap things up with my summary the Kindle HD options are a great alternative to the costly iPad Linna now reading web surfing email youtube videos movies Netflix you name it this Kindle is able to handle it all it does what I believe the average consumer is seeking for and it's even better for children get them interacting with today's quote unquote ebooks actually I'm electronically now there's parental controls that you can easily adjust through the menu scheme control your kids read and watch and even how long they even use the Kindle for video playback is great image quality sound quality are enough to have an enjoyable experience so overall I'm excited about the Kindle and to be honest Apple's losing a lot of its luster on my end get the Kindle HD it's a full fetch tablet with all the apps that's available for Android and it's a hundred and sixty dollars cheaper than the iPad Mini so I hope you enjoyed this review of the Kindle Fire HD from amazon.com it did take a bit of time and effort to put this video together if you can please like this video and subscribe to me for future alerts to new products this is Jimmy from Jim's review room take care everyone bye you