![]() It has a smallish 7-inch, 600 x 1024 pixel screen in 16:9 ratio. Running a modified version of Android on an ARM CPU, it comes equipped with an earphone jack, MicroSD card slot (providing up to 128GB additional storage), front and back cameras, microphone, speakers, USB charging slot, Wi-Fi adapter, Bluetooth support, wireless printer support, and apps from Amazon store. ![]() (Spoiler Alert: an iPad it’s not, but the Fire’s chutzpah might amuse you.) SpecificationsĬompared to my ancient Palm IIIc, the Kindle Fire 7 Is downright luxurious. With the Google Play Store installed, the Kindle Fire 7 punches above its weight, morphing into a kind of digital David that isn’t afraid to take on Apple’s Goliath, the iPad. (Although not illegal, it should be noted that this upgrade is not officially sanctioned by Amazon, who would prefer you to remain within their gated ecosystem.)Īll that is required is that you download four Android programs and run them in sequence, following “Option One” of Chris Hoffman and Craig Lloyd’s excellent instructions on How-to Geek. In short, the Kindle can be upgraded to include the Google Play Store, which opens up the limited Kindle to a much broader selection of apps than Amazon intended, including Gmail, Chrome, and the writer’s friends, Google Docs and Microsoft Word - apps that Amazon does not make available through its own App Store. However, like the wardrobe in the Narnia books, the device harbours a secret - a passageway that can lead to new vistas. On its own, the Fire 7, about the size of a thin paperback novel, makes a fine ebook reader and a minimal Internet browser - nice, but unexciting. Small, I learned, could be not only beautiful, but also portable and productive.Īnd so, despite my resolve, I clicked the slightly more expensive ($70Cdn) 32GB version of the device into my shopping cart and checked it out. I’m a tablet junkie with a soft spot for minimalist writing devices that goes back to my days of writing on a Palm Pilot. I was determined not to make any Black Friday purchases this year, but my resolve melted when Amazon offered a sale price of $50Cdn, approximately $30US, on its diminutive, discontinued, 16GB Kindle Fire 7 ereader/tablet.
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