Kindle Fire HD 8.9
I’ve completely fallen in love with my new toy (anyone that follows my babbling already knows that) and it’s basically been attached to my hand from the moment I opened the box. I would marry it if I could. Though I admit that there are some flaws:
I can only run one app at a time. I tried to leave the text-to-speech running while I ran notepad, but that didn’t work. Bummer. (Can you imagine taking notes about something you’re “reading,” or being able to IM someone while reading? That would be very cool.)
I would have really liked to be able to change the look of the front screen, but that doesn’t seem to be an option. At the very least I would have liked to be able to move Web, Docs, and Apps to the first three spots. I understand that they’re trying to shill their products, but I just want the things I use the most to be first on the list.
If you don’t want to spend a ton of money, turn in-app purchasing off. Some games really want to force you to buy their extras and try to trick you into hitting the wrong thing — app developers: that kind of trickery is lame and is a good way to make me never use your app again. Just saying.
The whole faves thing is cool, but I wish there was some way to rearrange everything. It would be cool if I could hold down on the icons and be offered the chance to move things around.
Enough with the complaining. Here’s some cool, FREE apps:
ColorNote Notepad — this has been incredibly useful to me. I can write a note and send it to myself through email either as a message … Read the rest “Kindle Fire HD 8.9”