Fire HD 6 Tablet

My boyfriend bought this for me - it's great for reading books. Love that you can invert the screen (white text black background) and its very easy to turn the brightness down. The cloud feature amazon has is also great, when my partner uses the kindle I can still read the books we've purchased via my laptop or cell phone. Also love that its colour (my parents bought me the first edition kindle last year and it unexpectedly stopped working).

We haven't tried downloading movies or pictures yet but I'm sure that would be a useful feature next time we are travelling. Haven't had any problems with it yet, and satisfied with the charge life.

Update:
The original problem with Amazon OS was that it did not have the Audible app. I have contacted support since and was informed that the Canadian version of Kindle does not have Audible app installed. Installing it was NOT a simple process. It involved first installing "ES File Explorer" and then using a link that the customer support gave me to download the Audible App. Not sure if this problem will be patched in the future, but right now to listen Audible from the Canadian Kindle Fire, you have to contact customer support.

If this problem did not exist in the first place, I would rate this tablet easily a 4 or 5. The speaker is superb for listening to audiobooks. The processor is fast enough for most website. The screen is sharp. The Doc app is surprisingly good. Uploading files to the Fire is very fast and smart. The build quality is very good for a device at this price. Multitasking is easy and I'd say better than iOS.

On the downside I am starting to notice that the battery drains quite quickly when I am not using it. This is not a big deal to me but worth pointing out.

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Pros:
6 inch is not bad.
Speaker is pretty clear.
Good build quality and packaging.
Great price.

Cons:
Operating system lackluster compared to iOS and Android.
It is also surprisingly difficult to find audiobooks. No Audible App on Amazon OS???
There is only 1 speaker, not good for movies.

I purchased two of these units for my kids - I recently interviewed with a reporter from a major television station for and article on "how to buy a tablet". Most people dont realize that "under the hood" the Fire HD - is running a modified (prettier) version of Android. Some are scared away by it because of fear of incompatibility. In my opinion - it is the absolute best bang for your buck - spec wise I dont think you could find a name brand anywhere that compares to it for a better value. The amazon store carried all the Android apps you could dream of (including Roblox, Pocket Minecraft, and whatever else your kids is probably playing). The only downside to this paticular model is storage - but my kids are not putting full length movies or anything like that on their tablets. You also have access to the cloud - so as long as you have wifi you'll never run out of space -and the space you do have is more than enough for your apps, docs, and a ton of photos. The kindle boasts a Quad-Core chip and at this price point - if they break it - I can just buy another.

This is a wonderful little tablet for what it's intended for, to read, get email, a few games and a little web surfing. It is not an iPad or a Nexus 7 so don't get it expecting it to do or have what these others do. I received mine as a gift from a friend in the US. Got it in Citron Color and the 16 GB. I love it for reading it's such a cute size.

Just won't let give only a half star! This is not even for kids! 8GB of storage is a joke! One good game and the storage is full! They can say you can recording 1080p videos but how many is another story! Wouldn't even buy 16 GB

To be a gift and will be rated again at that time. I love the Kindle Fire 7 I have and my nephew has a new 6 so we are all very happy with our purchases and don't expect this gift to be any different.

I think this unit is ideal for those of us who like to backpack "light" but still want to have some media opportunities. I'm taking this instead of my Ipad because at $130 if I drop it or it gets stolen, I'm not heartbroken. It's small enough to carry around during the day, but I can still: read books, check email, skype friends and family, snap some casual pix and post on facebook, browse the web, play a few games on the plane, and stream netflix if I get sick (for some of this you obviously need WiFi access). I've also downloaded many handy travel apps (white noise machine, weather app, alarm clock, currency converter, tripadvisor, etc.) that I might need. I'm also able to load .pdfs (such as guidebooks) - useful because you can zoom in on maps in that format. Overall, a great unit for travel!