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| wp34:
Have you tried side-loading the Playstore app on it? I'm looking for something cheap to play Pinball Arcade on. The Fire tablet seems like the best value out there but doesn't appear to natively run Playstore apps. --- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 18, 2018, 03:38:36 pm --- --- Quote from: pbj on July 18, 2018, 09:43:34 am ---How's it compare to an iPad? I had the original Kindle Fire and it was... adequate for its time. My iPad is going nuts with phantom screen touches and makes it very difficult to lay in bed and post here at 2am. The original screen turned into a spiderweb after I brought it inside from reading in the Houston heat. I had it replaced for $70 and honestly got 6 good months out of it, so not too salty. --- End quote --- Well obviously an iPad is better, but not by much. It's a 720p screen on the 8 and I believe 1080p on the 10 but they claim the screen is "tougher than the ipad". I haven't had it long enough to tell, but the screen does seem to have gorilla glass or something similar you wouldn't expect on a cheaper tablet. The camera sucks and the speakers aren't very loud. Other than that it's great. The ui is much improved from earlier models and Alexa is actually helpful. It's android os only a bit cleaner and snappier. I don't know how powerful it really is, but I threw goat simulator on there and it seems to handle it, so I guess the unreal engine runs ok. It works for reading well, but I think I'm going to have to install another reader app. Amazon's annoyingly doesn't let you zoom with pinches and pulls like virtually every other pdf reader does. --- End quote --- |
| Howard_Casto:
I'm going to try that tonight (need to clear off a sd card first). From what I've seen online you just install three apps in order, so it shouldn't be too hard. |
| JDFan:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 18, 2018, 08:27:17 pm ---I'm going to try that tonight (need to clear off a sd card first). From what I've seen online you just install three apps in order, so it shouldn't be too hard. --- End quote --- DId it on one I bought last Xmas when they had the hd8 for $49 (same as they had it for prime day this year) and it is an easy process - IIRC this is the process I follwed - https://www.howtogeek.com/232726/how-to-install-the-google-play-store-on-your-amazon-fire-tablet/ |
| Howard_Casto:
I just used this one: https://www.techjunkie.com/install-google-play-amazon-fire-tablet/ (Same deal but it's more recent so the urls are up to date) It installed fine but the installation was a little wonky. When I first started the google play store it hung up on me, so I closed it and launched again. The second go around it got through the setup fine but kept giving me an authentication error. I closed it one more time and the third time was a charm.... now everything is working fine and I installed the required by law copy of Angry Birds to make sure it installed stuff ok. So yeah, google play install isn't a big deal, even on the very latest version of the fire OS. |
| Howard_Casto:
So I bought a new weedeater the other day and apparently I now have $60 in shop my way rewards...… spread out in three $20 installments. Any ideas? My local Kmart doesn't really sell electronics anymore. I went to their website to try and search the video game/electronics section and it's a total dumpster fire.... It's like the site hasn't been maintained in several years. |
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