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Wish I could leave no stars, 16 Jan 2014

I have bought this product twice now. First time on 5th June 2013 and again on 24th October 2013 and the second one has just failed.

I have now replaced with a proper Samsung version for my netbook but while this is definitely cheaper, it was not cheap and I'm furious to have wasted the money.

After a couple of months they just start charging intermittently. Leave the room for a couple of hours with the laptop running and come back to find the battery has died. Eventually they just get to the stage where they won't charge at all.

The first time I was willing to assume, as I had been travelling a lot, that I had knocked it or dropped it and caused damage, but… Read more

does not work, 14 Jan 2014

Blank screen. Does not do anything. Free app so whatever but Amazon, you really have to sort out this apps for kindle situation. Too many now that I need and can't get. Switching to a nexus when I upgrade unless there is a major improvement in app provision

Good points and bad. Depends on your priorities, 1 Jan 2014

I've now lived with my Kindle Fire HD for a year so I've decided that I can give it a fair review now.

I had previously used an ipad (through work) so I liked the idea of a tablet but wasn't willing to pay out huge money for an apple product and after a lot of back and forth I chose the Kindle Fire HD over the Google Nexus.

So, what's good and what's bad?

Well, what it does it does really well: amazing picture quality, great sound, easy to navigate. As a long-time Amazon Prime user downloading and reading books and watching films through Love Film is a breeze. It's perfect for Skype-ing with far away friends and browsing through Pinterest.

But,… Read more