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this my friends is a decent deal, given the 1 year warranty and backed by <A> itself its a safe bet if you're in the market for one of these. thanks a lot Amazon !

Wish it was $30 off one of the other Kindles, the ones made for reading books instead of playing App Games.

For those who are a bit new to Kindle, this Kindle Fire is not like all the other Kindle devices. This is -not- an e-reader. The Kindle Fire is basically a tablet computer with just about enough power to do basic web surfing, watching movies, playing app games, and listening to music. While you can read books on it, that is not what it is designed for and is no different from reading books on your regular computer except it is smaller. (Although reading comic books is better on the Kindle Fire simply because of the color.)

All of the other Kindles are designed for reading books; they use a much different display technology that is easier on your eyes. They aren't as pretty for anything else, but for reading, they are vastly superior.

The Kindle Fire is a neat toy, like a large smartphone that you can't make calls on and can access the internet only when you have access to a nearby WiFi network.

EDIT ... 120 Negative Votes? -- Wow, you sure get a lot of hate if you say something accurate instead of praising the Fire as the greatest piece of electronics this century. I don't have a problem with the Kindle Fire, just wanted to point out the name can be deceptive to people who are associating "Kindle" with "reading", which Amazon spent so much effort promoting with the normal Kindles. The Kindle Fire is nicely priced for what it is, but most people should give it a second to ponder whether they truly have any use for it or if it is just a $200 toy. Some will, some won't.

Who should buy a Kindle? ... If you have easy and often access to a good WiFi network and Amazon Prime, you can make good use of the streaming video capabilities and you'll probably love your Kindle Fire. And of course, with WiFi access, you don't need Prime to surf the web. Without the WiFi access though, this turns into a large screen smartphone without service ... you can play music, but better options exist; you can read stored books, but better options exist; you can watch stored movies, but space is limited and no expansion memory slot is available.

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I have Prime but don't have a kindle, kind of a waste. It's about time I rectify that. Getting one.

turner02 says: "does this have retina display?"

"Retina display" doesn't really mean anything. It's an Apple marketing term for a high-resolution LED-backlit IPS LCD display panel.

The Fire uses a 1024x600 pixel IPS panel, which is relatively similar to the iPad1/2 screen, but of course smaller in size. It has nowhere near the super-high resolution of the New iPad, but also costs nowhere NEAR the price of one. It's fine for reading under all normal lighting conditions, is color, and also works in the dark, but a classic Kindle is still best for direct sunlight, is a little easier on the eyes, and offers the best battery life.

They probably have thousands of these from people who changed their minds, gift recipients who wanted an iPad instead, people who couldn't figure out how to use them, and a few that actually might have needed repairs, but I suspect this will still sell out by mid-day.

I KNEW I should have waited.

I use my "Fire" maybe 2-4 times a month.

Although it doesn't say, I'm assuming these will be shipped as a "gift" Kindle Fires.

From the "new" Kindle Fire purchase options......

When you check the "this will be a gift" box, Amazon will:
Deliver the Kindle unregistered. The recipient can register the Kindle to their own Amazon account when it arrives.

jpr is correct.....a little confusing as the "gift" option is on the "add to cart" page for the new Fire. A gift option checkbox appears when you add the refub Fire to your cart and proceed to checkout.

You should be able to select gift or not in cart or at checkout, and also be able to select registration preference (register to your account or leave unregistered) at checkout.

wait a minute... is this the Kindle Fire that was originally released at $199? And the Refub sells for $169, but since its a Deal of the Day, it is offered at $140?

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I think this is a great deal. I love my Fire. With this deal I just ordered one for my parents. If there are any left later today I may order a couple for my nieces - I still owe Christmas and graduation presents! (it is 3AM here, so I think I'll sleep on it a while)

Does it have 3 G?
I dont know anything about kindle but my son just bought an i pad ane it seems like an easy way to read your e mail. I only know what I readon the amazon web site for the $130 Kindle Fire. This is all I know about Kindle so your discussion was extremely interesting to me. Can you order free books and movies on most of the kindles? they are much cheaper than my son's i pad but do they do the same things? thank you for taking the time to write what you did a little while ago. It was extremely informative for me and $139 is a great price. Im just not sure after reading what you said about the quality of the picture.

just learning about kindle. I always thought it was only for reading books. This entire discussion is great since I did not feel like I learned much reading about the Kindle Fire that is selling refurbished for $139. Cheaper than an I pad but does itdeliver e mail just as quickly and clearly? I will not even use the game feature.

Can you access e mail with the classic Kindle?

It's still going to take me an SD card slot to bite on an Amazon tablet. That is something I'd require of any mobile device purchase I make, expanded memory, preferably any variant of the SD standard (microSDHC, microSDXC etc etc) as SD memory is pretty affordable.

Edit: Now that I think of it, it would be sweet if Amazon included microSDXC support in one of their upcoming tablets... extreme memory capabilities!

Why? Do you not like it for some reason? I am trying to learn about these (Kindles" since I have been coveting my sons I pad but not willing to spend that much money for one. I am 55 and eyes are not that great. Need a crisp clear picture.

What features do you like most about your FIRE? How is it different from the other Kindles or notebooks available?

WOW! EXCELLENT deal. Wouldn't you know LAST WEDNESDAY, yeah, just a week ago, I took the plunge into the Kindle world by purchasing a refurbished Kindle Fire after asking many, many Kindle & Nook users. Wouldn't you know it would go on sale even cheaper right after. Buy now! While the gettin's good!

So Amazon advertises that the kindle is "great for kids"

But originally they had no parental controls (Kids could "one click" their way through your wallet).

Then they added a wifi password and declared the parental control issue "mission accomplished" even though disabling wi-fi is a pretty lame solution for a cloud connected device.

I lost interest around that point.

Question 1: Has amazon ever "fixed" the parental control issue, allowing you to disable one click shopping while still allowing wi-fi access?

Also, we travel a lot. Originally the "cloud" stuff had US-only restrictions which is an issue as there is only like 6gb available to store your own content.

Question 2: Is the fire still restricted to the USA? If I buy the kids barney or buy prime can the kids watch their TV shows overseas?

Thanks!

We got one of the first of the Fires when they shipped and had it die with a battery failure. It didn't seem like a unique issue, so I suspect Amazon has quite a few returns that needed refurb and can now be sold. Should be an excellent deal compared to $199 for brand new.

Does it have a good clear picture for e mail and movies?

Yes.

Question 1 no that problem is still there what I did was put set an expired cc as payment so when my kid buys stuff it does not go through