Amazon - Fire HD 8 - 8" Tablet 8GB - Black

It is great except it won't stay charged for too long

I didn't really know if I was going to get a lot of use out of a tablet, but my wife has a Kindle fire 7" tablet and she really likes it a lot. So, I decide to get this Kindle fire HD 8" so I would have stereo sound and high definition capability. I must say, I was quite surprised with the high quality of the picture and the sound was actually more than I was expecting from such small speakers. Being an Amazon Prime member, there is a lot of "free" content avialable that is included with the membership. This was the main reason for going with the Kindle tablets. Also, I'm already on my 5th kindle book since buying this and I really like the "Blue Shade" feature that takes the blue light out of the screen if you like to read in bed. (Supposedly, blue light can affect your ability to get to sleep.) This may true, but I think its a little easier on the eyes also. My concern about not using this table much has turned out to be false. If your thinking about a "first" tablet, I love this one and the price wasn't that bad either. Enjoy!

My husband bought this item as a gift for me before I went into the hospital for major surgery. He knows how much I love to read and thought it would be easier than toting a bunch of books to the hospital. I truly appreciated that he bought this for me and have loved the convenience of easily buying books and downloading them to this reader. The downside is that it loses power quite quickly and must be recharged more often than I would like. The other problem with it that it cost nearly $150, yet I have to put up with commercial ads every time I power it up for things that I would never in my life buy or want. It is annoying and I don't for the life of me understand why I have to put up with that when the product was purchased...not FREE!

I bought this to replace an earlier kindle fire HD. I loved my old one so was very leery of having to pick out something different. I use this A LOT, several hours a day. Screen size is great on the eyes for reading. Love that I can read without having a light on. Camera takes good pictures, and it charges fast. I love it! The only thing I would call a mild dislike is that it seems top heavy when reading. I have had it flip out of my hands twice if I hold it towards the bottom. I just know now to hold nearer the middle.

My 100 lb. chocolate lab jumped on the couch and knocked my original kindle to the floor face down, well it cracked the face. I didn't even remember buying a protection agreement, so when I received notice that the agreement was about to expire, and what damages were covered for replacement, I had to take it to Best Buy for them to look at it. The cracked face was non-repairable and they replaced it with the HD Fire 8 at no cost to me! All I had to pay for was the new protection plan! It's GREAT!!! I loved my original Kindle, but I didn't know what I was missing until I got this one! It's larger, has a camera, I watch movies and it's just great!!! I really love it!!

My initial idea was to replace my Kindle Paperwhite with a 7" Amazon Fire tablet I saw on TV for $50 but when I started comparing Fire tablets on Amazon.com, I decided to pick up the 8" Fire HD tablet at BestBuy. A very impressive tablet that can do most everything an iPad can do for a quarter of the cost. This tablet is geared a bit more towards entertainment with a full HD screen and Dolby sound and the ability to take photos and movies, as well as Skype to friends and family. I'd highly recommend it to anyone looking for a tablet.

It is a great tablet, fast running, great camera, easy to surf the web, light weight, perfect size.

The Kindle Fire is light weight, easy to use, and the screen size is good. I love my kindle so I bought it for my husband for Christmas. The best thing about having a kindle is the ability to check online for the accuracy of references made in novels or find more information.