A Buying Guide for the Kindle Fire e-Reader
The Amazon Kindle Fire is a small tablet computer and Amazon Kindle e-reader in one device. You can store hundreds of books on the Kindle Fire. In addition to using it as an e-reader, you can also play games on it, stream movies and video, download apps, browse the internet, and check your email anywhere there is Wi-Fi.
How should you select a Kindle Fire e-reader on eBay?Looking for the right Kindle Fire e-reader is easy when you use eBay's categories to search. You can search by:
- Storage capacity: Options are 16 GB or 8 GB.
- RAM: Options are 1 GB, 8 GB, and 16 GB.
- Price: Prices range from inexpensive to somewhat pricier.
- Condition: Options are new, refurbished, and preowned.
A more extensive search on eBay will show you the different generations of Kindle Fires that you can purchase.
Do these devices have Alexa?Yes, they do. Alexa is a virtual personal assistant created by Amazon. The Alexa personal assistant understands verbal commands and speaks in response to questions or commands. The Alexa assistant is included in certain generations of the Kindle Fire. Alexa answers questions, lets you check your calendar, tells you about the weather in your area, provides the local and world news, plays the music you ask for, reads Kindle books to you or your child, plays games, and more.
Does the Kindle Fire come with any additional software?Yes, the software on an individual device can vary, but a Kindle Fire is usually equipped with access to the Amazon Appstore, Amazon Prime, the Amazon Silk web browser, various email applications, and access to Amazon Cloud storage. The first generation of the Kindle Fire ran on the Android operating systems. Later versions run on a modified version of Android called the Amazon Fire OS. This operating system is designed specifically to work with Amazon apps and features.
What are the features of the Kindle Fire?The Kindle Fire was first released by Amazon on November 15, 2011. The Kindle Fire is smaller than the average tablet but larger than a smartphone. The Kindle Fire series spans seven generations of tablet computers released between 2011 and 2018.
The original first-generation Kindle Fire features a 7-inch multitouch display with a 1024 by 600 resolution and up to 16 million colors. The screen is protected from damage by scratch-resistant Gorilla glass. When you select a new or refurbished Kindle Fire on eBay, you'll find that it comes with the following features:
- A dual-core processor with 512 MB of RAM
- 8 GB of internal storage space
- Wi-Fi capabilities
- A microUSB port
- An internal accelerometer
The seventh-generation Kindle Fire introduced a 1.3-GHz quad-core processor, 1 GB of RAM, up to 32 GB of internal storage, Bluetooth 4.1 capabilities, a microSDXC card slot up to 256 GB in size, and two different cameras: a 2-megapixel back camera and a 0.3-megapixel front camera.
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