Surprisingly unless you squeeze the tablet, the sound is not horrible if you have your hands covering the speakers.įor some reason I thought the device would be squared, but it’s all rounded and feels good in your hands. The speakers, which I think were placed at the wrong spot, right where you rest your hands. I don’t know the previous generation of Kindle tablets, but every other Kindle reader I’ve owned comes with a white USB cable, this one is surprisingly black, like everything from the packaging to the user interface of the device that you will soon have a chance to see. I felt it was slightly heavier than expected, and below we see something different… (or at least for me as a kindle owner) Need help? go to the kindle support website. They kept it short and simple, simple diagram to let you know about the HDMI, USB ports, headphone/input (input? hmm), volume and power buttons. There it is, and you can’t help but pull that arrow, they play with our curiosity to force us to read the only physical instructions that come in the box, they didn’t waste any resources on printing warranty sheets or manuals. You don’t need a knife to open the package, just tear the band and you’re done, beautiful. So far I can say that I’m not disappointed, join me on this unboxing and see if you agree with my first impressions of the product, my suspicions of why Apple had to go against Steve Jobs wishes and release a 7 inch iPad (iPad Mini) ended today as I tried the Kindle Fire HD.įirst Kindle, or Amazon packaging I remember that comes in a black box, first statement of the experience. I’ve bought this Kindle Fire HD hoping that Jeff Bezos and his teams have finally made an Android tablet experience not meant for early adopters or developers willing to withstand a shitty experience, a tablet taking into consideration the average Joe and what they expect a tablet to be like. If you don’t know me, I’m an Android product designer and developer of FrostWire for Android, been an Android user for the last 3 years, as a developer I’ve had the opportunity to try lots of different Android phones and tablets and this year I got fed up with the shitty experience of all the Android tablets and became an iPad 3 owner.
Welcome to my unboxing of the new Kindle Fire HD.