Jack Stefan
2/5/15
Tech Review

Kindle Fire

            I received a Kindle Fire as a gift about three years ago. The Kindle Fire is about 300 dollars cheaper than an iPad. It is smaller, has about the same quality screen resolution, but only has WiFi. The battery life is good too; it can last at least a good six to eight hours. Amazon does not have as many applications on its online store, but your Amazon account is linked with the Kindle and you can access the Amazon store to buy items other than applications, which Apple does not have.  At first, I used the Kindle for games and other random applications. After becoming bored with the games, I bought some e-books off the online store and started to read them. I am not much of a reader, but using the Kindle helped me read more and more. It was more convenient to search for books, I could read the reviews of other readers, and the other readers had ranked the books from one to five stars which was helpful when searching for a book to read. The e-books are also a lot cheaper than regular books, and usually priced around three to seven dollars unless they are new to the store they are. It is easy to read the books too, because there are options to change the page color from white to sepia to black to make it easier on the eyes, as well as the font size.
            Overall, I enjoy using the Kindle Fire. It is easy to navigate, and is more convenient to read books, even though it may not have as many applications as an iPad. It is also takes up less space in my bag if I am going to read more than one book on a trip.