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What can I do with a Kindle Fire?
Henderson
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I bought my on and off girlfriend a Kindle Fire HDX, 7" screen, 64 gig version for Christmas but recently I went out with her again and quickly realised why we stopped dating (we went to the cinema to see JFK and she fell asleep within ten minutes and slept through most of the film).
So now I'm stuck with a Kindle. I never wanted one. I don't read, the games look like school projects, and I don't want to watch tv or films.
I have a 30 minute train commute each way to work. This seems like the time to use this. But I read the free newspapers on these trips and do the sudokus and crossword puzzles. This is as much entertainment as I need.
What advantages does this thing have over a laptop (which I bring with me and use at work) if any? I'm completely failing to see anything cool that I can do with this thing but there must be something. Why else are people buying them?
I also don't want to spend money on it unless there's something really awesome.
So now I'm stuck with a Kindle. I never wanted one. I don't read, the games look like school projects, and I don't want to watch tv or films.
I have a 30 minute train commute each way to work. This seems like the time to use this. But I read the free newspapers on these trips and do the sudokus and crossword puzzles. This is as much entertainment as I need.
What advantages does this thing have over a laptop (which I bring with me and use at work) if any? I'm completely failing to see anything cool that I can do with this thing but there must be something. Why else are people buying them?
I also don't want to spend money on it unless there's something really awesome.
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A tablet, in general, doesn't have any advantage over a laptop other than portability. If you have no need for a portable computer then you have no need for a tablet.
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Seeing as how you've already said you don't want to do any of those things...maybe use it as a paper weight? Gift it to someone else? Use it to prop up that wobbly table leg?
There's got to be some free crossword/soduku apps available, instead of doing the ones in the paper.
You don't want a tablet then.
And people are buying them to do all the things you just said you're not interested in.
Yeah, right. I got my mother a ceramic polar bear for Christmas. My grandparents are no longer among us.
Anyway, I opened it up and checked it out a bit. It doesn't really appeal. I'm going to wait until the guys figure out how to run Android apps on it and then play games on it. Get a controller.
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She sounds like a keeper to me.
Did her head fall back and to the left as she nodded off?
As for the Kindle, could be a music player if you a sound system or something. Dump your music into Amazon and just stream from the tablet.
It illustrates her inconsiderate nature (I didn't spend £7.50 and give up my afternoon so that she could sleep for three hours) as well as our incompatible intellect levels (she didn't fall asleep when we saw Cloverfield but films that require one's attention overwhelm her). She's also rather dull and doesn't talk much. If I give a Kindle to this woman she'll get the wrong idea about where I see our relationship going. I'm not going to see her again.
If OP bought in November from Amazon, it may be possible to return. amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200144510
Did you get any input from her before picking the film?
You know, you've basically decided she's an idiot because she has different taste in movies than you do, but there are also a lot of people who would draw unflattering conclusions about your "intellect level" because you say you "don't read." Just saying.
Why have you even been in a "on and off" relationship with this woman if you don't have a single nice thing to say about her? I know it's none of my business but I'm really curious now! Guess she must be pretty hot?
We went out for years. She should be able to speak up if she doesn't like my film suggestion. Originally she said that she's busy at the time that this film was playing so I told her to pick any film at any time and we can go. She later said that she wasn't busy and agreed that we should see JFK.
It's not just different taste in films but this is an example. I know that not reading doesn't typically indicate an intellectual. She's not "hot", she's an average looking woman. She has nice qualities and I don't mean to insult her. She's a nice person, that's why I went out with her. Being nice can't be the sole basis of a relationship, though. There needs to be compatibility.
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