If you are heavily invested (intellectually and financially) in Amazon's content ecosystem of books, music, film, magazines and audio books, then the Kindle Fire HDX will deliver a rich experience. Mostly it's probably just easier to email them to your own account (I found Gmail worked well with the tablet's built-in email application). Despite Amazon's claims, this remains a content-consumption device rather than an enterprise workhorse, especially because of its small size - the 8.9-inch model is a better fit for business.īut although documents look great on the 323ppi screen, getting them there in the first place isn't that easy if you want to email a document directly to a Kindle you first need to authorise the sender's email address, which is a bit fiddly to set up, alternatively you can sync them from a computer, clip them from the web or transfer via USB. This is worth keeping in mind if you're particularly app-hungry.Īmazon has touted the Kindle's enterprise-ready credentials, with support for encryption, Kerberos Intranet, secure wi-fi connections and VPN integration. However, Amazon's Fire OS fork is probably about the same priority for developers as Windows Phone - at least, that's how it seems given the limited set of apps in the Amazon Appstore. Another example: although Spotify is now free on iOS on Fire OS, you still only get a 48-hour free trial.Īll tablets try to tie you into a particular content ecosystem, whether that's via iOS, Windows or Android. These and other 'missing' apps may appear at some point, but it's worth bearing in mind that developers inevitably go for the biggest and most lucrative markets first, starting with iOS, then Android, then Windows Phone. Using Fire OS also means you won't be downloading apps from Google Play like most other Android users instead, you're restricted to Amazon's own app store. By using a fork of Android, Amazon has created a walled garden of apps, which means, for example, that you can't currently view content from Channel 4, ITV or Channel 5 thanks to the lack of Flash support on the tablet and the fact that there's no alternative app. The bundled Silk browser is workmanlike, although the reader mode that strips out most of the formatting on a web page to deliver an easier reading experience is an nice touch. If you've got a Playstation 3 or a 2013 Samsung TV, you can use the Second Screen feature to display video from the Fire on the TV screen, using the tablet for playback controls or X-Ray content, for example. Other Kindle-only features include X-Ray for Music, which offers song lyrics, and X-Ray for Movies & TV, which uses IMDb to offer trivia or plot details while you're watching videos. If you want to see what's inside, take a look at the pics from the teardown. There is a 720p front camera of adequate quality, but no rear camera. This is mildly disconcerting at first, but actually a nice design feature, making it easy to adjust volume while watching video without pausing (that's assuming you're using the device in landscape mode, which seems to be the default). Unusually, both the power button and volume rocker are on the back on the device, at index-finger-height. It's very thin - a mere nine millimetres deep - but feels reassuringly solid. The rounded edges of the screen make it very easy to hold, and it's light enough (303g for the wi-fi-only model we tested) to make carrying and holding it extremely easy, as does the non-slip plastic chassis. The large Amazon branding across the back is slightly offputting but it is appropriate - make no mistake, Amazon's services loom very large over this device. The Kindle Fire HDX 7" is an anonymous black slab from the front, but a nicely chamfered trapezoid from the back, which endows it with some unexpected cubist cool. ![]() Image: Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7": The hardware The IPS screen on the Kindle Fire HDX 7" has a resolution of 1,920 by 1,200 pixels, giving a pixel density of 323ppi.
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