The Kindle Fire HDX runs modified Android and modified Android 
accessibility services. Most likely, the Fire phone is the same experience.

I'm an Android user, and I have a Fire HDX. While the two are similar, 
they're not identical. The most obvious differences are in the way text 
selection is handled, but there are other bits and pieces.

I think one of the important unacknowledged differences between Android 
and iOS is the way we need to touch the screen. Android requires lighter 
and faster contact than iOS, and people who try touching one type of 
device as if it were the other have frustrating experiences. While the 
HDX uses Android gestures, it was probably tested by iOS users because 
the contact with the screen is very iOS-like in that movements are 
heavier and slower than for regular Android.

Also, though the HDX is usable and accessible over all, I find it buggy. 
My biggest frustration is that it's sometimes hard to focus on controls 
whether you swipe or explore through the screen.

Just some observations.


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