Modern Kindle tablets are very similar to Android tablets. I had the 
Fire HDX from two years ago. Generally speaking, it worked well, but it 
had a focus issue, especially if you were exploring (as opposed to 
swiping), so sometimes you had to explore or swipe more than usual in an 
area to find an icon. Based on comments posted to the eyes-Free Android 
list, it sounds like this new version doesn't have the focus issue.

If you know Android, the learning curve is small. If you know iOS, the 
learning curve is big. I suspect a lot of the complaints from two years 
ago came from iOS people who hated learning something new. While we 
still have plenty of those people on the Eyes-Free list, I also get the 
sense that the community is generally more receptive to Android now than 
it was then.

My own personal gripe with the Kindle is that you have to give Amazon 
lots of creepy permissions. For example, when you log into things like 
Twitter, Face Book, and Skype, you have to give Amazon permission to 
access your contacts. I don't mind giving Google this type of permission 
because some of what Google does with that information is beneficial to 
me in terms of more data, but I very much mind giving Amazon the 
information since the only thing Amazon is going to do with it is 
advertise to my friends.


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