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Date: | Tue, 9 Feb 2016 06:36:33 -0800 |
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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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