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LOVE and HATE for the KF?

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Offline ark
04 Feb 2012, 10:32 AM | Post: #1

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LOVE and HATE for the KF?

I LOVE using my Kindle Fire for reading books (but it is the first e-reader I have used). I love browsing the web on it, fast and clear to read pages - especially in landscape mode.

I HATE typing on it - in portrait mode I consistently hit the wrong key, in Landscape mode the keys are so far apart it takes AGES to type anything!

What are your Loves and Hates??

PS I am doing this on my PC as it would have taken far to long to type on the KF Sad
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04 Feb 2012, 11:17 AM | Post: #2

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RE: LOVE and HATE for the KF?

Having got mine yesterday and shortly to write a review, my main gripe would be with the seeming lack of acknowledgement of when you click on a link or a download. Browsing the web, I've often clicked on a link and nothing's happened (or so it seems) and then 20 seconds later the page comes up. Similar to downloads - click the link, nothing appears to happen, so try again and end up with multiple copies of the same file downloading.
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04 Feb 2012, 11:24 AM | Post: #3

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(04 Feb 2012 11:17 AM)Lou Wrote:  Having got mine yesterday and shortly to write a review, my main gripe would be with the seeming lack of acknowledgement of when you click on a link or a download. Browsing the web, I've often clicked on a link and nothing's happened (or so it seems) and then 20 seconds later the page comes up. Similar to downloads - click the link, nothing appears to happen, so try again and end up with multiple copies of the same file downloading.

I agree with that - sometimes when I press a link (especially from Google) - nothing does happen, and you are never quite sure wether nothing has happened or it is slow. I have taken to pressing and holding and then choosing open to be sure.
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06 Feb 2012, 09:50 AM | Post: #4

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RE: LOVE and HATE for the KF?

As I think I mentioned previously in my first thread

I picked up one of these from ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk...

It makes browsing and typing via twitter/facebook a breeze. a lot more responsive
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06 Feb 2012, 06:38 PM | Post: #5

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RE: LOVE and HATE for the KF?

(04 Feb 2012 11:17 AM)Lou Wrote:  Having got mine yesterday and shortly to write a review, my main gripe would be with the seeming lack of acknowledgement of when you click on a link or a download. Browsing the web, I've often clicked on a link and nothing's happened (or so it seems) and then 20 seconds later the page comes up. Similar to downloads - click the link, nothing appears to happen, so try again and end up with multiple copies of the same file downloading.
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(06 Feb 2012 09:50 AM)sounddave Wrote:  As I think I mentioned previously in my first thread

I picked up one of these from ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk...

It makes browsing and typing via twitter/facebook a breeze. a lot more responsive
Mine were dispatched this morning.... Used to love a Stylus for my PALM Phone

Yours were cheaper, but these you get two and small enough for my Nokia Lumia 800 screen too
Lumia 800 Stylus x 2
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07 Feb 2012, 06:44 AM | Post: #7

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RE: LOVE and HATE for the KF?

(06 Feb 2012 06:40 PM)carryonvending Wrote:  
(06 Feb 2012 09:50 AM)sounddave Wrote:  As I think I mentioned previously in my first thread

I picked up one of these from ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk...

It makes browsing and typing via twitter/facebook a breeze. a lot more responsive
Mine were dispatched this morning.... Used to love a Stylus for my PALM Phone

Yours were cheaper, but these you get two and small enough for my Nokia Lumia 800 screen too
Lumia 800 Stylus x 2


thanks for that, I'm going to nab myself a stylus for my nokia lumia now! I really don't like typing on a touchscreen without a stylus at all, my fingers seem to grow to giant size and miss hit every key I want to press.
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07 Feb 2012, 09:51 AM | Post: #8

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You can also get screen protectors from play.com. used for 7inch android devices, i picked up 5 in Best Buy when it was closing down by my house the other week, 50p each!
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(07 Feb 2012 09:51 AM)sounddave Wrote:  You can also get screen protectors from play.com. used for 7inch android devices, i picked up 5 in Best Buy when it was closing down by my house the other week, 50p each!

My two Touch Pen styli arrived today - They sent the wrong ones - They are smaller and great to use. So I asked them to send the correct ones I had ordered. They suggested I use the ones I got and like, and they would credit my account.
So mine WERE cheaper after all.Groovy
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