The other missing connectivity types are annoying, but are the sorts of things that many people would simply never use. The most glaring of these omissions is GPS – you can’t use the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 as a navigation tool, as you can with a Google Nexus 7. There’s no 3G, no GPS, no NFC and no Wi-Fi Direct. You get Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, but miss out on their more nuanced applications, and all other forms of wireless connectivity.
Kindle Fire HD 8.9 – ConnectivityĪlthough the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 offers the video output missing on most tablets, its wireless connectivity is basic.
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Its software does auto-rotate when the device is flipped around, though. The Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is entirely geared towards landscape use, so both of these ports sit on the bottom edge of the tablet, which keeps the edges that your hands rest on clear of sockets. You don’t get an HDMI cable in the box, though. This mirrors what’s on-screen on a TV, making it simple to turn the Kindle into a media centre for your living room. Next to this you’ll also find a microHDMI video output. The lack of expandable memory loses the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 a few flexibility points, but it wins some back with its use of a standard microUSB charging socket, rather than a proprietary one. Make the decision carefully, because aside from internal memory, you’re reliant on cloud storage. Amazon offers a 16GB edition for £229 or a 32GB version for £259.
Just like the Google Nexus 7, one of the few real hardware disappointments about the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is that it does not offer expandable memory. However, this approach to styling works better here than it did in the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD. In addition, the on-body buttons are graceless while the glossy strip of plastic on the rear that holds the speaker grilles is quirky rather than elegant. Amazon hasn’t tried to hide the seam that circles the tablet’s edge, bordering the rear and side of the Kindle Fire HD 8.9. The chunky screen bezel ensures that this isn’t a particularly small tablet.
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If you’re after something that’s more portable than a standard 10.1-inch tablet you’re in the wrong place, though. The rear of the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is finished in soft-touch plastic for a finger-friendly feel, and the body feels dense and strong, rather than just heavy. And the weight is offset by sturdy build. In the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD, we found this quite a turn-off, but it’s less of an annoyance here because the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 shines as a lounge-bound tablet rather than one to take around with you. Although its screen is significantly smaller than a 10-inch tablet’s, it’s roughly the same weight as one of those larger tabs. At 567g it’s around 80 per cent heavier than an iPad mini. Like the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD before it, one of the first things to strike you about the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is quite how heavy it is. The same issues that niggled us about the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD still apply, but this is the best Kindle Fire tablet yet. They’ve taken an age to reach our shores, however the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is now finally available from Amazon UK, for the more-than-reasonable sum of £230. Here in the UK we haven’t done quite so well with Amazon’s tablets. Amazon has become a pioneer of low-cost tablets with the company’s Kindle Fire range standing alongside the Google Nexus 7 in re-defining what we can expect from a cheap tablet – just so long as you live in the USA, that is.
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