@Yvonne Smith - I've already got an Amazon account and lots of free books I'd downloaded to "Kindle for PC" but never found time to read.I'll probably continue to choose my books using my PC. I really must make some time to read the online manual, though I hate reading manuals and tend to only use them for reference when I get lost. I'll remember your kind offer if I have any questions. Thanks. Thanks Ken. I must check whether my cellphone charger has the same fitting. I'm not sure why I didn't think of that.
If you want a Kindle and you are an Amazon Prime member, today is the day to buy one. $49 for a regular Kindle, $79 for a Kindle Fire.
There are some good deals on Kindles (and some other tablets) on Amazon right now if you've got Amazon Prime. I almost bought an Android tablet because it was cheap, but then I realized that I didn't need an Android tablet and would probably never use it. Such restraint is very unlike me.
My wife had a Kindle (or two?) for a while. Now we both have recent model iPads and use them for just about everything. I have Kindle and iBooks apps on my iPad.
Michelle has an iPad but although I've used Macs for years and have an iPhone, I don't care for the iPad. Since I wouldn't be using it as a replacement for my computers, I much prefer my Kindle for reading. I use my Kindles daily.
I'm not sure why, but I am thinking of buying an Android tablet. I had one in my shopping cart once, then couldn't think of a single reason why I'd need one. I have, I think, about eight Kindles, from the older Kindle readers (including one with real buttons) to the regular Kindles, Kindle Fires of various sizes, and a Kindle Paperwhite, which I hated at first but am coming to like. Yet, because they are cheap, I suppose, I am thinking of buying an Android tablet. It doesn't make sense because I have Mac computers and an iPhone, yet I hate iPads, although maybe I'd come to like them in time, if I had one. My wife has a couple of iPads and I don't like them much, so I am not inclined to spend the money required to buy an iPad that I would probably not use, but Android tablets are much, much cheaper, so it wouldn't be that big of a loss. Do any of you have an Android tablet? If so, do you like them, and what do you do with them?
Which kind are you thinking about buying, @Ken Anderson ? I have never had an android tablet, and the closest I probably came was the Chromebook, which uses the Google Playstore apps just like the android tablets do. I am so used to the Apple operating system, that even the Kindle OS seems less intuitive to me, although I could use it well enough, the same as the chromebook OS. I am looking forward to hearing how you like the Android tablet once you have it !
Probably this one, or maybe this one, unless I decide to just get the basic tablet itself, in which case it would be this one. I hated the Chromebook but I wouldn't be trying to replace a MacBook with an Android tablet. It might be kind of nutty to buy one though, even if they are cheap, because I don't know what I could do with one that I couldn't do with a Kindle Fire.