Originally posted on Shenk's Express - it may or may not propagate.

-=> Bill Swisher wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Not sure what the OS on a Kindle Fire is - I "assume" it's
 DD> Android-ish.

 BS> It is Android (so's my phone), but neither are rooted.  It's an OS I

So you still have all the built-in bloatware that came with. I figured it
was some iteration of android as many (but not all) androis apps work.
Since I mainly read books and don't use the "extras" I have a bit
of a problem with the battery life. My Kindle e-reader will go more than a
month between charges. The Fire might make two days if normal use .... even
just used as a reader.

 BS> pretty much abhor.  The file managers I've gotten for the kindle are
 BS> raw sewage, to be kind.  So much so that I power them down, pop the SD
 BS> chip out, and use another computer to do what I want.

Android is the OS for the connected generation - not for serious use.

 DD> the tablet. I is sent you an invite to Book Bub - an email service

 BS> Thanks for the offer.  But I get almost all my books, and all DVDs for
 BS> that matter, on loan from the library system.  There's a branch library
 BS> about half a mile from me.  I order on-line and the ebooks are
 BS> delivered straight to the device.  The DVDs I have delivered to the
 BS> branch, I get e-mail when they're there.  Being in the sticks...the
 BS> last DVD I got was shipped in from Juneau which is outside of my
 BS> driving range, come to think of it...there's no road to Juneau.
 BS> Normally they come from somewhere in the Seward/Kenai to Talkeetna
 BS> stretch and I try to order something as close as is possible.  Also at
 BS> this time I'm still in the library system for Mohave County Arizona, I
 BS> pay property taxes there, for ebooks.

Fair enough. Book Bub is just another resource. I also get, as an Amazon
Prime subscriber, freebies from them.

 BS> I turned on the TV to watch some football just last week.  I'd watch
 BS> the Cubs game but then I'd get all depressed and stuff.  Instead I'll
 BS> listen to some cheery Leonard Cohen.

I quit following jockstrap sports a looooooooong time ago. My
disenchantment began when Bill Veeck mover the Browns out of St. Louis.

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