I was going to buy a SanDisk Extreme 32 GB SDHC card and noticed that Amazon.com is also offering ones in “Frustration-Free” packaging. I wonder what the “Frustration-Filled” one looks like.
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Amazon.com starts collecting California Sales Tax on Saturday September 15th, 2012.
The day has finally come as Amazon.com starts collecting California Sales Tax, effective September 15th, 2012. Amazon and California signed the deal back in September 2011. Amazon now can offer 1-day and same day shipping by placing distribution centers in California.
As long as Amazon offers competitive pricing in addition to fast delivery, California residents would keep their business relationship with the online retailer giant.
How to properly spend $1,650.
Creddit where credit is due.
How would you properly spend $1,650? Here’s an idea: spend it on this item on Amazon.com.
Passion Natural Water-Based Lubricant – 55 Gallon – $1,495.00
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With sales tax and $20.95 shipping & handling, the total is $1,646.76
Kindle Fire: Software Update Version 6.2
Amazon releases Kindle Software Update Version 6.2 for Kindle Fire.
This software upgrade provides improvements to the operation of your Kindle Fire.
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To update your Kindle, ensure you are connected to a Wi-Fi network and that your battery is fully charged.
You can also manually download Kindle Software Update Version 6.2 and install it on your Kindle Fire. The software update process requires minimum of 40% of battery charge.
Kindle Fire is available through Amazon.com and other select retailers such as Target and Best Buy.
Kindle Fire: One week after.
It has been one week since Amazon Kindle Fire arrived and there are a lot of things to say about it.
Let’s start with the good things.
- The 7-inch tablet form factor is easy to hold with one hand.
- Kindle Fire interface is visually pleasing.
- Amazon Prime video streaming works really well (with good Internet connection, obviously).
- Good color reproduction and viewing angle. Thanks to the IPS screen.
- The User Interface is pretty responsive, in general.
- The ability to sideload Android apps not from Amazon Appstore.
Here comes the bad things:
- Bad power/lock button. It’s at the “bottom” of the Kindle Fire and easily pressed by accident.
- No hardware volume buttons.
- On-screen keyboard feels “floaty”.
- 1024×600 screen ratio in landscape mode is hard to look at, especially for web-browsing and email.
- Sluggish screen redraw.
There a re still a lot to say about Kindle Fire. Amazon can easily fix a lot of the issues through software updates.
Kindle Fire: The $199 price tag.
Amazon must be feeling pretty good right now. Anecdotally, I have seen quite a lot of people buying Kindle Fire. Is it because of the $199 price tag?
There’s my Kindle Fire and two other I saw at the office.
Forget about all the comparisons between Kindle Fire and other tablet devices. The $199 price tag and Amazon ecosystem are definitely reasons why people buy Kindle Fire.
Kindle Fire: USB Mode.
Kindle Fire supports USB mode for transferring files between the Kindle Fire and computer. Kindle Fire supports the following file types:
- Documents: AZW, AZW1, TXT, MOBI (unprotected), PRC, DOC
- Audio supported within Music: AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1 (AAC+), HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+), AMR-NB (.3gp), AMR-WB (.3gp), MP3, MIDI, Ogg Vorbis (.ogg), PCM/WAVE (.wav)
- Images: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP
- Video: H.263 (.3gp, .mp4), H264 AVC (.3gp, .mp4), MPEG 4 SP/ASP (.3gp), VP8 (.webm)
Kindle Fire does not support EPUB format.
Based on a few tests, transferring 1.33 GB worth of files through USB took an average of 6 minutes.