This Kindle Fire thing is cool because it does color, music and video. It's basically a tablet PC and and because it's Amazon you have direct access to million of books and videos, as well as the Internet, which is inexhaustible!
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Proof positive that the Lamestream media reads the Sunday morning talk show thread and reads my commentaries.
My son got a Fire for himself. I have an older Kindle, but I play more games than read books. I have just started W.E.B. Griffin’s Covert Warriors on it.