![]() ![]() ![]() (The current-gen Fire devices ship with FireOS 5.4 – with an upgrade to 5.6.0.0 rolling out now.) Can the Play Store be added to FireOS devices? Yes – I have, in fact, done so with my own Fire 7 – Google for it – it can be easily done with any Fire tablet of the current or previous generation – regardless of size. Instead they run a FORK of Android called FireOS. Okay Fire tablets (like Kindles) don’t run pure Android – no they don’t. I had bought the Fire 7 as a replacement for an earlier Android tablet running Lollipop. Because I have Kindle e-reader apps on my desktop, two of my notebooks, etc., I’d need a dedicated Kindle Paperwhite exactly *why*? What REALLY put the kibosh on the idea was the Fire 7 on sale (for all of $50USD). Basically, you need a dedicated e-reading device like you need a third foot. Basically any hardware with a Kindle e-reader app becomes another Kindle. First off, every Fire device – regardless of sort – includes – at a cost of nit – the core apps from the Amazon ecostructure – including the Kindle e-reader app. ![]() In the case of the Kindle Paperwhite, the threat comes from within – literally specifically, the Kindle Fire tablets. Bummer…įiled Under: eBook Readers Tagged With: e inkĪctually, the real reason for the death of the dedicated e-reader is the growth of e-reader apps – even Amazon’s own Kindle Paperwhite (their dedicated e-reader) is in serious boiling hot water. So it looks like we’ll have to wait until this fall before we start seeing any new interesting ereaders being released. Regardless, it almost certainly won’t be released before September. My guess is it will be a 6-inch 300 ppi model since that’s the one thing Kobo doesn’t currently offer and it’s basically the standard these days, but that remains to be seen. With 3 of the 4 Kindle Voyage models having been unavailable for the past several weeks, it looked like a new model was imminent, but apparently Amazon is just going to continue the transition to the new Kindle Oasis instead.Ī new Kobo model recently surfaced on the FCC website, but other than a goofy name, the Kobo Clara HD, no pertinent details have been revealed yet. Sony has a new model in the works as well, the DPT-CP1.īut when it comes to smaller ereader displays it sounds like things are going to be pretty slow for awhile. However, larger models in the e-notebook market will continue to see growth, with new models like the 10.3-inch Onyx Boox Note and Likebook Note from Boyue getting released. ![]()
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