The Kindle Fire HD 10" seems like a good fit. Anyone here have
experience with it?
The Kindle Fire HD 10" seems like a good fit. Anyone
here have experience with it?
The Fire tablets come with Amazon's own "skin" of the OS
which is very different from Android. The experience for
people seems hit or miss whether they like it or not. If
you can get a version that can allows you to disable the
default launcher and use your own, you can get it to at
least look/act a little more like regular Android.
Otherwise, I think the tablet's bezels would be a benefit
for someone that isn't able to hold things easily.
it or manipulate it to power on/off. Which reminds me to ask..
Does the Fire tablet have an instant on? ..or does it require
some kind of hard push of a button on the side? ..or a screen gesture/swipe action?
You do have to turn the screen on with a button on the
top. It does not support doubletap to wake or anything
like that. There is an app in F-Droid that can wake the
screen with a gesture over the camera, I believe.
Thx. The button would be on one of the narrow ends that you
describe as the top? ..or do you mean there is an accessible
landscape mode? I like the gesture trick, but that would imply
that the camera is always "on"?
landscape mode? I like the gesture trick, but that would
imply that the camera is always "on"?
I'm guessing so.. I used an app called Wave Up from F-
Droid on my dad's phone that we put in a cheap wallet-
style case. It didn't seem to use up much battery or
anything, but it could've also been using the proximity
sensor.
So.. this WaveUp wouldn't necessarily work on the FireHD?
So.. this WaveUp wouldn't necessarily work on the FireHD?
I'm not sure. Maybe I can find one to try it with :)
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