Amazon Kindle Fire HD 2 Pro Reviews

The appeal of the Kindle Fire HD will really depend on your needs and expectations. As a simple bare-bones tablet to read books on, stream movies, TV shows, and music, or surf the Web, it gets the job done. If you have a more demanding job for it, however, you'll want to set your sights higher. First off, if you plan to store HD movies or TV shows, you'll want to look first at the 16GB version of the tablet. However, even then, you may still run into headaches. If you do a lot of traveling, but don't have constant access to Wi-Fi, and want to take your videos with you, the 32GB Fire HDX should be your first stop. It's $269, but if your needs match up, it's worth the extra money to avoid the headaches. The 32GB Nexus 7 starts at $269 as well and is a fantastic 7-inch tablet. It also runs a much more open and customizable version of Android with more apps. There's also the Nook HD and HD+ tablets at $129 and $149, respectively, and though they too have access to the Google Play store, their performance is dated and their media ecosystem is inferior. From there, things get more expensive, with other small tablet alternatives like the iPad Mini (2012) and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, each starting at $300. While not a great tablet, the 2013 Fire HD offers worthwhile value thanks to its low price and Amazon's ecosystem. However, if your needs go beyond the rudimentary, there are plenty of other places to look.

Choice is something that we greatly appreciate from Amazon, since they have two new tablets on the market right now. Of course, depending on your budget, one of the two will prove to be more suitable to your needs more than the other. Knowing that, the 2nd generation Amazon Kindle Fire HD undoubtedly catches our attention with its oh-so dreamy price point of $139 – a mark that’s not hard to miss. Sure, its specs sheet is so last year, so it isn’t the fastest thing on the block. Plus, there isn’t any kind of camera on board with this, which kind of limits its functionality. However, once you’re able to overlook those two blatant concerns, what we have here is a tablet that allows us to access and complete all the basic tasks we’d expect to find on any tablet. From sending out emails, surfing the web, and even streaming video via Amazon Instant Video, it can do nearly all the same things that the spiffier Amazon Kindle Fire HDX can do. Best of all, we can’t stress enough about its hard to miss price of $139, something that one-ups nearly all the new tablets on the playing field right now. Quite frankly, it still offers a meaningful amount of value. Still, in the back of our minds, it’s the kind of thing some people would give as a stocking stuffer. So depending on the person receiving it, the tablet might be used with care – that or just become a throwaway come next year.