![]() The 7 inch size is PERFECT for reading, compared to a much clunkier experience with an 8 or 10 inch device. But the thing that really blew me away was once I began really using the Books feature. Surfs the web as fast as anything around here, and loads all the apps quickly as well. So I thought again about the Kindle, and picked the thing up to see what it offered. The Dell Venue was my first thought, but unbelievably Dell didn’t add HDMI capability to the mini USB port, so you have to spend some $85 on your $200 tablet in order to get an external monitor working. But when we were trying to figure out the best way to use our extra 24 inch Dell monitor to set my son up a new workstation, it was actually Nana who suggested that maybe the Kindle could work. My son installed some fun games into the Free Time section, and used it once every couple of weeks for a while, until the thing went onto a shelf along with all of the other tablets gathering dust. The idea that I couldn’t run regular Android apps OR Flash seemed really lame to me. When we got the Kindle Fire 4th Generation 7 HD last Christmas, I thought it was too small, too toyish, and had a cobbled OS that limited what you could do with it. The Dell Venue Pro has come in handy for using Nessy (still Flash based, reading and math) - but hasn’t been used by the kids for much else. None of the other devices have been used much for learning around here, as the 24 inch iMac is way more alluring to the kids for most stuff. But for Raz Kids, Dreambox, and SmartyAnts, it’s been perfect. For apps like and especially, the iPad’s screen is still too small, however. I think it’s 10.1 inches, although I am not completly sure about that. Our old iPad 2 is still getting a lot of play, but it has begun to seem like a big thing to lug around. ![]() But I have had a lot of opportunity to see how our family uses these devices. ![]() ![]() Most of the devices go unused most of the time, and some are tucked away in a closet somewhere. That is a lot of tablets for any house, I know. Since I began doing app development some 4 years ago, we began accumulating devices: iPad, Sony tablet and clamshell tablet, Nook, Dell Venue and Samsung Windows 8 tablets, 2 Android phones, and now the Kindle Fire 7 HD. Our house has always been full of tablets. ![]()
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