John Lewis are price matching tesco on the Amazon fire 7 inch tablet. Difference is the 2 yr guarantee you get with John Lewis, price covers all colours.
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bo9dster007
23 May 1611#5
You can pretty easily get the Google play store up and running on these!
I was worried that this might be the case (from previous experience with Nook tablet). SD card storage vital for music and videos but you're going to fill up the built-in storage very quickly with apps.
Worth noting that 16Gb ones are available for £10 more at JL and Amazon. And note that if buying from Amazon you get £2 digital credit.
Very tempted though still - will pay for itself in one plane journey.
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ashtad
23 May 161#1
Are these any good or would a android tablet be better for the kids ?
Regprentice to ashtad
23 May 162#6
depends how old your kids are. i have a 5 year old who can navigate it but my 2 year old (almost 3) struggles a bit with the menus.
firstly - yes its easy enough to get the play store installed.
but - amazon claims to have a built in 'kids mode'...and they do...but you cant get play store apps into it..which limits your ability to use the tablet for younger children. it will only recognise apps bought on the amazon appstore.
the reason you might want to lock it down is this , it functions like an android tablet, and the main app screen looks like an android tablet, but the other home screens (video, music, books) show your own content and a selection of content amazon are trying to sell you. in fact on these screens your own content is seldom more that 25% of what is visible. if a younger child went mad on a fire tablet without it being locked down properly they could cost you a fortune. also, if i was buying one for myself, i just couldnt cope with thise advert pages in my way all the time.
Quids
23 May 16#2
Hot from me. Looks nice. Just checked the Amazon app store and there appears to be a decent amount of free apps for it of all varieties.
sammyjc71
23 May 16#3
My other half has a iPad 2 runs terrible so I'm looking to replace it with something it's just for Internet browsing and one game he plays is clash Royal wonder if it will b suitable good price
Jacob_Kreed to sammyjc71
23 May 16#17
the fire will do just fine, sell the ipad and have some change left over for another fire.
Grazza07
23 May 162#4
Great thanks, we're spoilt for choice of retailers, but I've just bought from John Lewis for the 2 year guarantee.
bo9dster007
23 May 1611#5
You can pretty easily get the Google play store up and running on these!
i have play store on my kindle fire hd but recently has had problems with Google play services which is a pain in the backside and you have to disable it. i have been thinking of flashing to cm rom but not got round to it as it functions well as it is using games bought from humble bundle and those already downloaded from amazon and google stores. the sound is awesome and wifi strong so is my usual train watching downloaded movies device
jacenj
23 May 16#8
My 2 kids have these and are constantly having to delete apps and games. The storage is awful even with a micro sd loaded.
ashtad
23 May 16#9
Really cant you set the micro sd as default storage ?
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http://www.howtogeek.com/232726/how-to-install-the-google-play-store-on-your-amazon-fire-tablet/
Worth noting that 16Gb ones are available for £10 more at JL and Amazon. And note that if buying from Amazon you get £2 digital credit.
Very tempted though still - will pay for itself in one plane journey.
All comments (41)
firstly - yes its easy enough to get the play store installed.
but - amazon claims to have a built in 'kids mode'...and they do...but you cant get play store apps into it..which limits your ability to use the tablet for younger children. it will only recognise apps bought on the amazon appstore.
the reason you might want to lock it down is this , it functions like an android tablet, and the main app screen looks like an android tablet, but the other home screens (video, music, books) show your own content and a selection of content amazon are trying to sell you. in fact on these screens your own content is seldom more that 25% of what is visible. if a younger child went mad on a fire tablet without it being locked down properly they could cost you a fortune. also, if i was buying one for myself, i just couldnt cope with thise advert pages in my way all the time.
http://www.howtogeek.com/232726/how-to-install-the-google-play-store-on-your-amazon-fire-tablet/