I just received the $35 tablet from Amazon...

[catnhatnh]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TSUGXKE/ref=s9_acss_bw_cg_odsbnc_1a1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_r=00M9R2MTB9YP0BNQQS3D&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=2292050102&pf_rd_i=6669703011

here's the thing-the fricken' thing works! Now I am really not a techie and have never had another tablet to compare it to. Since I do have Amazon prime I can stream or download their content which means entertainment even out of wi-fi range. It comes with a browser that seems to work okay and apps that will take me weeks to get through. The thing is that for $35 I've got a nice sized unit I can put in my glove compartment and never be more than the nearest McD's from the net. Now a bunch of smart DUer's could tell you a pile of technical stuff that they understand a lot better than i can but I'll say this-for the price I am floored. I ordered on Thursday and got them (I actually purchased 2) this afternoon. I see on the add that they now are waiting for a shipment due on Dec. 20th so i'm not sure about delivery in time for Christmas. the link has a ton of info and reviews...

[darkangel218]

1. Thats awesome, can't beat $35 for a tablet.

Enjoy it!

[LittleBlue]

2. First tablet? Here are a few programs you need to check out

Spotify if you like music. (it's free)

Netflix and HBO Go if you like movies.

Kindle Reader (probably already installed) for ebooks.

Have fun.

[Warpy]

3. I finally got dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century 2 years ago

and bought the Kindle Fire because I still want the fiber trades but I no longer feel any need to collect them around the house. I rediscovered reading when downloaded books got cheap enough that if they turned out to be dogs, I could toss them with a clear conscience.

You're going to enjoy it. $35 is a steal.

[villager]

4. Yeah, at that price, it's essentially free....

I have a slew of various "screens" around, so not sure I want to add another...

But -- they are practically giving them away... (of course, they have a certain interest in keeping you in the Amazon "ecosystem," too! )

Keep us updated on how it holds up!

(and like you, the main thing I appreciate McD's for now is their network of available WiFi hotspots! Otherwise, I might have never tasted any of those fries again, now that my kids are big....)

[Squinch]

5. Wait, tell me about this.

If you have Amazon Prime you can get stuff while you are out of range of wifi, or do you mean you can download stuff while you are in range and watch or read content later when you are out of range?

I'm looking at a house that doesn't have access to wifi, so I am curious about which it is.

[catnhatnh]

7. Yep...

that is correct...You can either stream when in wifi range or download and watch later out of range...

[Squinch]

13. Oh, OK. Thank you. I thought for a second you

were saying that there was something in Amazon Prime that let you stream without wifi.

I know, I know. It's a silly thought, but I am technologically backward, and new things are being invented all the time!

[mythology]

54. Just wait until lifi gets consumer ready

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3009241/networking/light-based-li-fi-beams-data-100-times-faster-than-wi-fi.html

[Squinch]

55. Wow. That is amazing!

[ellenrr]

6. that's great, and not to rain on your parade, but I wish people would not buy from Amazon

you can look up -
Amazon and workers' rights
and on a Democratic site - one which promotes the values of the Democrats, and with a strong labor advocacy on DU -
so without meaning to decrease your joy at your purchase and the good value,
I still think people should not buy from Amazon.

[catnhatnh]

10. I know you are correct...

...but I'm going to have to leave that battle to others in a better shape to fight it. Amazon does 2 things important to me since I am on SSDI-they have deals that allow me to have things I could not otherwise afford and they deliver them to my door which is important when mobility is limited. Basically they are my virtual mall and my virtual personal assistant.

[lunasun]

52. and if you bought an expensive IPad at an Apple Site Store someone could get on you about

manufacturing worker rights and abuse. I want to get one for someone who has never had one and cant afford home wifi so thank you for the info . If you can give feedback here as you move forward with it please post another OP.
I use Amazon now because of where I now live but am moving to a new location area
I hope I can frequent community quality commerce.in my new place of living populated with peaceful people
Right now I live in a white red area and how I am treated out here is very different from other areas and I have lived many .

Another plus i have a business location for package delivery anyway but half the pick up now is for the purpose of no local interaction which is what we are avoiding . Amazon sells a lot of things , good price and has great delivery and I don't have to deal with racists shop clerks or co shoppers or bumper stickers that make me puke etc. It saves on the tires and gas

The UPS driver that drops them off is union if FT around here. Amazon warehouse needs support for workers rights not a boycott IMO

ALthough Amazon has strutted using uber type delivery , I had a uber delivery couldnt find the package dropoff site that UPS goes to everyday in a mall and had to call me . SO yeah Amamzon sucks in so many ways but lessor of two evils right now for me

[TBF]

14. The problem is that people can not afford to shop

in small shops because they aren't earning enough. Working on raising wages is a good start

[ellenrr]

26. yes, I agree with both of you. I am low-income and sometimes I shop at Walmart,

I try not to but if it is a really good deal, that I could not afford elsewhere, I may.

but a lot of people don't know about Amazon, so I always bring it up, for folks who can afford to shop their conscience.
I know some of us can't always.

what gets me is some authors who write books, like "Save the working-class" or some-such and then sell it on Amazon.

[TBF]

28. I hear you. Very true. nt

[Blue_Adept]

27. There are no "good" retailers

Everything is corrupted in some way and part of larger problems.

[TBF]

29. That's kind of how I look at it too -

I like to go to local shops and buy at farmer's markets. The real problem isn't Farmer Bob trying to make a living. It's the whole craptastic capitalist system that is the problem. We need to get rid of it, or at the very least reign it in. Regulation, taxation - that's how we stop them. It's either that or a full out revolution.

[brooklynite]

45. Would you tell us about the organic, free-trade computer you're writing this message on?

[ellenrr]

48. even tho yr snarky post is not a question

here is my answer:

we all do what we can do.
well... some of us do.

My computer is 10 years old, my tv and cassette tape player are 20 years old, I have no iphone, ipad, or any other "i"
I have a free phone of the most basic bec of my income.
I have a 35 mm camera which is over 20 years old.

I do not think it is a good idea to add toxins to the landscapes where poor children play with them.
I do not think it is a good idea to fund bloody chemicals from war-torn countries.

I don't care what you think about my life-style.
I answer to my conscience, not to yours.

but I have a question about yourself:

your reply shows you being defensive, sarcastic and aggressive.
do you find that a very good way to communicate?

[brooklynite]

50. My sarcasm only comes out to play when I encounter hyperbole or hypocrisy

[RobinA]

46. Welp, Here's The Problem

with not buying from Amazon that I have encountered. I want to buy X. I tell myself I will not buy from Amazon and will go to the B&M. I go to the store to buy X, but they don't have it. I go to another store that used to have a good selection of X, but they only have the most popular X. I go to another store where I've seen a whole lot of X, but the the salesmen looks puzzled when I ask where the Xs are. After looking around for awhile he points out a stock of X, again, the most popular X and not the one I want. I have now spent the better part of a day looking for X and I still don't have X.

I come home and go on Amazon. Couple clicks later, there are several Xs in the kind I want. I order X from Amazon or one of its affiliates.

Off the top of my head, this has happened to me with:

Warm Mist Humidifiers
Aquarium supplies
Printer paper for photographs
Envelopes for cards made from above
Camera batteries
Clip-on sunglasses
Environmentally friendly suntan lotion
Travel Guides
Any number of music CDs

So what's a person with limited time to do?

[Aerows]

8. I have a big ass phablet - Note 4

I had a Note 2 before.

I couldn't be more pleased with either iteration!

[TBF]

31. I had a note 2 and noticed

it was the same screen size as my kindle! (the little paperwhite for reading). If I could get a better screen (like the paperwhite) on my phone I would be down to one device!

[LiberalElite]

9. Is it ok to leave it in the glove compartment?

I would think the heat from the motor would affect it some way.

[catnhatnh]

11. I think it'll be OK here in New Hampshire...

...I might want to check temps there in July and august.

[LiberalElite]

12. Ah. You got this covered. :)

[Waldorf]

15. I bought one of these for my Granddaughter for her birthday. Paid $50 though. Now that they are $35

I might just by a couple of them to keep around the house. That's cheap!

[NV Whino]

16. It's 8 gigs

Be careful about loading the thing up with apps. 8 gigs doesn't last long. Otherwise, good deal!

[tblue37]

18. I has a microcard slot to add memory. nt

[NV Whino]

23. Good deal, then.

Perfect for traveling with books.

[GOLGO 13]

49. You just sold me based on the MCS slot right there.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. SD expandable to 128

Not a bad machine, if you are on a budget

[NV Whino]

22. Oh, good.

I got a 16 gig iPad and ran out of room fast. I think it was the bird book that did me in.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. I use both my pnone and Ipad extsenvisvely for reading

and production. And I have yet to do that. But... I keep most of my files as txt, and use markdown language extensively.

[tblue37]

17. I have had one since they first shipped them in October. It is obviously low-budget, but it is much,

much better than any device that cheap has a right to be. I paid the full $49.95 for mine, but that is still very cheap.

[PasadenaTrudy]

20. That's great!

Have fun!

[Marrah_G]

21. I've had my fire for a year or so and I love it

[Snobblevitch]

25. A couple of years ago,

I bought an Azpen Android tablet for $40. It's a POS. It was slow, not even as fast as my 3g iPod Touch. I went to a food themed website that I used to frequent, they had a huge makeover, and it apparently overwhelmed my crappy tablet. It crashed and so far, I h e not been able to revive it. I found a few sites that explain how to reload the firmware, but so far I have not been able to get it done.

I'm thinking of going on Craig'slist to get a newer iPod Touch (although the old one is still working well).

[Facility Inspector]

30. is it just me

or does this read like an advertisement?

[TBF]

33. Probably just excited that they've become

pretty affordable. Others in the thread mentioned that they don't like Amazon's labor practices so it's a mixed "ad" at best!

[Facility Inspector]

34. maybe I'm jaded

or just bombarded with advertising messages all the time.

In the future, we will all speak in a patois of product reviews, redneck, hip hop slang, and valley girl speak.

[TBF]

36. I hear you - I had over 100 emails

this morning and deleted all of them. If they are having that much trouble selling their stuff it will be even cheaper later in the month.

[Facility Inspector]

37. I get HUNDREDS or junk messages each day

everything from politics to Jennifer Aniston's secret butt exercises Hollywood doesn't want me to know about.

[Iggo]

41. Why doesn't Hollywood want you to have a nice ass?

Mean old Hollywood!

[TBF]

32. I'm actually a big fan of Kindle -

mainly because of health issues. Arthritis, failing eyes, allergic to dust etc. I like that I can adjust the print size and it's easy to carry around. I had given my old one to my son but it's on it's last leg so I finally bought him the kid's version. About $85 and it comes with a 2yr warranty against any kind of damage. They offered it at $17/month for 5 months. (maybe just prime??) That's pretty nice for a holiday gift.

[flamingdem]

35. What happened it went up to $45!!

[tkmorris]

39. $35 was the Black Friday week price

I thought it was gonna go back to $50 actually, so $45 isn't bad. Honestly it's probably the best tablet available for less than $100 anywhere, though it may depend on what you want to use it for.

[kiva]

38. I've had Kindle Fires for about 4 years and love them.

I got one like this last summer when they first dropped in price to under $100 and bought one for a gift when they hit $50.

I know that Amazon is not a popular company here (often for good reason) but from a consumer perspective they are very good. The tablet I got last summer started having problems charging; I called customer service, they got the necessary info, then told me they were shipping me a new tablet (two day ship) and to return the old one, post paid, within a month...that was it, no drama.

[Lizzie Poppet]

51. I have a Fire HD 7, and it's excellent.

I have issues with Amazon these days (as I do with any company that treats its workers like crap), but the Kindle is a terrific product.

[Aerows]

40. Damn, I wish I would have gotten in on that at that price

That's fantastic.

[Iggo]

42. Dammit! Musta been in one of those 8 million Amazon emails I received last week!

[ellenrr]

43. hey, what the hell - now the same tablet is $50.00

talk about baiting the public.

[Kaleva]

44. $35.00 was the Black Friday sale price but you'd have to pay for shipping

Now at $49.99, shipping is free so there isn't much of a difference in cost.

[RobinA]

47. I Had This Issue

with Amazon a couple years ago. Flash sale, yeah right. Ended up sending the item back. It did, however, get me to research something that I had needed for awhile and I ended up with a camera bag backpack that has served me quite well. Bought online at a specialty store when I couldn't find it anywhere in person.

[TM99]

53. Yeah, these are great little tablets.

I got one for myself and for my SO.

I found an easy method to remove the adware nag screen and get the Google Play Store added to hers. And I went ahead and rooted mine and am using a different launcher instead of the Fire OS one as well.

For the price, these were great finds.