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Re:Show HN: Fun tool that cut my family and friends tech sup... by intrasight on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @11:18PM (#13120427)
iPads are great. But what beats it is a Fire HD8. I got one for me and for my mother-in-law on CyberMonday for $56 each. That's about 1/10th the price of an iPad. I did not login to Amazon. I did install Chrome and VLC so she has music, videos, and the web - all one needs on such a device. Hopefully it gets rooted soon so I can install a generic Android ROM.
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Re:Show HN: Fun tool that cut my family and friends tech sup... by jethro_tell on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @12:09AM (#13120599)
What sort of OS support updates is that getting?
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Re:Show HN: Fun tool that cut my family and friends tech sup... by intrasight on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @08:59AM (#13122516)
OTA OS updates still occur on Fire tablet even if you don't register. I've disabled them via OpenDns in case the current OS version becomes rootable.
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