Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is my third Kindle. I ordered this one as an upgrade. I am very disappointed. This review compares this new Fire HD 8 with my 3rd generation Kindle which I have used constantly for several years. What does not work on this 5th generation did and does work fine on my 3rd generation Kindle. Pro: easy to start up and sync with my old Kindle, thin and light, good screen resolution, fairly easy to learn new operating system features and use all functionality and settings, nice cameras, easier menu access to all the functionality and apps, online forums suggest others are having the same problems so it is not just me with problems. Con: poor battery performance, frozen processes require frequent power off and on to reset, poor sync of my previous applications (Facebook, TripAdvisor, Twitter, etc.), failed to retain login information requiring frequent reentry of user id and password, operating system unable to process simultaneous Facebook linked applications, frequent slow performance shows as no response to pressing the screen, multiple failures to respond to screen presses, over sensitive to screen swipes, online help manual required multiple times and fairly helpful but with an odd interface, poor search function and limited information, sync of books to previous page number was hit and miss even to the point of forgetting I had started reading it.