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Returned the Kindle Fire after only one day
I'm normally *very* happy with Amazon products and customer support.
Kindle Fire doesn't support proxy servers making it a brick at work. Proxy servers are a common security approach at corporations, colleges, and schools. It cannot be ignored. And I'm peeved this wasn't made clear at BestBuy, Amazon.com, or the technical specifications.
Amazon's stance that the Fire is an "entertainment" device that has no need for http proxy support. This stance ignores several obvious user scenarios:
- Use Kindle for software book for reference at work
- Use Kindle for music at work
- Use Kindle for private email at work
- Proxy servers are common at corporations, colleges and schools
The public stance on http proxy support gives me no comfort that it will be solved anytime soon. And why wasn't this made very clear at BestBuy, on Amazon.com, or the Kindle Fire technical specifications.
Further, the Silk browser *frequently* failed to load websites (like ign.com), while IE on my PC (on same network) had no problems.
I've returned my Kindle Fire to BestBuy and bought another tablet costing $200 more.
November 2011 · Electronics