1. Meet your Kindle Fire

In this chapter

Hardware and specifications

Locking and powering on and off

Charging

Setting up

Using gestures

Using basic navigation

Working with Favorites

Working with notifications

Changing the volume

Changing the brightness

Setting the orientation

Using the keyboard

Amazon would have you believe that anyone can pick up a Kindle Fire and start using it without having any trouble. While the Kindle Fire is amazingly easy to use, given how powerful it is, many aspects of the device aren’t evident right out of the box. (You’ll notice that the box contains precious little physical documentation to help you get started.)

This chapter introduces the basics of your Kindle Fire so you can start using it like a pro in no time ...

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