Kindle Fire gets a new software update no comments
Amazon has updated the software for the Kindle Fire to v6.2.2. The update will go out over the air or you can download it here. According to Amazon the new software “enhances fluidity and performance, improves support for manual set up of e-mail providers in the Email app, and offers a new full screen mode for viewing web pages.” There is a new icon (shaped like four arrows pointing outward) in the lower right corner that, when tapped, enables full screen mode for web pages. Panning and zooming and similar actions are smoother now as well.
Yesterday I was discussing the Kindle Fire with a friend who had one. In my case, even before the last update, I never really saw many instances of the touchscreen being unresponsive except occasionally when trying to open a link on a web page. At the time I was having intermittent problems with my Internet connection and thought at least part of the problem was being caused by that.
My friend’s Fire, on the other hand, had severe problems. Even when reading ebooks the screen would become totally unresponsive and would not even turn the pages. He returned his unit before software version 6.2.1 came out, which might have alleviated the problem. He and his wife did like the Fire when it was working though, and will probably buy another unit and try again. Both he and his wife have been long time Kindlers and have Kindle 2 ereaders.
Usually I seem to be the one who draws the short straw and gets the defective bit of kit. At restaurants I’m always the one who orders the one thing that is out of stock, much to the ongoing amusement of my family. Happily this was not the case with my Kindle Fire.
