

Did you know that your Kindle Fire has an email assigned to it? You can use this email address to send files to your Kindle Fire wirelessly. Click around, test out the app and decide if you want to purchase it before you spend a dime. Clicking on the green Test Drive Now button opens a browser window with the app running inside of it. The Amazon App Store also allows you to test drive certain apps on the App Store website (no on-device demos of apps, yet). This is a great way to load up your Kindle Fire with some high quality apps without breaking the bank. Every day Amazon gives away a paid app for free. Having an app store for your device isn't unique nowadays, but the Amazon App Store does have a few neat futures you won't find anywhere else. Plus, Prime members can borrow a book once a month from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library right on your Kindle Fire at no additional charge. You've probably heard of Amazon Prime, the $79 membership program that gives you two-day shipping on many items, but did you know Prime membership makes your Kindle Fire even better? Prime members can stream an unlimited number of movies and TV shows from Amazon Prime Video in the Video section of your Kindle Fire. Anytime you open that book on a supported Kindle device (either one of the many Kindle apps available for a number of platforms or any of the hardware Kindles) it'll open to where you left off. Amazon's WhisperSync technology syncs your current location, notes, and highlights to Amazon's servers. It is about the same size as a paperback, not too heavy, and because the screen is backlit you can even read on your Kindle Fire in a dark room. This one might be a given, but the Kindle Fire is a great reading device. The Fire can do many, many things, but I've been asked to limit myself to just ten of my favorites. As the author of The Kindle Fire Pocket Guide, it will come as no surprise that I'm a fan of the device.
