my dad bought my mother one for xmas. neither are gadget people and my mom is only just learning to use a computer
so, my dad gives me the kindle to get comfortable with and learn so i can teach my mother when he gives it to her. despite my urging to get an ipad
well ive got about 8 hours into this thing today, playing with it and reading articles and watching tutorials...and im very frustrated by the thing. i really really appreciate how easy apple's operating system is and how everything is integrated to make it easy and convenient and how great everything is presented and organized on the screens
for example, i wanted to load it up with wedding pics and baby pics etc....but, no micro usb in the box. how nice! had to drive to best buy and get one. ok, after multiple attempts plugging it into my laptop, my computer finally sees it. i transfer pics via usb. open kindle, no pics. try again, pics show up. now that pics are there, i would like to arrange them into albums like "wedding pics" "baby pics" etc.... but ill be damned if i can figure out how to do it. i see no option to create albums with custom names. my iphone can do this and i figured out how to do it in 2 seconds. what am i missing, not to mention that the gallery app on the thing is very clunky and slow
i could go on and on about its glitchy software, no external volume buttons, crappy pinch-zoom, no dedicated home button, lousy navigation menu, sometimes the touch screen doesnt register a touch, sometimes its too sensitive etc....
this is no product for a 65 year old mom who barely knows how to search with google on a laptop if i cant easily figure it out after an entire day
is anyone happy with this thing? any tips, secrets or encouragement from anyone that has one?