WOOT Deals on Amazon Fire Tablets

[ChazzC]

Some great pricing on Fire Tablets (& Kindles if you need one) until the end of August:

https://computers.woot.com/plus/ama...ontent=Subheader-B&ref_=pe_3185080_1031556410

Some items only have a 90 day warranty, but others may be eligible for add-on protection plans (there will be a link to the protection plan at the bottom of the item listing:

 

[mrmax1984]

Funny, I saw this same deal today and decided to come here for recommendations. Do you have experience with these tablets and TouchDRO? I need a cheap tablet that I can dedicate and leave in the garage for this purpose.

 

[ChazzC]

Funny, I saw this same deal today and decided to come here for recommendations. Do you have experience with these tablets and TouchDRO? I need a cheap tablet that I can dedicate and leave in the garage for this purpose.

I have a refurbished Fire HD10 (from WOOT, upgraded from a Samsung 8” in February) on the iGaging/TouchDRO setup on my Mini-Mill and a refurbished HD8 (from Amazon) for almost a year on my Mini-Lathe iGaging/TouchDRO installation, and they work well.

I did run into an issue back in June after an App update: initially Yuriy couldn’t replicate it, but then found something and issued another update that fixed the problem. This kind of support is why I (and many others) recommend TouchDRO and Yuriy.


Charlie

 

[ycroosh]

Funny, I saw this same deal today and decided to come here for recommendations. Do you have experience with these tablets and TouchDRO? I need a cheap tablet that I can dedicate and leave in the garage for this purpose.

Amazon tablets are natively supported. I.e. I test the app on two different Fire tablets, and there is a native app version in the Amazon App store. The release cycle is slower, since I have to jump through some extra legal hoops to post the app there.
Regards
Yuriy

 

[matthewsx]

I bought a cheap Fire tablet and although I had to jump through a few hoops at the time it definitely does work with Touch DRO.

It's awesome having a vendor here who developed such an excellent product and supports it as well as anyone I've ever seen.

Thanks for the tip on cheap tablets, I may need to buy a bigger one even though I already have the little guy. I'm a Cupertino native but completely understand the challenges for developers (my high school buddy built the app store). Maybe some day....

John

 

[matthewsx]

Okay, all sold out now. Keep looking, they'll probably find more....

John

 

[mrmax1984]

Amazon tablets are natively supported. I.e. I test the app on two different Fire tablets, and there is a native app version in the Amazon App store. The release cycle is slower, since I have to jump through some extra legal hoops to post the app there.
Regards
Yuriy

Ah, I didn't even think to check in the Amazon app store for the TouchDRO app. I just went ahead and side-loaded the Google APKs in order to be able to use the Google Play store and got the app that way.

I got an 8" for $24 from Woot, and it's in very good condition. Looks almost new in fact, despite being a 2020 model.

 

[mrmax1984]

Edit: moved to another post below

 

[Flyinfool]

After reading the add, these are subsidized units. This means that they will play sponsored adds on the screen saver and home screens. You can pay an extra $15 to make the adds go away. I would probably pay to make the adds go away. I hate adds on anything.

 

[ChazzC]

After reading the add, these are subsidized units. This means that they will play sponsored adds on the screen saver and home screens. You can pay an extra $15 to make the adds go away. I would probably pay to make the adds go away. I hate adds on anything.

The ads only appear on the Home Screen: when you are using an app you don’t even know they exist. Also, they are all in a banner that doesn’t interfere with accessing anything on the Home Screen. It’s not like YT where the ads are shoved in your face.