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YOUR UNOFFICIAL KINDLE FIRE MANUAL

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The second way of launching apps is via the main Newsstand screen; this displays all of your most recently-accessed

books, documents, games, apps and media les, making it pretty easy to track down commonly used items.

From time to time you will probably decide that you no longer wish to keep an app on your Kindle Fire. If this is the

case, you can uninstall it easily by opening the Apps screen, long-tapping the app icon and selecting Remove from

Device.

If you prefer to simply tidy up the Newsstand, however, rather than delete apps, tap and hold the items you’re unhappy

with and select Remove from Carousel, thereby hiding said book or app.

4.4 Suggested Apps for the Kindle Fire

In most cases you should be able to manage with the apps provided free as part of the operating system. However,

if you wish to take advantage of the various free apps in the Amazon App Store, there are several that you shouldn’t

miss.

• Skype – use your existing Skype details to login and chat with friends. Voice and video chat are

unavailable, sadly.

• Pulse – an amazing newsreader app which you can tailor to nd updates based on your inter-

ests.

• Evernote – the popular note-taking app is available for the Kindle Fire, as is a useful, more

stripped-down alternative, AK Notepad.

• Read It Later – if you’ve ever come across an article on the web that you would like to read but

don’t have time for right now, this app will help you out.

• Wi-Fi Analyzer – a top app for making sure you connect to the fastest Wi-Fi network in your

vicinity.

In addition to these, the usual Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn social networking apps are available, along with alter-

native browsers, email clients and even eBook reading software and media players! Explore and you’ll nd something

you like.