Kindle Fire Geekery: 50 Insanely Cool Projects for Your Amazon Tablet

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Electronics, Digital, Telecommunications, Computers

• Author: Guy Hart-Davis
• ISBN: 9780071802741
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication: August 6, 2012
• Imprint: McGraw-Hill Education
• Language: English

Take your Kindle Fire to its limits—and way beyond them

You already know how to download and read e-books on your Kindle Fire. Now, discover how to turn it into a personal music and video player, Web and e-mail device, Android-based app and gaming center, text messager, and remote work tool. Kindle Fire Geekery: 50 Insanely Cool Projects for Your Amazon Tablet teaches these power-user tricks and many more. You’ll see how to load non-Amazon media files, find free stuff, and stream your library from the cloud.

Get your geek on! Learn how to:

• Use your Kindle Fire as a portable music player
• Rip CDs and transfer audio from LP or cassette
• Watch movies and TV shows stored on your computer
• Stream your collection through Amazon’s Cloud Drive
• Load e-books from any format to your Kindle Fire
• Lock your Kindle Fire and tweak its operating system
• Install apps from sources other than Amazon’s Appstore
• Connect to WiFi networks, browse the Web, and use e-mail
• Keep your Kindle Fire and its Silk browser running smoothly
• Send text messages, share files, and edit Office documents