Chicago Sun Times - "The Fire is by no means a dumb device. It's just that it's more of a "hall pass" than a real computer. I can research, write, and file a 2,000 word article on my iPad, complete with photos imported from my SLR. The most ambitious thing I could accomplish with the Fire would be to receive a Word file attached to an email from my editor, make some cuts and changes, and then email it back. "I'm sure that the Kindle Fire team sleeps soundly, regardless. "
Wired - "Wired isn't aflame: "The Fire isn't a dud, but its real-world performance and utility match neither the benchmarks of public expectation, nor the standards set by the world's best tablets. "The Fire's 7-inch, 1024×600 screen is too small for many key tablet activities. The Fire's processor, a 1GHz dual-core chip, appears all but insufficient for fluid, silky-smooth web browsing, an area where I found performance to be preternaturally slow. "