The Kindle would be better but Google around.
Dafydd.
I travel extensively in S.E. Asia and the cheap MID tablet I have is excruciatingly slow when I use it, even in sophisticated cities like Bangkok. Yet I have watched others with their iPads and Nexus cruising along quite nicely in the same area. Would buying a Kindle Fire HDX 7" help with the speed or is it all about the wi-fi signal/modem where I am traveling? I really only need it for email, web searches and occasional Skype calls.

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