Got a new one - Fire HD10 with Alexa

[lj502]

My new toy to test with got here a little while ago, been messing with it for about an hour and I think its a winner. The new Fire HD10 with Alexa (hands free) built in is not to shabby for 150 bucks. Loaded the Play store, set up HSTouch, loaded a project from my Nexus 7 and I must say this thing rocks. Alexa responds great and it's kinda the best of both. Nice 10" full 1080 display and voice control all in one.
Gonna be a late one tonight!

John

[rmasonjr]

Very nice! The always-on Alexa must be pretty nice as well!

[Rupp]

What exactly does "always on Alexa" mean? Do you not have to say Alexa first?

[rmasonjr]

What exactly does "always on Alexa" mean? Do you not have to say Alexa first?

Yes, you have to say "Alexa" first.
Always-on means you do not have to press a button before speaking, like the Echo Tap.

[wpiman]

Looks like it might be a nice wall mounted device....

[lj502]

I decided to replace my bedroom wall tablet with a 10" Alexa unit, I had a smaller 7" tablet inside a frame that was nice but this is so much better. Just gotta go find the paint now and do a little touch up. I used a nice Arlington Industries recessed box that allowed for a USB wall outlet to sink way into the wall and keep it all legal. Above that I put a 7" magnetic mount and a couple metal "stickers" on the back of the tablet along the top edge, very strong setup. For power I cut the micro USB ribbon cable plug off a Qi wireless charging and spliced a USB A connector to the cut end. It works great and I can remove the tablet from the wall in seconds if needed. The magnet is about 3/8" thick so the tablet looks as if its floating on the wall, my wife absolutely loves it and that is some tough action! LOL

John

[sirmeili]

Where did you get the right angle (to the tablet) USB cable? I use a fire for next to my bed and I hate that the cable sticks out.

[Uncle Michael]

Where did you get the right angle (to the tablet) USB cable? I use a fire for next to my bed and I hate that the cable sticks out.

A Google search for "right angle micro USB" should get you a long list of sources. Amazon has a bunch - no surprise.

PS. You need to pay attention to left-handed or right-handed and that's confusing because the reference direction is not always clear. I just order some of each.

[sirmeili]

Yes, but his looks very low profile where it plugs into the tablet. I checked Amazon and Google before posting but didn't have much luck finding one with a low profile tip like that on the tablet side.

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

[lj502]

I made the cable for these, it is a plug from a Qi wireless charging adaptor, they come with really flush connectors with a ribbon cable that runs to the charging coil, I just unsoldered the cable from the PCB and attached a USB plug. They are like 10 bucks on Amazon

John