Amazon has reduced the price of the Kindle Fire HD to $179.99 if you use FIRE4MOM at checkout through Mother's Day May 12.
The Kindle Fire HD is offers many high-end specs for a low-price. Reviewers consistently rated it excellent and a great value for Amazon Prime members, there are a few trade-offs.
Compared to the iPad mini the Kindle HD has 33% more pixels-per-inch. Kindle Fire has dual-stereo speakers dual Wi-Fi antenna & MIMO, iPad mini doesn't have MIMO.
The nice thing about the Kindle Fire HD for a Mother's Day gift is that it has a magazine-like interface that is easy to use. If Mom likes to take photos, she will be disappointed because it only has front facing camera. A recent study showed that Mom would like an iPad or iPad mini, if you get her a Kindle Fire HD, she may not notice the difference.
The Kindle Fire HD has media ecosystem ease of use and carousel of software make it a great buy when you use Amazon Prime and are a regular book reader. The Kindle Fire HD costs $179 when you allow ads on the lock screen and enter the FIRE4MOM code .BUY