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Amazon fire tablets are always an incredible deal for what you get, around $100-150.

I have weird widevine issues though, Netflix only runs in sd when it should be hd. Fine for a near disposable tablet though.

Hope the new one keepa microsd, makes for a great train/plane media library.

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I like the idea of using a bigger screen device with Google Maps or some other map app for navigation during driving on older cars like say a 2007 Toyota Camry.

Anyone have any thoughts on using a bigger tablet (probably mounted on some stand) compared to a phone which they'd hold in their hand?

Well, that's what modern infotainment systems really are :)

With something like Headunit Realoaded emulator app you can run it as an Android Auto screen which gets dedicated driving interface, same as you'd get on a new Auto/CarPlay equipped car.

We have four of them two from 2018 and two from 2021. All run Netflix in HD.

What's their support life like wrt updates, etc?

Generally somewhere between terrible and non-existent if you stick with Fire OS. They will drop occasional small patch releases with broken links to non-existent release notes.

If you're using the Fire Toolkit you actually will probably not want FireOS updates until you've read the latests posts about how they do or do not affect your customizations.

Are they coming out with progressively bigger ones? I must admit that 10 inch is on the small side for reading sheet music, at my age (59). I'd love to ditch the paper sheets.

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