I just ran across this article... 59% Of All Android Tablet Usage Comes From The U.S., And The Forked Amazon Kindle Fire Is The Most Popular Brand http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/27/59-of-all-android-tablet-usage-comes-from-the-u-s-where-amazons-kindle-fire-leads-the-pack/ ...but the article claims, "Because Fire is built on a 'forked' version of Android, the Google Play app storefront doesn’t appear on it." That is not true of the Kindle Fire I bought from Yaron (he advertised it here). It does have Google Play. I don't know if he had to do something special to get it on there. I do know that it is very important because it is how I installed loads of software on the device, all for free (mostly free as in freedom, too). Mike