Amazon Kindle Fire: Buy it in Nigeria

Posted by Felix Okoli on Friday June 15, 2012 10:36:19:

Kindle Fire is amazon.com's 6th generation of kindle e-readers and these are electronic devices that are useful in reading computer files such as pdfs, docs, graphic, charts and so on. The Kindle fire can do a bit more than older generation kindles, you can now browse the web, watch videos, listen to mp3 files, connect with wifi, chat, facebook, tweet and so on.
Amazon's Kindle fire is the best kindle so far and probably the best e-reader

What you will need to order an Amazon Kindle
- An internet connection
- A Visa or Mastercard

How much does it cost?
The price is set as low as $199 at the Amazon store and some of these gadgets are already available at stores in Nigeria. You can however order for it from Amazon and get it shipped to Nigeria if you've got a US re-shipping account.

Kindle Fire vs your laptop
Well laptops work hard as most computer should but a kindle fire can do most things laptops can do and yet it is more portable. You can browse the web, listen to music watch videos on Youtube, transfer your own mp3 songs, watch locally videos and read documents. You would not to be able to use most computer editing programs like a normal laptop does but you can read most of files already created by your computer. You can send and receive email, chat and so on. It is like a more portable notebook but with more graphics and sleekness.

What you will need to get an Amazon Kindle in Nigeria
If you would like your Kindle Fire shipped to Nigeria, you should know that Amazon doesn't offer direct shipping for this gadget to Nigeria so here are what you will need:

- A US re-shipping address

Once you sign up for a US address for a single time(about $10) or yearly fee(about $70), then you can order for anything you want and just pay for the DHL or Fedex shipping to Nigeria

How long will it take to get my Amazon Kindle in Nigeria?
Well shipping to your US address would normally take about 2 days and you can then decide to reship it to Nigeria whenever you want and that takes about 3 to 5 days.