Kindle fire already assigned to my account?

[stoneworrior]

I just opened my Kindle Fire turned it on and logged into my WIFI router. The next paged popped up Welcome William Stone, how the heck did they do that?

 

[brillrick]

I just opened my Kindle Fire turned it on and logged into my WIFI router. The next paged popped up Welcome William Stone, how the heck did they do that?

You probably purchased from Amazon, so they have tied the serial number of your device to your account.
Amazon has done the same thing when you buy regular kindles.

 

[stoneworrior]

Thanks, kinda freaked me out. All of my Amazon purchases are right up front also. Amazon is going to do well with this. Thanks for the reply, oh I'm replying on my Fire, liking it a lot. Cant wait for the Prime next month, between this and the prime for the same price as one iPad it is a no brainer to me.

 

[jpb07]

I've been trying to find information on the Prime but only see stuff from over a month ago. Is there been any kind of semi-official confirmation?

I'm a Premier Silver member so we'll likely grab the Fire this weekend (I had the first preorder in at our local store) and test drive it for the 45 days. Hopefully by then Amazon will officially announce the Prime.

 

[stoneworrior]

Just that it will be out next month. This is the last article I have read on it. Although they have a good right up here also. I'm hoping I'll be able to dual boot the Prime with Ubuntu, that would make it a sweet little open source macbook air alternative. Plug in a 260 gig usb external hard drive, that would be a sweet little machine .
Asus Launches Transformer Prime with Tegra 3 Under the Hood | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

 

[Kazy]

edit: Nevermind. But the Prime isn't coming out soon, but it will definitely outclass the Fire. They aren't even in the same category, it really is apples to oranges.

 

[GMoney749]

I bought one for my oldest son and another for my wife and they both popped up on my account. It was easy to de-register his and log in under his own account.

He has been pleasantly surprised. He was under the impression that he could only use it to read books, but he's really loving it.

 

[BrianDigital]

aww shucks that mean I have to turn on my moms Christmas gift to get it registered in her name,

 

[lombaki]

Yah- see I bought some for resale and they are purchased under my bro-in-law's account. That's really gonna mess stuff up.

 

[mercado79]

@lombaki You should still be able to sign into the account the Fires were purchased with and deregister the devices. It's as easy as clicking "deregister" under your Kindle Account --> Manage Your Devices page.

 

[lombaki]

Oh good, cause I was wondering what I was gonna tell him about his acct being "out there".

 

[Kekoh]

Thanks, kinda freaked me out. All of my Amazon purchases are right up front also. Amazon is going to do well with this. Thanks for the reply, oh I'm replying on my Fire, liking it a lot. Cant wait for the Prime next month, between this and the prime for the same price as one iPad it is a no brainer to me.

I'm confused... what is the Prime you guys are talking about? GN?

 

[DirkBelig]

I'm confused... what is the Prime you guys are talking about? GN?

Amazon Prime. You pay $79 per year and get free 2-day shipping on everything, regardless of purchase amount. It's a godsend for Black Friday Week Lightning Deals when you want to buy just one thing for $5. They've beefed it up with all sorts of free streaming of movies and TV shows in a move to take on Netflix and Hulu Plus. Go to Amazon and read up on it.

 

[stoneworrior]

I'm confused... what is the Prime you guys are talking about? GN?

I was talking about the asus transformer prime. I am using the kindle as a media consumption device. I want the transformer prime as a little more hardcore working/playtime machine

 

[Primetimeplaya]

You get a month of Amazon Prime when you buy the Fire. The wife already has an actual subscription so when my month runs out, i'll just log onto her account.

 

[kicko]

aww shucks that mean I have to turn on my moms Christmas gift to get it registered in her name,

NO you can easily go in to manage devices from their website and deactivate the kindle before it ever gets opened.