11Fan:
Your advice was indeed taken to heart. I ordered the Kindle fire from that south American river online store Wednesday night. With my free 2-day shipping it will be arriving today!
The Mrs. is also looking forward to "trying it out". I'll allow her 5 minutes to check it out, but that's it. That's her quota. If she likes it then she'll just have to buy her own. (Which means, of course, that I'll have to buy it for her!)