Review: Good as a Stand Up Holder, Not So Good for Reading
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 12, 2013
This is a neat case in it's design - it securely holds your Kindle Fire HDX and, once you get used to the folds of the Origami pattern you can stand the HDX up on its side in landscape mode on a table or level surface: trying to prop it up on my bed, however, kept having it fall down as the surface isn't firm or flat enough to make the holder "hold."When you do close the case / cover up, it will put your Fire HDX in sleep mode, and it wakes it up when you open the cover back up. The speakers are in the back of the Fire HDX, and one of my concerns with the HDX was the cover would muffle the sound: the designers put just a small amount of space between the cover and the speakers so the sound can get out and reverberate off the back of the cover and towards you as you are watching a video, etc.If taking pictures is your thing, I will caution you this covers up the read-facing camera and the LED flash.While the Origami feature is nice if you are into standing your Fire up, it is way too flimsy for me for when I am reading: I like holding the cover like a traditional book, and having a foldable cover in my left hand makes it seem weak and every once in a while the Fire will fold down as the Origami cover starts folding away. In retrospect, I wish was a firm leather cover available for this model at the time I ordered the HDX vs. the Origami one as I don't stand mine up very often, and pricing seems a little high at $70 for what I have.