Review: Cute - BUT
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 29, 2014
Several months ago I bought myself a newKindle Fire HD 7", HD Display, Wi-Fi, 16 GBand I've been needing a case for it, so I was happy for the opportunity to try thisZipper Case for the All New Kindle Fire HD by Incipio.The case is made from a pale baby-pink faux-leather that zips closed.  Inside you'll find a half-dozen slots of a size appropriate for a business or credit card, plus a couple of larger pockets on one side of the cover,  and a two-tier plastic tray intended to hold your Kindle on the other.  (NOTE - only the latest generation Kindle Fire HD - since about October of 2013 - fits this cover.)I found the cover very easy to hold to read from, but I did find some drawbacks -▶︎  The removable hand strap is extremely small, child sized really.  It does not fit over even my relatively small hands▶︎  The slots are nice, but I wouldn't want to carry anything like a debit/credit card or money in them, since the contents are visible if you have the case folded for ease of reading▶︎  The case does not double as a stand in either landscape or portrait orientation▶︎  You cannot charge your Kindle with the cover closed▶︎  The directions for removing the plastic tray are at best confusing.  The good news? I made a concerted effort to remove the entire tray from the cover before discovering the extra tray set down inside.  It does not come off, even with my very best efforts.▶︎  The pink faux-leather is easily dirtied . . .  not so easy to keep clean▶︎  The case is large enough that it obliterates the main reason I bought a Kindle in the first place - the 7" Kindle is small enough to fit my smaller pocketbooks without adding a lot of weight.▶︎▶︎UPDATE - I tend to actually turn my Kindle off when I am not using  it.  In turning it back on I notice that for some odd reason the Kindle is actually mounted in the case upside down!  Obviously it still functions, but I find it most annoying to have to turn it round and round to get the text right side up.Grandma's $0.02 - Cute case if "design" is your sole criteria.  Lacking in functionality.