Review: Can be charged with the case closed...star rating drop - see my Update
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2012
The Marware Revolve case has it all, a fine-grained, padded leather case, a hand strap, a rotating stand with 3 viewing angles in both portrait & landscape mode, a sleep/wake function, an elastic strap closure and the Fire can be charged when the case is closed. And, it has an elastic band to hold the case closed.I didn't think I'd like or need the sleep/wake function but found out that I love this feature. The Fire HD snaps securely into a hard plastic enclosure. I'd rather secure my Fire in a leather pouch, but Marware's hard plastic enclosure has proven to be more secure than I imagined. I love using the hand strap when I hold my smaller Kindle Fire HD, but the larger, 8.9" Fire, is a slightly more cumbersome for me to hold using the hand strap so I rarely use it.Marware listened to customer complaints about its previous case for Kindle Fire HD. Marware improved this case. You can rotate the 8.9" Fire 180 degrees to access the ports which allows you to charge the Fire when the case is  closed. This feature works great. The sleep/wake function also works in this position.  Rotate the Fire back to its original position when it's charged to protect the ports.5 StarsGreat case, with great features & several color selections.UPDATE:I was walking around with the case folded back, my Fire HD in landscape position & the Fire fell forward. I'm not sure how to describe this, but it looked & felt as though the Fire was free falling out of the case & was within a fraction of an inch from hitting the counter -- But it was still attached to the case by the plastic frame and the piece that allows the Fire to rotate. Thankfully it  missed the counter. This has happened to me on more than one occasion and has also happened when other family members have been using my Fire. I hope that Marware can address this problem in future cases.  In the mean time, I've attached a piece of Velcro to the case & the piece that rotates. (A photo has been uploaded showing my solution. In comments below, I mentioned that I had to secure the Velcro with carpet tape)Another solution would be to hold the case in portrait position if there's a chance that the freefall/flopping issue might cause a problem. The freefall issue doesn't happen when the case is folded back & used in portrait position. Also, when the case is used in an angled position, you won't experience this problem.I removed 2 stars because of this