[Kindle Fire General] glennj99:
When installed will all the games, apps, etc work like on any other tablet?

Lots of phone apps already don't work ideally on tablets,and even on ICS, much less JellyBean. Takes some time.

What should i expect when installing such early builds currently available?

This early build for the Kindle Fire is not ready for daily use, unlike the current ICS builds which really more or less are. I went back to the current Hashcode ICS nightly after an hour or so of playing with his amazing JB build. Wanted to watch a TV show from the MSNBC app.

How is the battery life, does having Jelly bean drain the battery. should i expect decent use per charge?

It might be charging, but don't even expect that to be working 100% yet, with accurate led and all. Hash hasn't finished re-writing the horrible mess that Amazon wrote as the charging code for ICS yet. Remember that the Kindle Fire cannot charge at all unless it is actually at least partially booted. Design issues. That said, watch for improvements via ICS work for both ICS and JB, because Hash is on it.

Would you say performance on a stock kindle is better then having say Jelly bean or ICS?

I'd say, "Hell No !"

Booting ICS (and even a little better even this early JellyBean) is like having finally really turned ON your Kindle Fire, like for the first time.

Like finally getting some use out of its second core. Really.

I don't know about benchmarks, but the actual user experience difference between stock Amazon and ICS is like night and Day. I was about to give my 85 yr old GMa my Kindle Fire and buy a Nexus7, but now, uh, well...neither have an HDMI port, so I am no longer sure it would be worth the additional money to buy a Nexus7, since ICS and soon JellyBean are running on the Fire I already own. Not knocking the Nexus7, but the Fire on ICS is pretty nice indeed. Prior to ICS, well, the Fire was ok for things like playing TapSafari and reading e-books and Netflix maybe.

Now - I'm going to keep it.

Will any app install from google play store on this custom jelly bean built? is there limitations i should be concerned about. possible glitches maybe? i know its early.

Hardware limitations aside(no GPS, no Bluetooth, no 3G, no cameras) things that run on my Droid3 run on the Fire under ICS, so far. Limited testing, very limited yet. You are right, its early, too early. Maybe watch out for over-heating issues...

Will i have the ability to go back to stock kindle fire if i do not want to use jelly bean anymore?

If you can not figure out how to return to pure Amazon Stock, don't load ICS or Jellybean. You can though, excluding hardware failures. Use TWRP.

Will the device itself charge via USB or Plug in wall while operating jelly bean?

Plug in Wall with stock adapter (1.7 amp) yes, though it might not look like it is working yet. Charging through USB *should* work, slowly, depending on the power supplied by your USB connector. 0.5 Amp is the USB standard for USB2, and that is not much and a lot of USB ports don't even supply that much, so beware. You might be slowly running down your battery even with it plugged in via USB, depending on the port power supply and the demand on the Fire. And it might at this point be hard to tell.

What would you say the benefits are for having a custom android on the kindle fire including - Jelly Bean/ICS etc

For me it makes the Kindle Fire worth keeping, though not worth buying at $199. If I didn't already have a couple of Fires, I wouldn't buy one now since I could get a Nexus7 device for the same $199 retail list and the Nexus7 is a much better device. If you already have a Fire, you will want to ROM it to ICS or later Jellybean.