Pogue’s Posts Blog: Amazon Makes the Fire Less Balky

The Kindle Fire, Amazon?s color touchscreen tablet, is flying off the virtual shelves, the company says. Its price tag is $200 — and that’s all many consumers think they need to know.But when I reviewed the Fire a few weeks ago, I wasn’t what you’d call a raving fan. True, it has no camera, microphone, GPS function, Bluetooth, memory-card slot, or built-in calendar or note pad. But the real problem was the responsiveness. As I wrote:“Most problematic, though, the Fire doesn’t have anything like the polish or speed of an iPad. You feel that $200 price tag with every