T.C.
I love my Kindle Fire, but I never get to use it. My son is always playing games on it. He likes it because it has the same games and touch screen as a smart phone, but larger.
I think it's set up to buy apps from Amazon specifically, but there is a way to use most Android apps. You can use it to watch videos like Youtube, and the Amazon Prime subscription includes some TV shows. My son watches a lot of Discovery channel shows on it, but I'm not sure what else it can do.