Subj : Re: tablet for senior with arthritis, anyone?
To   : August Abolins
From : Joe Phigan
Date : Wed Jul 20 2022 07:01 pm

 AA> it or manipulate it to power on/off.  Which reminds me to ask..  
 AA> Does the Fire tablet have an instant on?  ..or does it require  
 AA> some kind of hard push of a button on the side?  ..or a screen  
 AA> gesture/swipe action?

You do have to turn the screen on with a button on the top. It does not
support doubletap to wake or anything like that. There is an app in F-Droid
that can wake the screen with a gesture over the camera, I believe.

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