Plug it in. No, really. Make like primitive monkeys and insert item A into slot B. It’s that –

All right, fine. It’s not quite as simple as that. However, it’s close enough. Those of you who have been displeased by your inability to converse with your Tablet can now make use of a pretty simple workaround. First of all, head down to the closest neighboehood tech shop and pick out a little inline microphone. Make sure there are three rings on its metallic little head. (Yes, we’re making sly references to inappropriate things. It’s late. Do you have a problem with this?)

Once you’re acquired your protuberant little friend, go ahead and stick it into your Kindle Fire. Done? Great. Fire up your Kindle and go to Settings. After you’ve done that, go to Device and then to ‘Allow Installation of Applications’. Switch it on.

Easy, right? Now, download GetJar. Search for ‘Tape-A-Talk’. Do the download dance again. Install.

Don’t expect this to run perfectly as the Kindle Fire wasn’t meant to have a long-lasting relationship with a microphone. However, it works in a pinch and that’s what the Android spirit is all about, right?