I like it a lot, and not just for the price, but I’m really disappointed it doesn’t have Bluetooth for a headset or a keyboard.
And by “not yet” we mean “not ever” for the Fire.
Some future Amazon tablet is likely to be real competition for the iPad, but the Fire won’t be that tablet.
(It’s possibly the best Android experience, from the looks of it; the “every app in our store is tested against our hardware” thing is huge.)
I’m considering buying a tablet. One of my personal requirements is that it run aviation software. Probably the best program out there is WingX. The iPad version has far more capability than the Android version for the same price. Unless that changes, I’ll probably go with the iPad despite its higher price.
It’s a lot more comparable to the Nook Color than the iPad.
I have yet to read a real comparison of the Fire and the Nook Color. My guess is that the Fire probably has more processor power, and a better built-in store, but the Nook is probably a better put-together software environment, due to it being a second-generation device.
The Nook Color 2 is due out from Barnes & Noble soon, it will be very interesting to see how that compares to this.
The Nook Color is cool because you can root it.
The new Amazon tablet looks interesting but it doesn’t even have an sd slot =/
But for something to read books and watch movies on while you use the toilet? Looks cool.
I was considering, actually my wife and I were both considering, getting readers so we could free up space. We have a room filled with book cases filled with books.
It would costs us about $3K to $4K to replace our paper books with e-books. If I had $4K laying around right now I would NOT be buying e-books.
I already have a Kindle (and an iPad) and I expect to buy a Kindle Touch. Wish they had left a hardware “next page” button, but I’ll put up with that to get rid of the keyboard.
We have 6000 books shelved in our house, but a bit got flipped in my head sometime in the last year. Now, for anything which isn’t heavily dependent on photographs or maps, I would PREFER to read it on my Kindle. That wasn’t true a year ago.
Amazon’s next step is to do something about managing LOTS of books on a Kindle. Even with 250 books on mine, “Collections” don’t cut it. Needs to be rethought.
Pssh, reading? So over rated….
The price is attractive, and an Android-based tablet is worth considering, but the Fire wouldn’t be as flexible as I want.
Unfortunately, anything approaching my desired flexibility is never going to sell for less than $300.
I like it a lot, and not just for the price, but I’m really disappointed it doesn’t have Bluetooth for a headset or a keyboard.
And by “not yet” we mean “not ever” for the Fire.
Some future Amazon tablet is likely to be real competition for the iPad, but the Fire won’t be that tablet.
(It’s possibly the best Android experience, from the looks of it; the “every app in our store is tested against our hardware” thing is huge.)
I’m considering buying a tablet. One of my personal requirements is that it run aviation software. Probably the best program out there is WingX. The iPad version has far more capability than the Android version for the same price. Unless that changes, I’ll probably go with the iPad despite its higher price.
It’s a lot more comparable to the Nook Color than the iPad.
I have yet to read a real comparison of the Fire and the Nook Color. My guess is that the Fire probably has more processor power, and a better built-in store, but the Nook is probably a better put-together software environment, due to it being a second-generation device.
The Nook Color 2 is due out from Barnes & Noble soon, it will be very interesting to see how that compares to this.
The Nook Color is cool because you can root it.
The new Amazon tablet looks interesting but it doesn’t even have an sd slot =/
But for something to read books and watch movies on while you use the toilet? Looks cool.
I was considering, actually my wife and I were both considering, getting readers so we could free up space. We have a room filled with book cases filled with books.
It would costs us about $3K to $4K to replace our paper books with e-books. If I had $4K laying around right now I would NOT be buying e-books.
I already have a Kindle (and an iPad) and I expect to buy a Kindle Touch. Wish they had left a hardware “next page” button, but I’ll put up with that to get rid of the keyboard.
We have 6000 books shelved in our house, but a bit got flipped in my head sometime in the last year. Now, for anything which isn’t heavily dependent on photographs or maps, I would PREFER to read it on my Kindle. That wasn’t true a year ago.
Amazon’s next step is to do something about managing LOTS of books on a Kindle. Even with 250 books on mine, “Collections” don’t cut it. Needs to be rethought.
Pssh, reading? So over rated….
The price is attractive, and an Android-based tablet is worth considering, but the Fire wouldn’t be as flexible as I want.
Unfortunately, anything approaching my desired flexibility is never going to sell for less than $300.