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Kindle Fire..Anyone Else.

harsaphes

harsaphes

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Looking forward to my delivery of the FIRE this month. I already have an Ipad, but I use Amazon Prime a lot for movie and TV downloads. Anyone else pre-order?
 
I had the transformer and had pre-ordered the Fire, but since I've sold the transformer, cancelled the Fire pre-order and I'll see how the new Transformer Prime compares with the Fire in regards to reviews and functionality...I think I'll likely end up with the prime, can't wait til ICS ends up on it
 
I would get one if I didn't get a touchpad for $85, the fire would be my top pick out of all the current tablets (because of price).
 
harsaphes said:
Why?
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It's 20% faster, has twice the memory, twice the storage, and comes with a microSD slot so you can add more storage. The slot will also make it easier to root.

Even just getting it as a standard reader, B&N uses the standard epub format for books. Amazon uses a proprietary format. Nook will also read more formats than the Fire.
 
I have the Fire pre-ordered. I'm just waiting for more information to see whether I decide to keep the pre-order or cancel it. Still, it looks like a good little media toy. I'm also eyeing the Transformer Prime. We will see. ~grin~
 
Nope, still not interested in a tablet. I have too many laptops, gotta get rid of them first.
 
I prorderd the wife a Kindle Fire as soon as it was announced as a Christamas present. I ended up canceling the order and buying myself a new motherboard instead, but I will buy her the Kindle touch e-reader since She would be using the fire mostly as an e-reader anyway. The Touch should be alot easier on her eyes and my wallet not the trhe Fire is expensive at only $199. I figured she really doesn't need a tablet since she has a nice netbook and smartphone a tablet would be a downgrade.
 
vicsrealms said:
I have the Fire pre-ordered. I'm just waiting for more information to see whether I decide to keep the pre-order or cancel it. Still, it looks like a good little media toy. I'm also eyeing the Transformer Prime. We will see. ~grin~
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Keep it, don't open it and sell it on Ebay. It will be a HOT Christmas item.
 
why dont ppl just order from amazon? how would you make a profit on ebay if amazon sells it?


other than e-reading, what can this thing do that's noteworthy? 7" kind of small
 
Have three on pre-order. One for my grandmother who has been spending alot of time in the hospital with my grandfather, one for my mom and one for me. I think it will be a great device for the price. I am excited to play around with mine.

The bad part is that I will be traveling when mine gets delivered :( I guess the finance will get to play with it before me.

I think the $200 price tag puts it into the "impulse buy" category for many consumers. Where as the $400+ category would require some thought or planning.
 
drcrappants said:
why dont ppl just order from amazon? how would you make a profit on ebay if amazon sells it?
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People do not prepare. If I have a kindle fire, and someone wants to buy it last minute for a slight markup the week of Christmas, I profit. Sure, I'm betting on demand being more than Amazon can meet, but its a safer gamble than most.
 
BladeVenom said:
I think I'd get a Nook Color 2 instead.
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I wouldn't get either but I'm most likely going to get the wif a NC2. Almost went with the Fire since its supposedly easy to sync up with her prime account but she rarely uses it.
 
Yeah, I'm seriously considering the Nook Tablet, too. For something that mostly looks the same as the old one, but keeps the uSD card slot while adding in a dual core OMAP4 + 1GB of RAM? It's *almost* a no brainer.

Though B&N's battery specs being ~3 hours better to the advantage of the Nook Tablet (vs both the KF and the NC) make this almost a done deal.
 
Nook Tablet is def looking like the smarter buyer's choice. The mass market will probably break to the less capable Fire though, because of better marketing....
 
Well, I'm starting to look at buying one of these for my wife and the Fire looks like the better option.

We're prime members so the free content is a huge plus. Also, it appears that there's a Facebook app for the Fire, and not for the kindle. She likes facebook.
 
How are the media fronts for the nook vs. Fire?

Are there more cheap books on one vs the other?

What about TV shows? Can I stream or play TV episodes from my computer via my wireless-N to the nook or Fire?
 
Tekara said:
Their also touting the Nook Tablet as being a media device, so it's possible that they've beefed up the video decoder as well. But that may just be hopeful thoughts.
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It's an OMAP4 chip. Should handle 1080p h264 high profile easily :)
 
Hm. Is it worth pre-ordering? I'd rather wait to see the reviews before I get one. What's the benefit of preordering? Is the price going to go up?
 
Both seem more than capable of doing what I'd likely typically use a 7 inch tablet for.

The Fire only have 6GB of usable space and no micro SD kinda bothers me. I guess it should be sufficient, but I'd feel a lot more comfortable if I had more available space for my content. However I love the look of the Fire, it's black, simple, elegant. Looks really nice. And while I don't use Amazon Prime, I do buy all my e-books from Amazon, and shop there often, and am pretty close to considering getting Amazon Prime. And now that they announced they are getting a Netflix app too, that helps.

The Nook Tablet has 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and a micro SD. Holy cow plenty of room for me to grow with this tablet. It would be a no brainer if it wasn't for the fact that I think the tablet is kinda ugly and has an inferior feel to it than the Fire (base on my handling of a Playbook and my Nook Color). I was really hoping there would have been a redesign for the product. Disappointed they stayed with that huge plastic cheap looking bezel and goofy open looped corner. It doesn't feel cheap to hold, but the bezel does flex a little and sometimes creaks in some spots.

I have big issues with both tablets. But I guess this is to be expected for $200 or $250. I'll have to think on it some more. Since I have a rooted Nook Color and I probably don't need a dual core in my 7 inch tablet, I'm probably in no hurry to upgrade anyway.
 
Can the Nook Tablet use amazon's prime streaming video? Fire looks very attractive... I have 2 on preorder. Probably switching to the Kindle Fire for my own tablet, and giving one to my mother :D, then selling my 16GB Transformer (not necessarily in that order).
 
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Ravynmagi said:
The Nook Tablet has 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and a micro SD. Holy cow plenty of room for me to grow with this tablet. It would be a no brainer if it wasn't for the fact that I think the tablet is kinda ugly and has an inferior feel to it than the Fire (base on my handling of a Playbook and my Nook Color). I was really hoping there would have been a redesign for the product. Disappointed they stayed with that huge plastic cheap looking bezel and goofy open looped corner. It doesn't feel cheap to hold, but the bezel does flex a little and sometimes creaks in some spots.
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I'm in the same boat. I don't like the looks and feel of the NC -- at all. I wish they had updated that. Then, I would be all over it. I'm a prime member, but I rarely watch AP movies...but I do use their download service. I mainly watch Blu ray and don't enjoy streaming lousy encodes. But, if I were on travel, then I would want to use those services or carry my own. It it had a usb port then that would help out.
 
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I wish the fire had a 3g option.
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I couldn't care less... I wifi-tether to my phone which is on me at all times anyway :). If I'm out, my cell phone's with me. Though, I guess you would save power on the phone battery that way.

AQ_OC said:
I'm in the same boat. I don't like the looks and feel of the NC -- at all. I wish they had updated that. Then, I would be all over it. I'm a prime member, but I rarely watch AP movies...but I do use their download service. I mainly watch Blu ray and don't enjoy streaming lousy encodes. But, if I were on travel, then I would want to use those services or carry my own. It it had a usb port then that would help out.
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I watch blu rays for movies on my projector setup (see sig) always, but if I were traveling or want to watch random TV shows/other programs not really benefiting from extra picture quality, it'll be nice to have. I went for Prime now to get the 2-day shipping free for the two Fire units, but now I'm wondering what happens to the free month the units included :eek: . With the free prime shipping as well from amazon included in the same prime fee I'm not too picky on the streaming so long as it has *some* good content, given the fairly low price per year. I rarely watch much video on my tablets/notebooks/etc. though regardless... just the occasional youtube video and whatnot. Most of my use is reading books/browsing the web, with a small amount of mobile game-playing.
 
So, I ordered these cases... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0064C0O5Y (they have several colors though)... they look really nice with three angles for both portrait and landscape. I was wondering if anyone had used a case of this brand before and had any thoughts as to their quality? The various colors have some user reviews, but I trust someone here a lot more than some random person over there :p!
 
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The reviews are meh. I would wait around to see what they say about the Nook tablet if I were in the market for this thing.
 
Yeah. Engadget and The Verge both have given not great reviews.
 
I preordered 6, they should be shipping soon. They should make some nice Christmas presents. I'm going with these over the nook because I use amazon quite a bit, and the integration with their services will be a lot tighter. It will mostly be a home entertainment device though, I'd get something beefier for other uses.
 
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Yeah. Engadget and The Verge both have given not great reviews.
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It was to be expected really, the lack of big built in storage, plus an SD card slot, and corner cutting (even a lack of volume buttons!) doomed this thing to mass market mediocrity from the beginning....

I just hope the extra $50 for the Nook Tablet goes a long way.

Despite it all, I still see the Fire cleaning up the holiday sales charts....
 
The only thing that I want out of the kindle fire to be honest is a .apk that I can use on another tablet to access amazon prime content. With that ill purchase the tablet of my choice, most likely a transformer prime and be happy with what I have. I don't want to be locked into the amazon fire ecosystem to be honest.
 
I'm getting one (preordered) but I'm also waiting for when it gets rooted & custom system images get released for it. Deletion of bloatware would be how I can regain back some storage. I have no doubt that this tablet will be better utilized through the Android community than what Amazon originally intended. :)
 
The price comparisons are misleading, since Prime is almost mandatory for the Fire - that's another $80/year for most people. Some people are already running into bandwidth caps (multiple pc's, Xbox, Netflix all add up) so having yet another device that uses streaming can be an issue.
 
All 6 just shipped and will be arriving in the morning. As far as prime being nearly mandatory, I wouldn't go that far. For video you still have netflix, hulu plus, etc...ebooks have no shipping, music has no shipping...the only reason you would actually need prime is if you want to use Amazon's streaming video service, and then only for the free titles.

I completely agree that as a tablet it leaves quite a bit to be desired, but it does provide a lot of base functionality that will be useful for quite a few people, especially those who already use Amazon services heavily. I see this as a nice device I can hand to the kids without worrying about them breaking anything really expensive.
 
I'll probably end up getting a Fire soon for the wife. While it certainly has its short-comings in terms of hardware, she won't notice them, and I save $50 over the Nook. I have some concerns about being pushed towards an Amazon-centric buying experience (we're not Prime members as of yet) but as long as they don't go down hill or abuse that angle it shouldn't be an issue. And we use Amazon for purchases and mp3s fairly regularly as it is, so the storefront integration could certainly also be a plus.

Seems to me if you use Amazon and have Prime, the Fire is a no-brainer for an inexpensive tablet. Ditto for the Nook Tablet if your loyalty lies with B&N. If you want or need a more full-fledged device and are willing to pay for it then one would obviously look elsewhere. If it was for me, I would look harder at the Nook Tablet or the Transformer/similar- I'd need the additional storage at least. The mass-market consumer should probably be fine with the Fire.
 
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