I have one of the older Kindles. I use it more for games. there are a lot of free games and books available.
I have a Kindle now. I’m waiting for the Nook E to come out.
I just bought my granddaughter the new color nook for Christmas.. that seems to be the one the kids want.. looking at them they seem about the same
Got the Kindle Fire for my youngest son for Christmas. There was an earlier thread on the Fire that was nothing but HUGELY positive. It reinforced my decision. :) I looked at the color Nook for quite some time, but opted for the Fire for various reasons, not the least of which is price.
Clear as mud, eh?
Take it with a grain of salt.
I honestly can’t think of many reasons to go with a Kindle Fire, and that’s coming from a certified Amazon fan. The Nook tablet’s specs are superior, its screen is more responsive and less reflective, and it’s got an SD card slot so you can load up extra content.
Even if you’re a Prime subscriber, you can still watch streaming videos on the Nook tablet. All you have to do is visit Amazon.com and access the video like you would on a computer.
I love my Kindle Fire!
I DL’d the Kindle App to my IPAD.
IPAD knows what page I am on when I invoke that Program. It does not work the other way around but Kindle is still very cool.
(I can use IPAD to read my Kindle books but I have to fast forward on the actual Kindle if I want to get to the pages that I was on via the IPAD.)
There are Orwellian issues to be concerned about but likely that will be more of a problem for posterity than for me.
Amazon did undownload (take back) the 1984 book a while back I read. That is scary stuff indeed but mostly my Kindle is quite super.
we are looking at the Fire to upgrade our daughters older Kindle....I looked at all of them and none of the newer ones seem to come 3G.
I do know that when the screen on her old Kindle went bad, we called the 800 number and there was no hassle with the warranty, the replacement was sent the NEXT DAY...they have great customer service IMHO
I’m giving each of my kids the Kindle Fire for Christmas.
Price was 190 each.
Deal maker was the camera and 10 inch screen for video and games. I know there are issues with the camera displaying backwards but the company says this will be rectified with next droid upgrade.
We'll see. :-}
Lots of information here.
I like good old fashion books.
There is no password protection on the Fire. If it is lost or stolen, someone can use it to download off the Amazon site using your open account. So far Amazon has not done anything to prevent this.
Nook is better.
It has password protection and no subsription fee. It is faster, has more storage (can expand to 32 gigbytes, more books are avialible. No advertsiing, tech hel at any B&N store.
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Thanks so much for this thread. I have it on good authority that my son is giving me a Kindle Fire for Christmas. I asked for it and want it very badly, but confess I am nervous about learning to use it. Thankfully, I’ll be with them for two more weeks after Christmas and my grandchildren can teach me!
If you want to download books from your local library or the big city libraries, go with the Nook. It supports the Adobe Digital Editions format that seems to be the favorite of libraries. It is what sold my wife over the Kindle and she has not regretted it.