Posted on 12/17/2011 10:54:27 PM PST by Perdogg
I am going to buy either the Nook Tablet or Kindle Fire. I am not interested in an Ipad or Mac, thank you. Which is better?
I read the reviews online, but I am looking to hear from people who own one of the other.
ping
If you want a tablet pc go with the Samsung Galaxy.
If you want something for reading books...go to the library and get a paperback.
(8 years experience in electronic sales)
What I hate about electronic books is that publishers want to move away from selling me their books and move towards renting them.
If I take too long to read them, they could disappear and I would either have to renew my rental or forgo finishing the book.
The tablet works the same as the reader, as long as there is wifi hotspot, I am good to go, correct?
After you buy download them (a book) to your Kindle can’t you load on to a thumb drive or your computer?
I got a Kindle Fire for my b-day yesterday and I really like it. Does everything I want it to do and it’s a huge step up from the first gen Kindle that I had.
My daughter has a Nook and likes it too, but you can’t beat Amazon for electronic books. They have the largest selection and tons of them are free.
It sounds like they're just now figuring out that the "cloud" is not the deep-space vacuum they hoped it would be.
If they have to keep track of everybody's purhcase licenses for books for all time, that cloud is going to evaporate very quickly.
They're probably hoping that this "rental" concept will be accepted by the marketplace, and then they won't have to keep people's ownership records forever, just to let them access the "books" whenever they want.
-PJ
You can test out both by getting their apps for your android phone. I prefer the lay out / ease of use of the nook.
Which do you think will be around in 2 years?
Barnes and Noble or Amazon?
I rented a movie recently, off the web, and a 48 hour countdown started when I started the movie. After 48 hours, it disappeared.
I don’t know what the time limit for books would be, but it wouldn’t be any different. The moment you flip the front cover, the clock starts and the end of the term, the book disappears.
I think they would see their market drop off dramatically, unless it was maybe a 10 year rental.
The tech specs are better on the Nook, but I’d avoid both and wait a few months. I know it’s Christmas, but better spec cheap tablets are on the way that will run perfectly with Android ICS.
My best friend picked up a Samsung Galaxy Tab yesterday and I was researching this today and as much as I want one, I’m waiting. It’s just not right now. Either you’ll have a crippled stock Nook or Kindle or you’ll have a phone OS on a tablet. Within the 1st quarter 2012, that will change.
IMHO, you’ll regret it if you buy any of them now.
bmrk
There has been a long list of complaints about the Fire:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/309130-amazon-serious-security-flaw-in-the-kindle-fire
I decided to wait several months to see what gets fixed on the eventual upgrade.
Retina displays for tablets are coming out early 2012.
It will be worth the wait, at the very least because older tablets will be given a huge discount to move them along.
The iPad.
I have the iPad and the Fire. The Fire suffers by comparison in every respect. The extra cost for the iPad is WELL worth it, IMO.
Barnes and Noble or Amazon?
This is really important. Also, my son pointed out that I should purchase books from Amazon even on my iPad since the books can be accessed from other devices. I don't know how universal the access is for B&N material. I would suspect that they are more "closed" than Amazon.
go to the library and get a paperback...”
My son has a Kindle which is joined to his hip. Tried reading a book from it - part of reading a book for me is to be able to curl up on the couch in front of the fireplace complete with my blankie on a cold winter day. Kindle just doesn’t do it.
Captive customer = revenue maximization.
Run the other way.
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