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.
If you solely want to use your kindle as a tablet pc when WiFi is available, then yes you’re better off with the Amazon product.
However, I have seen many people get hooked on the wireless availability offered by the 4g providers and hate waiting for open networks.
But if that is not an issue then yes I would go with the Fire. Either way you go I’m happy you see the sheer ridiculousness of purchasing an Ipad. It’s purely a status symbol.
I have had numerous Android tablets. I have looked at the same ones you have too. Save yourself some grief, buy the iPad.
Got the wife the Galaxy Samsung. Got the daughter the Kindle Fire. Daughter loves hers. Wife loves hers. Kindle Fire has limited apps, but big deal. Both do what they’re meantto do.
Me...? I bought myself a laptop with HDMI output so I can watch Hulu shows on my flat screen....
There speaks a person who HAS NOT USED ONE. You, JosephMama, do not know what you are talking about... you have not compared the experience of the tablets you are recommending with the tablet you claim is "purely a status symbol."
Get an IPOD, go to www,Audibles.com and buy some books and listen while you go about your chores, drive, walk, work out, whatever. Enjoy life and your collection of books, which you own.
I’m with you.
I like my iPad and have bought about 30 books on it ... but, aside from an iPad, the Kindle Fire would be my choice. Agreed that Amazon has a real edge in many digital areas.
Since you've read the online reviews, I don't need to elaborate the plus/minus of each. But you can ask me directly question you have. Hopefully I can help.
Even the higher-tech solution involves nothing more than following directions carefully. I rooted and upgraded my wife's Nook color in about an hour.
If you want an even less expensive alternative, which is what I did for myself, you can find a cheap Pandigital White Novel (not the black one, make sure it's the white) and upgrade that to android 2.1. they are working on a newer, stable verion of gingerbread now but it's not quite ready yet. The Pandigital cost me $70 from Newegg during a Cyber Monday special.
The downside of rooting your Nook color is that it voids the warranty, which really isn't much of a big deal. If you are worried about things like that then the first solution I offered is for you because everything is done off of the SD card. Take out the card and your Nook is exactly like it was the day it came to you.
Do Google searches for rooting and you will find loads of information.
BTW, the Kindle Fire is really a pig og a tablet but is still popular due to agressive marketing. I'd avoid it but that's just one person's opinion.
buy the one that doesn’t run that stoopid annoying blonde and the GeedTard selling some tablet.
“Better to receive than give...”
I hate that commercial!
“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.”
This is wrong. Please do just a little due diligence before posting.
Really? Publishers aren’t moving towards renting books?
http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2011/0912/Amazon-moves-toward-a-Netflix-for-books
The simple fact is that there may be more money to rent books then sell them.
If you sell them, you sell them once. However, if you rent them out, you can get the customer to rent them again, especially textbooks or other reference material.
What are you mostly wanting to do with it?
If you are mostly reading books, the eInk display on the regular Kindles are what you should stick with.
If this is primarily to be a tablet for browsing the Internet, I have no strong opinion either way on those two devices.
Which one displays PDF best? Can either display protected PDFs?
I bought a plain Nook Touch a few months back. I do a lot of reading in varible light and outdoors in good weather. E-Ink is basic for that use and not a reader imitating a tablet. If I break down later and get an Ipad to parallel my Ipod which holds my music and movies, I can get the Nook App and read books from my Nook Touch, on my Ipad if I wish.
If you want one device that can do it all, get the IPad and a 4G account either with the Ipad or as a carry along hotspot device. However, for me, the E-Ink is the absolutely necessary
You must not have ever used an iPad. My IP1 has 60 books (1/2 Amazon, 1/2 iBook), a slick app for free rentals from my local library, a document manager app that allows me to carry around about 1000 pages worth of technical journals that used to occupy it’s own separate brief case, 1500 or so photos, a complete set of construction documents for the home I am building, 3 email accounts, 2 calendars, a shared drop box with my house contractor that shows me progress reports, photographs, and budget status.
It has never crashed, never failed in anyway, the battery lasts all day, all for 499.00.
Status symbol? Try indispensable.
I have both the original Kindle,(which still works great), and the new Kindle Fire.
I like the Fire because I can access all of the books I have purchased for my original kindle and well as surfing Free Republic. I have watched various TV downloads on the Fire. Mostly National Geographic stuff. The viewing quality is very good and the sound is quite adequate through the built-in speakers. Using headphones is superior though.
My major reason for going with electronic books though is convenience of storage. On the Fire I have over 500 books. It takes up minimal space. In the Garage I have over 2000 books that take up large amounts of space. Since I moved to a smaller home I no longer have the space for a dedicated library/office I used to have.
So because of that the Kindle allows me to indulge in my love of reading. I also don’t like renting a book once it gets into my hands it is there forever ;-).
Now drawbacks to the Kindle Fire. Hmmm, well I think the screen is a little to touch sensitive, and I have to charge it every night. It’s slightly heavier than my original kindle or my wife’s Kindle II, but with that being said I don’t notice any fatigue with using it for long hours.
Bottom line? I like it, it was a good purchase and I am pleased with it. If you are looking for more functionality than a media display device for books, videos or music then the Kindle fire is not for you, but if you are using it for those things exclusively? Yes, it’s a good purchase.
I have a 2nd gen kindle with 3g — great for international travel, batteries last forever on long trips, very light. But also have Kindle (and Nook) on iphone and ipad. I resisted getting an ipad but now have one and love it. One way or the other, ebooks are wonderful. I buy antique or special “keeper” books on paper though.
The numbers of books available are not great, but they have lending libraries for electronic books now. I just rented and read one this past week. For free.
I also have been able to rent my last two books for college classes. They aren’t classes that I needed to keep the books for beyond the class, so I really liked the reduced fee and not needing to keep up with the book or resell it.
I like Kindle Fire. I’m using it now.
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