Is it going to be a winner?
Is it going to be a winner?
Definitely a step up from the other Kindles.
It has 8 gb internal storage, but you can keep all of your Amazon content on their cloud drive for free.
Winner. Of course it is not as good as the iPad but it is priced so much lower that it does not need to compete in terms of features and user experience. This will prove to be a popular Christmas present.
I've been happy with my Nook Color since last xmas. They seem to be similar. I'm a big reader so it's awesome to have so many books and magazines in one inexpensive device.
Probably similar/better experience.
the current kinlde is designed to be read - better than the screen.
I think this hits most of the things that an 'ipad' device should do.
I don't think an ipad is a small computer, and neither is the fire.
Sounds like an inexpensive email, browsing, streaming tool.
I will buy one. WiFi is enough as I don't want to spend money on cell minutes.
There is no 3g version so that is all you can buy if you want a fire.
suckit up wrote:
the current kinlde is designed to be read - better than the screen.
I think this hits most of the things that an 'ipad' device should do.
I don't think an ipad is a small computer, and neither is the fire.
Sounds like an inexpensive email, browsing, streaming tool.
I will buy one. WiFi is enough as I don't want to spend money on cell minutes.
Is the Kindle Fire update?
Does anyone on here have a Kindle? If so, how long does it take to download a book? And for movies on the Fire, would you have to download it or just stream it?
I can't answer the second question (I think streaming but not sure), but as to the first -- almost immediately.
The Fire will only work over WiFi and downloading from the web will be MUCH faster than on an iPad connected over WiFi. Their new browser (silk) is much faster than iPad. "Silk employs a “split architecture” that allows the cloud to do much of the heavy lifting in web browsing. The upshot is that on the user end, browsing will go a lot faster and will be hastened further by using predictive technology to pre-cache content that’s likely to be requested by the user. For instance, if you read The New York Times‘s front page, Amazon will pre-cache the Business section because that’s where many people go next. Amazon’s in a great position to launch a browser of this type because it’s already big into the cloud computing business and, as one engineer in the video notes, “our back end has some of the fattest pipes to the Internet that you’ll find.” "http://mashable.com/2011/10/01/silk-smooth-amazon/
kindledude wrote:
Does anyone on here have a Kindle? If so, how long does it take to download a book? And for movies on the Fire, would you have to download it or just stream it?
Ono, is it in your kitchen? Put it out! Stop, drop, and roll,(oxford comma) then reach for the watering can!
OKDOHKAY wrote:
Ono, is it in your kitchen? Put it out! Stop, drop, and roll,(oxford comma) then reach for the watering can!
Ummmm, that sucked.
it's okay, i'm on drugs.
First good thing Amazon has done in a long time.
Their stock is massively overvalued, but this might just be the thing that gets a lot of idiots to buy it so the Hedge Funds can get out.
Long run I like what Amazon has: Cloud, Kindle Fire, and of course everything else.
And of course the Kindle is significantly cheaper than the Ipad and does almost everything the Ipad does.
I still don't get the practicality of tablet computers. It may be a cool piece of hardware in and of itself. But it doesn't replace a PC or notebook computer. Nor does it replace a cell phone. So if you treat those as a sunk cost, a tablet computer is incredibly expensive for little marginal value. Furthermore, strictly as an e-reader the Kindle is better than the I-Pad at a cheaper price.
So no I don't think the Fire will be a winner. But then I don't think the IPad should be a winner either but it apparently is. Although I think a lot of it is just the brand name of Apple. Steve Jobs thinks the IPad is the future, so it must be great.
100000 have already sold. Its a winner.
I have a Kindle and the thing I like about it mostly is the non-glossy, non-backlit screen. It reads much like paper, and in that way it was more like an alternative to a book. I always though it would be nice to have that in color and with a touch screen. But the Nook Color and Kindle Fire have both adopted the same old color LCD screen again. This is a step away from the reader and towards being yet another do-everything personal device which we have enough of IMHO.
From SNL---
Amazon is hoping that it's popular with parents "who always get the wrong thing".
ryan foreman wrote:
I still don't get the practicality of tablet computers. It may be a cool piece of hardware in and of itself. But it doesn't replace a PC or notebook computer. Nor does it replace a cell phone. So if you treat those as a sunk cost, a tablet computer is incredibly expensive for little marginal value. Furthermore, strictly as an e-reader the Kindle is better than the I-Pad at a cheaper price.
So no I don't think the Fire will be a winner. But then I don't think the IPad should be a winner either but it apparently is. Although I think a lot of it is just the brand name of Apple. Steve Jobs thinks the IPad is the future, so it must be great.
Honestly, for what most people do nowadays on the computer, a tablet is perfect. My wife plays online games, uses Facebook, browses the web, watches movies and TV shows, and sends e-mails. She uses a computer to relax and unwind, and for her needs, a tablet is perfect. Until now she's had a laptop. You can bet we'll be ordering a Fire when it comes out.
If you've ever used a Kindle, you'd know why they're so popular as e-readers and why they blow away a laptop/netbook for reading long documents and/or books. Adding a browser, video capability, and applications for the casual computer user is a no brainer. Amazon will have a huge hit with the Fire.
I've had a Nook Color for about a year and I'm pretty happy with it. My Nook is modded, which means its running a version of Android off the removable SD card instead of the installed Nook Software. It basically does what the new kindle does. I usually use it for reading except I have the Nook app, the Kindle app, and the app from my local library installed, so I have several choices. I use it for web-surfing and it can handle Flash, which Ipad can't. I also use it to watch movies from Netflix and play games downloaded from the App Market. I don't have a Google account so I can only download free apps, but most pay apps can be downloaded free from the web strait to the Nook. I occasionally use for work to edit Word files and some lite Excel word or read PDFs all with software I downloaded for free.
If I was going to buy now, I'm not sure if I would get the Kindle or the Nook again. I would probably lean to the Nook, the hack lets you install paid apps for free, so the overall would be cheaper in the long run.
Here's a vid showing just some of the things that a hacked Nook can do.