Now that Amazon is ready to release the new line of Kindles including the tablet Kindle Fire, it's time to ask "which do I buy?".
The publicity is on the Fire, but is that the best choice? It depends what you are looking for. If you want a small, convenient tablet to watch movies & play games, yeah, probably. But note that it probably isn't as good as an iPad. If you want an e-reader, no it's the wrong choice. All the other Kindle's use e-ink. This is a format that reads like regular books. It's easy on the eyes with little strain. The Fire uses IPS, which is a variation on the typical LCD screen your computer monitor has.
I regularly get severe eye strain if I am on my computer for as little as an hour. Note that Apple's all new iBook store has not beat out the Kindle store despite the iPads popularity. This means people are not using it as an e-reader. This means they discovered what I just said: hard on the eyes. Therefore Kindle Fire buyers will be using it like iPad users do. Movies, TV, music, games.
So if you want an e-reader you want the Kindle, the Kindle Touch or the keyboard model. Now do you want Wi-Fi or 3G? Well, do you have Wi-Fi at home? If not you have to go somewhere that does, like the mall, to download books. That means risking your account being hacked. Sorry, don't like that idea at all. What they really need to do is have a cable that connects to your computer so you can buy books from Amazon & then sync them to your Kindle like an iPod. Why they don't do this amazes me. Maybe this is to force you to buy the 3G version which is 50 bucks more. Gee, who would have thought of that?
So it's up to you. I'm debating. Of course I could just make an account with Audible, which allows you to buy audio books & put them on your iPod. Meaning you don't have to buy another piece of tech, or I assume just listen on your computer.
The publicity is on the Fire, but is that the best choice? It depends what you are looking for. If you want a small, convenient tablet to watch movies & play games, yeah, probably. But note that it probably isn't as good as an iPad. If you want an e-reader, no it's the wrong choice. All the other Kindle's use e-ink. This is a format that reads like regular books. It's easy on the eyes with little strain. The Fire uses IPS, which is a variation on the typical LCD screen your computer monitor has.
I regularly get severe eye strain if I am on my computer for as little as an hour. Note that Apple's all new iBook store has not beat out the Kindle store despite the iPads popularity. This means people are not using it as an e-reader. This means they discovered what I just said: hard on the eyes. Therefore Kindle Fire buyers will be using it like iPad users do. Movies, TV, music, games.
So if you want an e-reader you want the Kindle, the Kindle Touch or the keyboard model. Now do you want Wi-Fi or 3G? Well, do you have Wi-Fi at home? If not you have to go somewhere that does, like the mall, to download books. That means risking your account being hacked. Sorry, don't like that idea at all. What they really need to do is have a cable that connects to your computer so you can buy books from Amazon & then sync them to your Kindle like an iPod. Why they don't do this amazes me. Maybe this is to force you to buy the 3G version which is 50 bucks more. Gee, who would have thought of that?
So it's up to you. I'm debating. Of course I could just make an account with Audible, which allows you to buy audio books & put them on your iPod. Meaning you don't have to buy another piece of tech, or I assume just listen on your computer.
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