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Is this a Kindle killer? I have the original iPad (twas free!), which I've really loved, but the cost is significant compared to the newer 7" tablets. I use th

by Cd00d 14y ago

Is this a Kindle killer? I have the original iPad (twas free!), which I've really loved, but the cost is significant compared to the newer 7" tablets. I use the 3g a ton, but suppose I could fix that with a personal cellular wifi solution. But, being a Kindle (e-ink) user since inception, I've always felt that if it were my dollars talking, I'd go with the Fire. I can't justify the cost of the iPad, but could with the Fire. Anyone who's really in the market look over the specs and have an opinion re: google vs. amazon in the small tablet market? How great is it that these three tech giants are all making desirable media toys? Being a fan and heavy user of all three company's products, I'm happy to see them each working to innovate something more exciting than a browser war.

colkassad 14y ago
If there were a "Trade your Kindle Fire" button on that page I would click it in a second. I like my Kindle Fire but it has issues. I'd kill for just a hardware volume control. It's hard to say without handling one, but my guess is to choose the Nexus over the Fire.
- Cd00d 14y ago
  Thanks for that. I had no idea the Fire lacked a hard volume button. I almost compulsively use the one on my iPad, as I find quantified increments far easier than sliding my fat finger over something my fat finger is blocking.
  - MartinCron 14y ago
    Not only that, but the soft volume controls aren't uniformly available. When you're watching a movie in Netflix, you have to stop the playback to adjust volume, but you can't hear the volume until you start playback again. Just painful. Note: this experience may have been fixed, I haven't used my kindle fire for watching movies in months, for obvious reasons.
    - napillo 14y ago
      What's worse is that flash videos have their own volume control, and some of them default to having volume at half staff, and for some reason, sliding your finger on the (flash) volume bar doesn't adjust the slider at all, it moves the whole webpage around. Really frustrating watching flash videos on an Android device.
    - DiabloD3 14y ago
      Its been fixed upstream by Netflix.... but why didn't you just change the firmware on your Fire to ICS like I did? Standardized soft vol avail everywhere.
      - ConstantineXVI 14y ago
        Because not everyone wants to make up for Amazon's [or any other OEM] R&D failures by wasting hours of their time wiping out their software?
- ippisl 14y ago
  But won't you miss the benefits of amazon prime ?
  - colkassad 14y ago
    I don't have Amazon Prime.
- sandipc 14y ago
  There's also this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?hl=en&id=com.amazon.kindle https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?hl=en&id=com....
7952 14y ago
The lack of 3G is annoying. I keep hoping for a tablet that will sell to business in large volume. 3G is essential for this.
sigkill 14y ago
As an avid Android guy, I have to admit that ONE thing Apple got right was the aspect ratio on the iPad. Even though I have the TF101, it's way more convenient to use the iPad in both portrait and landscape as compared to the Android tablets. And of all the things, I'd thought Amazon would be in on this. What with their Kindles being 4:3 already.

by Cd00d 14y ago

colkassad 14y ago

If there were a "Trade your Kindle Fire" button on that page I would click it in a second. I like my Kindle Fire but it has issues. I'd kill for just a hardware volume control. It's hard to say without handling one, but my guess is to choose the Nexus over the Fire.

Cd00d 14y ago
Thanks for that. I had no idea the Fire lacked a hard volume button. I almost compulsively use the one on my iPad, as I find quantified increments far easier than sliding my fat finger over something my fat finger is blocking.
- MartinCron 14y ago
  Not only that, but the soft volume controls aren't uniformly available. When you're watching a movie in Netflix, you have to stop the playback to adjust volume, but you can't hear the volume until you start playback again. Just painful. Note: this experience may have been fixed, I haven't used my kindle fire for watching movies in months, for obvious reasons.
  - napillo 14y ago
    What's worse is that flash videos have their own volume control, and some of them default to having volume at half staff, and for some reason, sliding your finger on the (flash) volume bar doesn't adjust the slider at all, it moves the whole webpage around. Really frustrating watching flash videos on an Android device.
  - DiabloD3 14y ago
    Its been fixed upstream by Netflix.... but why didn't you just change the firmware on your Fire to ICS like I did? Standardized soft vol avail everywhere.
    - ConstantineXVI 14y ago
      Because not everyone wants to make up for Amazon's [or any other OEM] R&D failures by wasting hours of their time wiping out their software?
ippisl 14y ago
But won't you miss the benefits of amazon prime ?
- colkassad 14y ago
  I don't have Amazon Prime.
sandipc 14y ago
There's also this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?hl=en&id=com.amazon.kindle https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?hl=en&id=com....

7952 14y ago

The lack of 3G is annoying. I keep hoping for a tablet that will sell to business in large volume. 3G is essential for this.

sigkill 14y ago

As an avid Android guy, I have to admit that ONE thing Apple got right was the aspect ratio on the iPad. Even though I have the TF101, it's way more convenient to use the iPad in both portrait and landscape as compared to the Android tablets. And of all the things, I'd thought Amazon would be in on this. What with their Kindles being 4:3 already.