I bought the iPad 1 and the Kindle Fire on their respective launch dates. IMHO, the original iPad was awesome. The kindle Fire should not be placed in the same

I bought the iPad 1 and the Kindle Fire on their respective launch dates. IMHO, the original iPad was awesome. The kindle Fire should not be placed in the same category. The iPad 1 worked very well for my use cases (main one was an instant-on, reliable web browser). At the time, no other device offered me that capability. And I tried many options. For this use case, the original iPad is fine. I have yet to upgrade to the iPad 2/3 (my wife has the latest one and she uses it for web browsing and games). The thing about the Kindle Fire is that I now don't trust Amazon enough to buy a product from them on launch day. This is a big deal because I have (used to have?) very high regard for Amazon. They broke my trust. Apple still retains that trust btw. They mess up badly too (iTunes is a train wreck) but have a better batting average. Google does not (I got burned with the Nexus One and Google TV).