Amazon Fire

[porsche4life]

Amazon announced it yesterday, who is ordering one?

Amazon Just Won The Android Tablet Wars With The $199 Kindle Fire | TechCrunch

It really looks good to me, but I would want the 3g capability of the higher $ tablets... I'd give $299 for a 3G fire in a heartbeat...

[teenerted1]

that screen size 7" is too small for me to be interested in. less than double the size of the screen on my smart phone.
ipads have a 9+" screen and the xoom is 10+" so if the Fire gets them to lower their prices then i might get whatever verizon will have on their list of compatable droid tablets.

[Teutonics]

I'm in for one.

I'm an oddball and don't like the iPad because it is too big to be easily portable (for me at least) and I don't need the larger screen size. I have the current Kindle and find it to be a really good size. The Fire is a good compromise at a great price.

3g would be nice, although I don't know how Amazon could continue the current 3g support (free almost anywhere in the world) without charges on an effective browsing device.

[fuelie600]

The problem is it loses the Kindle's best feature in readability. I have both Kindle and iPad and prefer reading on the kindle. The e-ink screen is great.
Also, the iPad's apps will keep it on top of the market for the foreseeable future.

[AirKuhl]

I read on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and it looks fine, no eyestrain. I can adjust the colors and brightness and all that, I find that a slightly dimmer than normal black text on sepia background is pretty easy on the eyes. Although I agree that for just reading the e-ink is even better.

I don't anyone wants or needs iPads to go away. Someday, just like the current smartphone and PC markets, Apple will own a few percent at the profitable end of the market and everyone is happy.

I'm looking forward to some hands-on time with the Sony S2, I think a folding screen if implemented well can be the best of all worlds, fits in a pocket yet magazine size screen.

My biggest problem with the Amazon Fire is the unfortunate name.

[gtc]

It seems to be about the size of a mass-market paperback book, which I doubt is a coincidence.
That seems like a convenient size to me - maybe small enough to stuff in a jacket pocket. My droid is a little small to read on, and ipads are too large to be convenient. Plus I dislike the ipad's housing - too round and slippery IMO.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by teenerted1

that screen size 7" is too small for me to be interested in. less than double the size of the screen on my smart phone.
ipads have a 9+" screen and the xoom is 10+" so if the Fire gets them to lower their prices then i might get whatever verizon will have on their list of compatable droid tablets.

I have a SumSung Galaxy (7") and a ViewSonic G-Tablet. The 7" feels a lot better. You can one hand the thing unlike the 10" tablets. Try them both for a while.

The 7" is about 3 times the size of my old HTC HD2. Most people I've shown the Galaxy prefer the slightly smaller size.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by red-beard

The 7" feels a lot better. You can one hand the thing unlike the 10" tablets. Try them both for a while.

Agreed

[teenerted1]

do we want to know what the other hand is doing

[red-beard]

Typing

[Hugh R]

I'll stick with my iPad 1 for the time being. Between it and my wife's mini notebook, I'm covered.

[widebody911]

The 7" feels a lot better

That's what she said.

The 7" is about 3 times the size of my

I just bought an HP TouchPad at the employee fire sale yesterday. $99