-- Kindle Fire
key points--PROS
- it's $199
- nice size and a surprisingly good display
- it's tough
- it comes with a month of Amazon Prime
- web browsing is pretty good
- would make a great kid's tablet
- it's $199
CONS
- it's not an iPad
- feels a bit laggy if you forget it only cost you $199
- limited app store
The first thing I have to say on this subject is that you shouldn't compare this to an iPad directly. They are vastly different products and should be thought of as such.
The Kindle Fire costs $199. This is a huge point. That's a fraction of the cost of an iPad and that needs to be considered when looking at what it can and can't do.
It comes with a free month of Amazon Prime. Amazon Prime lets you stream movies and TV shows on the Kindle Fire and gives you free two day shipping on Amazon.com. It also lets you check out one book at a time from some selections from the Kindle library. Prime is actually a pretty neat service and I'm considering continuing to maintain the service at its annual price of $79. I watch a lot of TV and it seems like Amazon prime has some pretty good exclusive content. Plus if you're in the market to make some big purchases (physically big) this might be a good reason to pick up the Kindle Fire because it could potentially save you quite a lot in shipping costs.
As for the device itself I think my favorite part is the size. It is large enough to comfortably read and watch movies or TV shows but it is small enough to fit in my back pocket. Plus this thing seems pretty rugged. It has Gorilla Glass and I haven't found a need for a screen protector yet and I must say I haven't treated it delicately. I must also say that the display is pretty darn impressive for a $199 tablet. I think a lot of parents will be or have already gotten one of these for their kids. There was an issue in the beginning with kids auto-purchasing content and racking up credit card bills but that has been resolved now that you can require a password for purchasing things.
Really, the intent of the Kindle Fire is to be a storefront to the world of Amazon. I can't really comment on e-books since I'm not an avid reader. But I must say it streams the heck out of Netflix.
You can get a lot of apps that are commonly found on the Android AppStore but I must say I am a little disappointed that the selection isn't as complete as I would like. It seems pretty clear that they want to keep you locked into Amazon products so they limit the selection. You won't find your Google apps here without finding a way to side load them onto it.
Web browsing is pretty good. Not great, but good. It's clunky at times but really that's all about whatever website you get to. It will do Flash content, but it tends to feel strained. Again it's $199.
Also if you're a geek, you can root this thing and put android on it which is pretty. eat, but wai until your Prime trial ends because that will break.
CONS
- it's not an iPad
- feels a bit laggy if you forget it only cost you $199
- limited app store
The first thing I have to say on this subject is that you shouldn't compare this to an iPad directly. They are vastly different products and should be thought of as such.
The Kindle Fire
costs $199. This is a huge point. That's a fraction of the cost of an iPad and that needs to be considered when looking at what it can and can't do.It comes with a free month of Amazon Prime. Amazon Prime lets you stream movies and TV shows on the Kindle Fire
and gives you free two day shipping on Amazon.com. It also lets you check out one book at a time from some selections from the Kindle library. Prime is actually a pretty neat service and I'm considering continuing to maintain the service at its annual price of $79. I watch a lot of TV and it seems like Amazon prime has some pretty good exclusive content. Plus if you're in the market to make some big purchases (physically big) this might be a good reason to pick up the Kindle Fire because it could potentially save you quite a lot in shipping costs.As for the device itself I think my favorite part is the size. It is large enough to comfortably read and watch movies or TV shows but it is small enough to fit in my back pocket. Plus this thing seems pretty rugged. It has Gorilla Glass and I haven't found a need for a screen protector yet and I must say I haven't treated it delicately. I must also say that the display is pretty darn impressive for a $199 tablet. I think a lot of parents will be or have already gotten one of these for their kids. There was an issue in the beginning with kids auto-purchasing content and racking up credit card bills but that has been resolved now that you can require a password for purchasing things.
Really, the intent of the Kindle Fire
is to be a storefront to the world of Amazon. I can't really comment on e-books since I'm not an avid reader. But I must say it streams the heck out of Netflix.You can get a lot of apps that are commonly found on the Android AppStore but I must say I am a little disappointed that the selection isn't as complete as I would like. It seems pretty clear that they want to keep you locked into Amazon products so they limit the selection. You won't find your Google apps here without finding a way to side load them onto it.
Web browsing is pretty good. Not great, but good. It's clunky at times but really that's all about whatever website you get to. It will do Flash content, but it tends to feel strained. Again it's $199.
Also if you're a geek, you can root this thing and put android on it which is pretty. eat, but wai until your Prime trial ends because that will break.
All in all, for $199 it's pretty neat-o!
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