I haven't been keeping up with this stuff at all, but lately I've been interested in getting a tablet for $200 or under. What would be the advantages to getting a Fire over a similarly priced Android tablet? I'm mostly interested in browsing, reading articles (not so much e-books) and watching movies (currently have netflix, may renew my Prime trial membership).
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Amazon Kindle |OT| of eInk superiority
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demon said:
The KF is primarily a media consumption device. Internet browsing, reading books/magazines/comics, watching movies/tv shows, listening to music, and playing apps. It's built around Amazon's content ecosystem, with all of your purchases stored on their cloud. The cloud is everything with the Fire, hence the tiny 8gb storage and no SD card slot. If you don't have wifi at home, and rarely visit places where wifi is freely available, it won't do you much good.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
I got the lighted Kindle Keyboard cover (with my new Kindle). Opened it today and the light doesn't work properly. I clipped my Kindle in all the way (pretty sure at least).
I extend the light out and I have to wiggle it around a while until it comes on. Pretty disappointed. Anyone have a similar experience? Am I being stupid and not doing something right?
I extend the light out and I have to wiggle it around a while until it comes on. Pretty disappointed. Anyone have a similar experience? Am I being stupid and not doing something right?
HiroProtagonist
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If there is no exposed metal and the top prong is pushed up, then you are probably latched in correctly.Fantastical said:
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Huh, I knew about this, but I guess I wasn't doing it fast enough or something. I just pulled it out kind of recklessly and it seems to work that way. I think I was being too careful.Dany M said:
345triangle
Member
demon said:
depends where you're going to use it. i don't think the kindle fire would be as useful on a flight (for example) as an ipad, as you won't be able to load it with too much content before you leave wireless range.
the streaming focus is why there's low capacity which is why there's a focus on streaming. if you're mostly going to use it at home, it should work fine.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Is there anyway to connect to WiFi that requires a username and password? At my university, usually what happens is you try to connect to the network, it doesn't work, you open up an internet browser and type in your username and password and add the device to the network. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem possible with Kindle's web browser. Any way around this?
EDIT: Searched out IT help website and their solution doesn't work. Going to have to take it down to them.
EDIT: Searched out IT help website and their solution doesn't work. Going to have to take it down to them.
Are you not supposed to be able to use the Kindle directly when you get it without charging?
I received my Kindle today and can't turn it on.
When I received it there was a image on it with the Kindle and the usb-cable prompting me to charge it.
I've charged it for an hour at the computer (computer can't find the kindle) and just now decided to plug it in to a wall socket instead.
The image is still there.
I received my Kindle today and can't turn it on.
When I received it there was a image on it with the Kindle and the usb-cable prompting me to charge it.
I've charged it for an hour at the computer (computer can't find the kindle) and just now decided to plug it in to a wall socket instead.
The image is still there.
jayb said:
I don't know, I'm trying to decide whether to cancel my Kindle pre-order and get the Nook Touch instead.
Nook
+Expandable Storage
+Faster page turn
+Longer battery life
+Page turn buttons
Kindle
+Cloud Storage
+X-Ray feature
+I like the UI better
+Have had good experiences with Amazon customer service
They each seem to have pros & cons related to PDF display.
Manics said:
Tried over a minute.
If I press it down when it's charging the yellow light disappears, but reappears again, when I release the button. Nothing comes on screen, just the same picture as before.
If I press down the button when the cable is not plugged in, nothing happens. No light or anything.
I think there must be something wrong with the battery.
Talked to Amazon support but they can't send me a replacement since it's a Special Offers Kindle and I live in Sweden. They must have a US adress.
Bought it from Ebay and have sent a mail to the seller who instructed me to contact Amazon.
Have mailed him back. Amazon has said they could send a replacement to the seller if he contacts them.
edit: this is how it looks:
The seller has got a good reputation and it was a brand new kindle. unopened.Manics said:
http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/agapevarietystore
Hope it turns out OK in the end.
Manics said:
From the software update for Nook Touch that was announced today.
B&N claim that the software update reduces their page turn to 450ms vs 600ms for Kindle. They also doubled their claimed battery life from 2 months at 30 min per day to 2 months at 1 hour per day. Kindle's is 2 months at 30 min per day.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
By default I'd prefer something able to take a micro SD card or something, sure, but for Kindle purposes space shouldn't be much an issue unless you're planning on using it for a ton of comic scans simultaneously or something.
Roude Leiw
Member
are pdfs well readable on the kindle? or do you need to keep fumbling around? like adjusting the zoom and the page borders?
PastorOfMuppets
Banned
Roude Leiw said:
It depends on the size of the PDF. Higher resolutions PDF's are pretty much impossible to read on a Kindle unless you have a DX.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
No.
Marty Chinn
Member
Manics said:
Kindle reports its battery life to be the same as Kindle 3. We know that the Nook Touch had a longer battery life than the Kindle 3. Thus Nook Touch has a longer battery life than the new Kindle.
Fantastical said:
I believe any authentication scheme that requires verifying a matching username and password will not work. Corporate authentication schemes typically require running an authentication protocol at a level higher than common shared key. I believe this is explicitly mentioned in their user manual. This is one of the reasons I would opt for a 3G enabled Kindle. The other reason is that being able to run the experimental browser when your airplane has been diverted from Tokyo to a military base due to an earthquake 20 minutes before it was going to land and is waiting for refueling and figuring out what the hell is going on is priceless.
Marty Chinn
Member
tokkun said:
Why wouldn't you just use your phone or mp3 player at that point? Isn't a Kindle kinda cumbersome to use as an audio player?
Marty Chinn
Member
tokkun said:
What mp3 player do you use? If you use an Apple based one, you can tag them as audio books and they'll only show up in the audio book section and not with the rest of your music.
VistraNorrez
Member
If it's just text PDFs they are readable in landscape mode, but you might as well just convert them. Picture heavy PDFs are not worth it, especially technical manuals and the like.Roude Leiw said:
Marty Chinn
Member
Manics said:
Kindle 3 said 1 month before Nook Touch came out and then magically the Kindle 3 was 2 months as Amazon fudged the numbers to look comparible. It was already proven the Nook Touch had a longer battery life than the Kindle 3 because it could result in more page turns and other measurements. So even with Amazon's fudging of the numbers, the Nook Touch still has the longest battery life even next to the new Kindle.
DiscoJer
Member
Benedict said:
Well, part of the thing about Kindles is they are sort of fragile. Any sort of pressure on the screen will pretty much break it, causing it to freeze on the last screen displayed.
I've heard stories of them breaking just being put in backpacks (naked)
Roude Leiw said:
No. Just no. PDFs on a 6" e-reader are frustrating, and the CPU in e-readers tend to be rather anemic to save on power, so the whole thing is just an exercise in frustration....
Marty Chinn said:
Amazon's doubling came because they changed their estimate from 1 hour a day to 30 minutes a day which matched Nook's old reporting...which is why it is so mystifying that B&B has changed their estimates to be based on 1 hour a day.
It would be an improvement if both companies just switched to reporting in terms of hours of continuous use, though a better situation would be the development of a standard like the CIPA standard for battery use in testing cameras.
outunderthestars
Banned
tokkun said:
Does battery life even matter when it is based in weeks?
Marty Chinn
Member
tokkun said:
Ya, but then after that happened, they came out with stats on the number of page turns each device could do before the battery was depleted. That's much more telling and the Nook came out way ahead. Something like 150 hours vs 50 hours with a page turn every minute. Amazon never disputed those claims.
VistraNorrez
Member
No it doesn't, but it's just one way to show a product is better. My Kindle 2 battery life still impresses me.outunderthestars said:
Here is a video that shows the improvements in page turn speeds for the Nook Touch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QlR2QFAxkk0
I decided to cancel my Kindle Touch pre-order, but won't be ordering a Nook until I've had a chance to read some direct comparison reviews.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QlR2QFAxkk0
I decided to cancel my Kindle Touch pre-order, but won't be ordering a Nook until I've had a chance to read some direct comparison reviews.