Amazon Fire

They had me hooked until I saw it didn't have 3G support.

I was interested until I saw another article on The Bookseller about how Amazon want UK and German publishers to give 90% discounts on ebooks for an October promotion. It made me remember how bad a deal that could be for authors (and yet such a good one for Amazon).

I'm not saying that I won't get an ereader at some point but I'm generally a late adopter anyway and Amazon's practices leave a sour taste (not that Apple are any better IMO).

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I admit that the Kindle Touch gives me a bad case of the wants. But there is nothing wrong with my old-school Kindle. I would really like a tablet, but the iPad is out of my price range. And I must have 3G. I can't always get WiFi where I am.

I have a Nook. Not having WiFi has helped me with my spending. Since I have to drive somewhere that has WiFi to buy anything.

I don't think I'm going to get the Fire, since Mr. Grr and I both have Ipads already. If not for that, I probably would because I really like it. But I am ordering one of the 3 new Kindles they announced. I can't help it - I'm a junkie for those things.

Do want. Don't really need a tablet (my phone does everything a tablet can do), but for $200 I can almost justify a new toy.

Still going to read books on my eInk Kindle, though.

Lyra Jean said:

I have a Nook. Not having WiFi has helped me with my spending. Since I have to drive somewhere that has WiFi to buy anything.

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I mostly buy (or download) things on my computer and sideload them to the Nook.

Love the Nook. Will never change to the Kindle if I can help it.

IceCreamEmpress said:

I mostly buy (or download) things on my computer and sideload them to the Nook.

Love the Nook. Will never change to the Kindle if I can help it.

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With you there.

I'd rather send my money to a real bookstore.

IceCreamEmpress said:

I mostly buy (or download) things on my computer and sideload them to the Nook.

Love the Nook. Will never change to the Kindle if I can help it.

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Sheryl Nantus said:

With you there.

I'd rather send my money to a real bookstore.

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I do love my Nook, and I like the whole "buying books from a bookstore" idea. I used to love Amazon, but the more it's grown into every consumer category imaginable, the more I find myself inclined to go elsewhere. The Fire does look cool though.

Namatu said:

I used to love Amazon, but the more it's grown into every consumer category imaginable, the more I find myself inclined to go elsewhere. The Fire does look cool though.

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Well...they are the 'Walmart' of the eCommerce.

Just read somewhere that the $79 and $149 Kindles have advertising. How much screen real estate does the ad take over, I wonder. Will it interrupt reading as well?

jinkang said:

Well...they are the 'Walmart' of the eCommerce.

Just read somewhere that the $79 and $149 Kindles have advertising. How much screen real estate does the ad take over, I wonder. Will it interrupt reading as well?

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I've got one of the $114 "w/ads" Kindles. They don't show on the reading screens at all. The ads are screensavers, and there's a small (maybe inch-inch and a half tall) banner add on the menu screen.

IceCreamEmpress said:

I mostly buy (or download) things on my computer and sideload them to the Nook.

Love the Nook. Will never change to the Kindle if I can help it.

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Sheryl Nantus said:

With you there.

I'd rather send my money to a real bookstore.

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Namatu said:

I do love my Nook, and I like the whole "buying books from a bookstore" idea. I used to love Amazon, but the more it's grown into every consumer category imaginable, the more I find myself inclined to go elsewhere. The Fire does look cool though.

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I just wish Nook had 3G. Of course, I am not sure how much I need 3G and how much I want it in case I might need it one day. It sounds dandy to have.

I just don't buy anything with Apple on it, out of pure spite.

But I DO want a Fire. I have a Kindle, LOVE it, and Hubby bought it for me for Christmas. I have a Netbook, I have a laptop and a smart phone.

I still want a Fire. And being that my grandmother gave me $200 for my birthday, I think that's what she'll give me. Going to pre-order today. Maybe.

I'm looking at the new eink tablets. I was disappointed by the nook tablet and ended up not buying one.

The pricing really changes the game for me.

tjwriter said:

I just wish Nook had 3G. Of course, I am not sure how much I need 3G and how much I want it in case I might need it one day. It sounds dandy to have.

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Mine does. It's one of the First Edition models - I believe they're selling them off cheap right now...

Okay, so I did it. Pre-ordered. Nov. 15 needs to get here fast!

The new Kindle looks great but i still like the iPad better. I owned the Kindle for a couple weeks then returned it because if I'm spending that much on tablet i wanted more from it. That is just my personal opinion i know many people who have and love their kindle.

Well...that's because a Kindle (the old ones) is/was an ereader and an iPad is a tablet. The color Nook is probably the closest competitor to the Fire,not the iPad, and at $50 cheaper than the Nook, it'll undercut a lot of those holiday sales.

No, it doesn't have 3G. Yes, you need to be wi-fi connected to use the Cloud service (not a big problem for me; usually I just want to read), but the Fire is not a replacement for a computer, it's a step up from an ereader, a mini-tablet if you will. It's a multimedia entertainment device that you can check your email and surf the web with. I can access my Netflix account from it and stream movies, or I can get movies from the Amazon store and stream them - which is just cool.

I don't have the $700 for an iPad, and frankly I think Apple is overhyped. But it words for some, so have at it. I think I'll like having it when I'm stuck in a doctor's office, or my kid is bugging me and wants to play Angry Birds. I KNOW I'll like showing it to my students and seeing their eyes light up when I bring up a full color children's book.

It'll work for me, I think. My son's getting my old Kindle, just as soon as I figure out how to get the naughty books off of it.

I have a Kindle, Wi-fi and 3G, Cost me 189 bucks Candian (I did by a fancy case for it, so it was a little cheaper)
And dammit I wish I would have held off, the Fire looks super cool, and some of you comment that it's not got 3G? I swear in the linky provided it said it did. Either way I hardly use it.
But still, I might have to find someone take my Kindle so I can buy the Fire for Christmas...

But secretly of course I hate amazon lol

No 3G on the Fire, but they are also coming out with a Kindle Touch that DOES have 3G. Not color, though.

3G is so last year.

I don't see a keyboard in any of the pictures of this thing. What good is it if it doesn't have a keyboard? Then it's not a tablet, just a color Kindle.

I'm also curious if you can't read it in direct sunlight like every other electronic device except the eInk eReaders.