Day 38 of 1000
I LOVE my Barnes and Noble Nook Color. It is easy to read, easy to program, easy to buy books, easy, easy, easy. It is not perfect. Email and web browsing is not particularly convenient. Still, I have found that my Nook Color is perfect for my treadmill time and walks in the neighborhood. It was, by far, the best Android Tablet deal on the market when I bought it this summer for $249 in Oregon (No sales tax!). I really want to support Barnes and Noble, too. It has been suggested that Barnes and Noble is our only hope as a national, bricks and mortar bookstore chain, so I want to buy my eBooks from them.
Amazon is making that a lot harder. Their new Kindle Fire is very close to the same size as the Nook Color, but with a lower price ($199) and a better processor. It does not appear to be jail broken yet, but it was just announced yesterday and will not start shipping to customers until November. It runs Android, so I assume it is just a matter of time before lots of people will be programming this thing. I have buddies inside the development effort at Amazon, have actually had a phone interview with some of the people who develop this device, and know they have staffed up to own this market. They have thrown a ton of resources at this product line. Those resources include some very good developers, some of them with skills to develop things that are not already in the Kindle Fire. I am a vision engineer and work with cameras. The kinds of people I know who work at Kindle have complementary skill sets. That the Kindle Fire does not have any cameras was a little bit of a surprise to me given what I know about who is working there. Could a camera enabled Amazon tablet with new and innovative functionality be on the drawing board. I am pretty suspicious.
This is going to force the hands of both Barnes and Noble and Apple. Both of them have a lot to lose if this Kindle Fire is a success. Barnes and Noble for the previously stated reasons and Apple because Amazon has a lot more and a lot better stuff to sell on their tablet than is available for the iPad. That is especially true as more capable tablets continue to roll out from Amazon with cameras and other interesting sensing and input devices.
I hope in the future the fire does have a camera because i will get it if it does. I was thinking about getting one, but because it doesnt have a camera i am getting an ipod touch.
We actually like the new Nook Color better than the Kindle Fire, but would really like a pad with a camera, too. I think that problem will be solved in both devices very shortly.
I really hope do because I was hoping to get one .
I am actully going to get a kindle fire instead of a ipod touch because it is better and bigger and bigger is better!! hahaha
That would be our choice, too, but we really prefer the new Nook over the fire.
I will check it out. Do you have a nook
Yes we have one and are getting another for my 80 year old mother. We like the Nook Color a lot.
Do you need wifi for games, texting, or etc.
The only way you can get online with the Nook Color is with wifi.
Ok thanks also does it have a camera
Not yet. I think that is going to be the next generation (coming pretty soon) for both the Kindle and the Nook.
O that sound great!!!!! I can’t wait. Would you recomend the kindle fire or the ipad?
for christmas i got the kindle fire! It is working great! It semms fast to me. The only thing that bothers me is that you can not get text free 8(. You can get textplus. You can’t call on text plus 8(.
The Kindle Fire surely seems to be a great product. I love my look for now, but am waiting on pins and needles for the next generation to come out.
yes, very much me to. Yesterday it wouldn’t turn on neither this morning. It is working now but alot of my apps say plase buy again. I dont want to waste my money
tara
Personally, I havve the.kindle.fire.
I love it.
Works absolutly fantastic.just like promised.
Nooks are alright, but my friend doesn’t really like hers. Its very slow.
We have not seen the speed problem at all with the Nook Color at all.
the kindle fire is awesome