Kindle Fire Vs Nook Tablet

Where to by kindle. The Kindle Fire has caused quite a stir in the tablet market because it looks like there is finally a decent tablet from a major brand that is actually affordable. The price point of $199 makes it far more attractive than the alternatives like the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Motorola Xoom and of course the iPad which are all priced at the $500 mark.

You need to be clear about what the Kindle Fire is and what purpose it serves. Amazon has created the device, which they sell at a loss, to get people to consume their vast library of music, movies, TV shows, apps and of course ebooks. There isn't really any other reason for the Kindle Fire, it's a pure consumption device.

Price of ipad. Both tablets come with the same Texas Instruments dual core processor clocked at 1 GHz, it could have been clocked faster but we think that would have reduced the battery life too much. They both have similar 7 inch screens which have 1024x600 resolutions with 169 pixels per inch. This small form factor makes them easier to hold for longer durations than a larger tablet like the iPad or Galaxy Tab and makes them more suitable for lounging around watching a movie.

The Kindle Fire as a media consumption device is where this tablet really comes in to its own because you can instantly access over 18 million movies, TV shows, apps, games, songs, books, newspapers, audio books, magazines and docs from the Kindle Store. The content is available on demand and streams automatically via your wifi connection and with Amazon Instant Video you get access to over 100,000 movies and TV shows to download and watch whenever you want. This means that from just $0.99 per movie you can download it and watch it for 30 days and if you need to catch up on last night's TV show it's just $1.99 to watch it immediately.

Where to buy a nook. As an eReader the Kindle Fire performs as well as any other tablet device but it can't be compared to a dedicated eReading device like the Kindle Touch which uses the advanced e-Ink displays. The backlit LCD screen will start to hurt your eyes after a while so if you are planning on buying the Kindle Fire as your primary electronic reading device you might want to explore the other Kindle options. However if you can foresee yourself only doing casual reading, maybe one hour at a time then the Kindle Fire works very well.

Of course, as with all things made by Apple, the interface and usability on the iPad is that little bit more refined and polished. Some users have notice small lags or a juttering on the Kindle Fire when trying to access some apps or visual effects like the turning of the page on the Kindle ebook software lack some of the beauty and grace you get on an Apple product.

Finally, in terms of hardware available, there is no way the Kindle Fire can compete with the iPad. It doesn't have Bluetooth (annoying if you want to hook up a set of speakers or use a Bluetooth keyboard), GPS (so no location based apps), no camera, no SD card slot, no microphone and no accelerometer.

Many different tech blogs have done tear downs of both devices and one thing that is apparent is that while Amazon have barely touched the default designs and circuitry, the Nook Tablet has done some extensive under the hood modifications, possibly to squeeze as much power out of the hardware as possible. This probably explains why B&N claim the Nook Tablet has a battery life of over 11 hours compared to Kindle Fire's 8 hours.

The 7 inch screen is bright and even packs more pixels per inch than the larger tablets like the iPad which makes reading books and watching movies easy on the eyes. If you are using the excellent new Silk browser to surf the web you will find that there is a small trade off though as you may have to zoom in on some websites to read the content clearly but the simple and accurate hand gestures means this doesn't become too much of an issue. The Kindle Fire also has the added benefit of supporting Flash which means that all the video sharing sites like YouTube, Facebook and others are accessible unlike on iPad where you can only watch HTML5 videos online.

All in all, if you just want a small device for consuming media that is bigger than your smartphone but far less expensive than the more powerful tablets then the Amazon Kindle Fire is the perfect choice. It's not as cumbersome to carry around as an iPad and the movie and book experience is far better than any smartphone.