I've read all the threads and posts about e-readers and well, I'm still confused. Rick told me that Santa will give me the Nook Tablet or the Kindle Fire. I'm leaning toward the Nook. Here's why.....
To read books and magazines
To surf the web
Email, but only to a certain extent
To use apps
To play Angry Birds
and some of the other games that I enjoy playing.
I know that the Kindle Fire essentially has more storage space than the Nook. The Nook has more GC of space, but most of it is reserved for B & N books only....only 1 GB can be used for other items. That's kind of stupid, IMO. (But I could always grab a SD card for more storage, I guess. But that's on top of the $50 we'd already be paying extra just for the Nook.) Then again, the Nook has more RAM than the Fire.
I read that the Kindle's surface is a bit slippery, compared to the Nook Tablet. I do think the Nook just looks better than the Kindle Fire. Not sure how the Kindle's touch screen works, if it actually works better than the Nook.
Some of B & N's apps cost money, but can be found free on Amazon. But then again, there's Amazon Prime, which is really good for the Fire.....but I don't currently have Amazon Prime and it seems a little pricy at $79 per year.
I'm not going to use it for music and I doubt I'd be using it for video either. But you never know.
On another board I frequent, people seem to like Kindle Fire. Their reasoning is that Amazon is bigger than B & N and they trust Amazon more.
See what I mean? Is it any wonder people are confused? (Heck, maybe I'd just be better off hitting the library every week!)
To read books and magazines
To surf the web
Email, but only to a certain extent
To use apps
To play Angry Birds
I know that the Kindle Fire essentially has more storage space than the Nook. The Nook has more GC of space, but most of it is reserved for B & N books only....only 1 GB can be used for other items. That's kind of stupid, IMO. (But I could always grab a SD card for more storage, I guess. But that's on top of the $50 we'd already be paying extra just for the Nook.) Then again, the Nook has more RAM than the Fire.
I read that the Kindle's surface is a bit slippery, compared to the Nook Tablet. I do think the Nook just looks better than the Kindle Fire. Not sure how the Kindle's touch screen works, if it actually works better than the Nook.
Some of B & N's apps cost money, but can be found free on Amazon. But then again, there's Amazon Prime, which is really good for the Fire.....but I don't currently have Amazon Prime and it seems a little pricy at $79 per year.
I'm not going to use it for music and I doubt I'd be using it for video either. But you never know.
On another board I frequent, people seem to like Kindle Fire. Their reasoning is that Amazon is bigger than B & N and they trust Amazon more.
See what I mean? Is it any wonder people are confused? (Heck, maybe I'd just be better off hitting the library every week!)
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