Wehave finally reached a watershed moment in the world of Android tablets: Amazonwith its new Kindle Fire and Barnes Noble with its new Nook Tablet are finallygiving the Apple iPad a run for its money.
It'sclear that both Amazon and BN realize that the way to successfully compete with Apple is to offer a great user interface,easy access to content and a lower price than the iPad. It's no longer possiblefor manufacturers to simply offer the basic Android tablet user interface andlet the user figure out where to find useful content.
The Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet integrate proprietary user interfaces on top ofAndroid. Both integrate access to rich media content. Both have TexasInstruments dual-core 1GHz processors and 7-inch bright color displays (1,024 by600). Both decode HD video (up to 1080p and 720p Flash) and render it at 1,024by 600. Both are aggressively priced-$199 for the Kindle Fire and $249 for theNook Tablet.
TheVerge and Geek each provides a good comparative review of the features of the twotablets. The main difference in the hardware is that the Nook Tablet has an SDslot and 16GB of internal storage versus no slot and 8GB of storage in theKindle Fire.
Irecently tested a Kindle Fire and found it a delight. The Kindle Fire doesn'tcome with a user's manual, but does welcome you with a short on-screentutorial. You just turn it on and start navigating through the options toaccess content. If you are a current Amazon customer, the device comespreregistered to you with all of the content you've previously purchasedwaiting for you in your libraries.
Accessto the Amazon Appstore for Android is there, but the device "screams out"to the user to easily swipe through IMDb for movies, Pulse for news, Facebook,the full online Amazon store or any category tabs, giving access to millions ofbooks, music, magazines, apps, games, videos and Web access via Amazon's cloud-basedSilk browser.
AmazonPrime, a value-add service that sells for $79 per year but that every KindleFire customer receives as a free 30-day trial, provides free streaming access tomovies, music and TV shows. It also provides access to more than 5,000 books,including New York Times best sellers, from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library-and,of course, free, two-day shipping for "physical" (versus digital)products purchased through the store.You can set up email on the KindleFire, but it's located down a few levels.
Amazonneeds to relocate the Power button from the bottom
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