NextGen Media Tablets?

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07 Nov 2011, 11:09 pm

So, I was really excited when I heard about the Kindle Fire, but then I heard more...

The Fire is limited to 8GB total storage and every aspect of its design seems calculated to make it completely dependent on Amazon for support and content. The Fire is being touted as the budget alternative to the iPad, but Amazon's totalitarian, proprietary marketing strategy is MUCH TOO APPLE for me!

No Fire for me, thanks... :roll:

But then, I saw this! Yo, CLICKITY!

Compared to the Fire, Barnes & Noble's latest Nook looks pretty sexy:

Both are wi-fi--meh, it will do.

Processors: both are dual core

Fire: 1GHz OMAP4 processor with 512MB of RAM

Nook: 1.2GHz OMAP4 processor with 1GB of RAM

Content:

Fire: Books, music, movies, games/apps all tied to Amazon's store. Also a proprietary web browser... :roll:

Nook: Books from B&N, music, movies, etc from Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, etc...

Memory:

Fire: 8GB plus Amazon's Cloud service.

Nook: 16GB built-in, plus an SD card slot!

Flexibility:

Fire is designed to be closed and totally slaved to Amazon.com

Nook is already pretty open and easily rooted to run android, turning it into (I'm told) a nice little general purpose tablet!

Price:

Fire: $199.00

Nook: $249.00

Bottom line:

Nook pushes Fire's face into the ground and makes it eat dirt.

Any thoughts in general are welcome, and any thoughts on rooting the nook to run android are even more welcome!! !!

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09 Nov 2011, 3:15 pm

PC World Says: Nook Tablet Is the Value Tablet to Beat
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Quote:

... the Nook Tablet's low price will make it appealing to both e-reader and tablet shoppers. In fact, it is priced low enough to potentially sway consumers who might have been considering an iPad 2, which has a larger display, but also costs twice the price. With its competitive price and beefy specs, other so-called "value" tablet makers (that includes Amazon and its Kindle Fire tablet) should be running for the hills right about now.

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I liked how the Nook software evolved in keeping with the Nook Tablet's alignment into the more broad tablet universe. You can now access apps and Netflix viewing history and recommendations from the home screen, a move that's both convenient and logical, given how Nook Tablet aims to embrace its full potential from the get-go this time.

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it still lacks many tablet features and access to the wide swath of apps on the Android Market.

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[However] through B&N's store, you'll get apps that are specifically tailored for use on a 7-inch tablet without a camera or GPS or phone, for example. In practice, this is actually a pleasant switch-up from the messy Android Market experience (hint, Google: Please fix the Market), from which I've downloaded plenty of apps onto 7-inch tablets only to have them crash and force-close on me or not stretch properly to fit the tablet's screen.

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While B&N clearly missed a few opportunities to forge ahead of the pack, these omissions were trade-offs that were likely made in the name of achieving the Nook Tablet's attractive price. And attractive it is: At $249, the Nook Tablet is a veritable bargain compared with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus (shipping now) and the Thrive 7” (shipping in December), both $399.

This is sounding better and better. As a matter of fact, it might not even need rooting to "full android" (but I'll probably build an SD card for booting in android anyway :wink:

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I think this will be my x-mas present to myself this year...
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18 Nov 2011, 6:05 am

There are already several video tutorials on YouTube showing how to turn the Fire into a standard Android Tablet. It doesn't look quick or easy, though. (Writing this on my Fire.)

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18 Nov 2011, 11:43 am

For reading, you NEED an E-ink display tablet. Not a tablet with a colorful LCD screen running andriod. You feel almost no fatigue reading from an ink screen, relative to an LCD screen.
Also, they are significantly better for reading in well-lit places (or when outside; or glare from window).

For a tablet-pc, book reading is a gimmick feature not to consider seriously.

This becomes even more of an issue if you have the aspie tendancy to be light sensitive.

Only modern Oled LCD screens, are significantly less straining to look at. This I would choose over an E-ink reader for E-books. However, things like the Iphone 4S has only a 3.5inch screen. Small, but still very comfortable to look at. (the Ipad does not have this screen; the Ipad3, apple is still deciding whether to put one or not).

Just to clarify, OLED LCD are different than LED LCD. The "O" is important.

OLED while comfortable to look at, do have a problem against sunlight glare when reading outside. Where the E-ink screen still beats it.

Now to go to the level of bullsh!ting reasons; that may hold some grounds of reason.
LCD screen's backlighting is very good at activating your brain to recognize it as day-time like light. Keeping you up longer when reading before you sleep. An E-ink reader won't keep you awake.
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Now after my huge tangent. The $99 HP-tablet is the best value right now. Though it runs the operating system called "Web-OS". Web-OS haws a flash-functioning web browser. Also, the HP-tablet can have android OS installed into it and then you can dual-boot; though you have to be able to follow online instructions on how to do that.
There is a kindle app for the Web-OS. Don't know about a nook app.

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