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Re:Kindle Fire demand surpasses iPad ahead of launch, could ... by mahyarm on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @03:03PM (#3217142)
A front facing camera would probably be more useful than a back facing one on a tablet.
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Re:Kindle Fire demand surpasses iPad ahead of launch, could ... by dpark on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @04:58PM (#3217642)
Neither is especially useful in my experience. The value proposition is pretty much entirely limited to videochat, which is probably why both cameras on the iPad 2 suck so much for still photography. However, videochat still isn't all that common.
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Re:Kindle Fire demand surpasses iPad ahead of launch, could ... by Tichy on Thursday November 10, 2011 @01:49PM (#3221258)
I never used videochat, until I had a baby. Now being able to chat with the tablet would be great.

Apparently Skype is supposed to work with my Galaxy Tab since yesterday, can't wait to try it out.

Giving a camera-free Kindle to someone from my family for Christmass would be kind of pointless, because then we wouldn't be able to chat...

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