Re:Amazon Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2
by Turing_Machine on Monday December 19, 2011 @11:15PM
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Personally I own both, enjoy and use both, and think that comparing the two is a mug's game. They're aimed at completely different use cases.
Is it really worthy of so much virtual ink (not just in the linked article, everywhere) to note that a $200 device is slower and less capable than a $500 device? What in the world were you expecting?
That said, Amazon needs to get its act together wrt developers. That process needs a LOT of improvement.
Re:Amazon Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2
by sardonicbryan on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @03:02AM
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All this is is the author reaffirming his normative value judgments. I could just as easily compare iPad2 unfavorable with my Toshiba netbook...
Price: $230 (with RAM upgrade) vs. $500
Apps: The entire internet and every piece of Windows software vs. 500K apps
Features: A keyboard that lets me type emails and chat with people and type posts on Hacker News vs. a virtual keyboard that's good... relative to other virtual keyboards
Accessories: Doesn't require accessories to protect it vs. Often used with an expensive case
Apps part 2: Excel and Exchange vs. no Excel/Exchange, so that I need another device to respond to work
Re:Amazon Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2
by rapcal on Monday December 19, 2011 @10:50PM
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I don't know if you noticed, but even after calling it garbage, he uses an affiliate link pointing to the Kindle Fire at Amazon :) Like saying "well, if you're that stupid I want a piece of your wallet too!"
Re:Amazon Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2
by phamilton on Monday December 19, 2011 @10:51PM
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I've used it, and I didn't mind it.
I'm not an iPad owner nor do I ever plan on shelling out $500 for a consumption device. $200 on the other hand is low enough for me to seriously consider it.
Re:Amazon Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2
by garrickvanburen on Monday December 19, 2011 @11:07PM
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I've had the iPad, and currently have the HP TouchPad and Amazon Fire. Of the 3 I prefer the Fire. By a long shot. I find the 7" size far more portable than the larger tablet sizes.
Is it really worthy of so much virtual ink (not just in the linked article, everywhere) to note that a $200 device is slower and less capable than a $500 device? What in the world were you expecting?
That said, Amazon needs to get its act together wrt developers. That process needs a LOT of improvement.
Price: $230 (with RAM upgrade) vs. $500 Apps: The entire internet and every piece of Windows software vs. 500K apps Features: A keyboard that lets me type emails and chat with people and type posts on Hacker News vs. a virtual keyboard that's good... relative to other virtual keyboards Accessories: Doesn't require accessories to protect it vs. Often used with an expensive case Apps part 2: Excel and Exchange vs. no Excel/Exchange, so that I need another device to respond to work
etc. etc.
Oh, those entrepreneurs...
I'm not an iPad owner nor do I ever plan on shelling out $500 for a consumption device. $200 on the other hand is low enough for me to seriously consider it.