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I want to buy a reader, if I wanted a tablet i would buy an Ipad. I hope they do not replace the simple version. I want to buy it for Christmas.
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No HDMI and no SD card storage, 2 big things missing plus no android market, I think I will look elsewhere.
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My son who lives in the States bought me a Kindle 3G last christmas which has been brilliant. He now wants to buy me a Kindle Fire. From what I have been reading I would not be able access some of the applications in the UK and would it even be compatable here?
I am a complete techno idiot so do not understand much of what is being said on this thread but don't want him spending money on something I would maybe have limited use of. The American Kindle has been fine except for having to use a different adapter. |
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I was thinking of getting a 'Fire', as we are in the USA from 21st to 30th November, but Amazon said that although a majority of the applications would work in the UK, Movie & TV streaming would not, due to copyright issues in the UK, plus I think they also said that the Amazon Cloud did not work in the UK either.
so may well plump for the Kindle Touch 3g Wi-Fi that comes out on November 21st, they say that will work fine in the UK wi-fi and 3G $189.00 Free Super Saver Shipping Details (Approx £115 Sterling) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Select: Kindle without Special OffersWith Special Offers $149Without Special Offers $189 Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers display on Kindle Touch when you're not reading. Learn more Pre-order now to reserve your place in line Our all-new Kindle Touch 3G will be released on November 21, 2011. Orders are prioritized on a first come, first served basis. Ships from and sold by Amazon Digital Services. U.S. only. Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers You'll receive special offers and sponsored screensavers directly on your Kindle Touch. Examples of past special offers include: $10 for $20 Amazon.com Gift Card Save up to $500 off Amazon's already low prices on select HDTVs $1 for a Kindle book, choose from thousands of books Your offers display on your Kindle Touch's screensaver and on the bottom of the home screen—they don't interrupt reading. You can set your personal Kindle Screensaver Preferences to give us hints on the style and types of sponsored screensavers you'd like to see. Kindle Touch with Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers is only available in the U.S. Top-of-the-line e-reader, with touch and free 3G wireless Free 3G wireless, no annual contracts or monthly fees. Learn more Download books anywhere, no hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots 3G wireless works globally Show More Most-advanced E Ink display, now with multi-touch New sleek design - 8% lighter, 11% smaller, holds 3,000 books Text-to-speech, plus audio books and mp3s Massive book selection, over 800,000 titles are $9.99 or less New - Borrow Kindle books from your public library Show Less Need help choosing between WiFi and 3G? Learn more |
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Have you seen the cost of Amazon Prime?
They have their own strange prices too. |
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It just seems quite bizarre to spend in order to spend.
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It just seems quite bizarre to spend in order to spend.
But in the US Amazon Prime customers get added benefits such as streaming TV/films (and i'm sure we'll see unlimited streaming music and book rentals come online in the not too distant future). With Netflix just announcing they're coming to the UK and Ireland next year you can expect Amazon to move to compete with their recently acquired LoveFilm. Only once they've got the content deals in place will we see the Kindle Fire released here (so probably not until, at least, the Kindle Fire 2 is released). |
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Swills thanks for your reply.
I spoke to Amazon Kindle support last night who were as much use as a chocolate tea pot It might be better to wait for a UK version of Kindle Fire and as I have a Kindle 3G anyway I am fine. Think my son is just stumped for something to buy me. |
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My son who lives in the States bought me a Kindle 3G last christmas which has been brilliant. He now wants to buy me a Kindle Fire. From what I have been reading I would not be able access some of the applications in the UK and would it even be compatable here?
I am a complete techno idiot so do not understand much of what is being said on this thread but don't want him spending money on something I would maybe have limited use of. The American Kindle has been fine except for having to use a different adapter. We don't have the Amazon app store outside the USA so no apps here. Also no film rental etc...... Not worth having here till it goes on sale with those extras available. A better bet is a standard tablet if he wants to buy one. |
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We don't have the Amazon app store outside the USA so no apps here.
Also no film rental etc...... Not worth having here till it goes on sale with those extras available. A better bet is a standard tablet if he wants to buy one. |
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I want to buy a reader, if I wanted a tablet i would buy an Ipad. I hope they do not replace the simple version. I want to buy it for Christmas.
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The Fire basically seems to be a locked down portal to Amazon services. And this being so, it's why Amazon are reputedly selling it at cost or even a loss. They'll be hoping they'll make it back by selling more content and stuff.
But this is risky. What if the majority of sales are to geeks taking advantage of the situation by immediately rooting them to turn them into 'normal' Android tablets? Any that have this done, and they're not tied to Amazon services anymore. Thus their business model fails as every sale means another potential loss. One would suspect they're not going to be happy about this and thus will ensue a cat & mouse game between Amazon trying to lock it down tighter and the hackers trying to open it up. |
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The Fire basically seems to be a locked down portal to Amazon services. And this being so, it's why Amazon are reputedly selling it at cost or even a loss. They'll be hoping they'll make it back by selling more content and stuff.
But this is risky. What if the majority of sales are to geeks taking advantage of the situation by immediately rooting them to turn them into 'normal' Android tablets? Any that have this done, and they're not tied to Amazon services anymore. Thus their business model fails as every sale means another potential loss. One would suspect they're not going to be happy about this and thus will ensue a cat & mouse game between Amazon trying to lock it down tighter and the hackers trying to open it up. |
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i'm thinking of picking one up when I'm in the States next week... I appreciate there will issues using it in the UK (licencing for tv/movie streaming, music, etc.) but I presume it will still work as a wifi web browser, email, etc.
plus if I download a bunch of apps while i'm away, that should get round any probelm of not being able to get them back in the uk? i've not got a tablet of any kind, so keen to try one out, and at $200 seems a great opportunity... or would I better off putting the money towards an ipad
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Yeah, it should work fine as a WiFi browsing device. Beyond that it's anyone's guess as whether or not any of the other services would work.
How long are you in the States for? Amazon are currently quoting 3 to 5 (working) days for dispatch. |
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Yeah, it should work fine as a WiFi browsing device. Beyond that it's anyone's guess as whether or not any of the other services would work.
How long are you in the States for? Amazon are currently quoting 3 to 5 (working) days for dispatch. i was thinking about picking it up in-store, Bestbuy, etc... |
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It appears that is is far far from being locked down.
http://www.xda-developers.com/androi...e-google-apps/ It now looks an incredible device yet lack of both memory expansion and HDMI detracts a fair whack. |
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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...view,3076.html
A fairly comprehensive review. I guess the rather weird choice of benchmarks were inspired by the lack of memory expansion. Benchmarked against the iPad, iPad 2, Xoom, Tab 10.1, Sony S and Thrive. Archos seem to be on a blacklist as usual. Quite stupid considering their 80 G9 with GPS would have made for an interesting comparison. |
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go for the kindle fire as this is going to have the greatest content available
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The lack of a card slot is also something that degrades the Samsung Nexus.
Cards are very useful for carrying extra media, espectially with 32GB being cheap and 64GB ones now available. |
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