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Old 08-09-2012, 00:48
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Hope Amazon have fixed their app store filtering system. Whilst they test and curate apps for their store like Apple, the app filtering system is based on OS version rather than screen size and other requirements that the Google Play store uses to ensure that customers get the right compatibility for their devices. If you're buying stuff for a Kindle, make sure you read the description fully to ensure you get an app that's compatible.
android apps are designed to scale based on screen resolution which is why unlike apple, screen resolution is generally a non-issue.
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Old 08-09-2012, 01:08
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Will the Kindle Fire allow you to display PDF's like it's predecessors?
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Old 08-09-2012, 09:01
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Will the Kindle Fire allow you to display PDF's like it's predecessors?
yes, you can view PDF on the fire.

They should really drop the kindle part of the name, the fire has little to do with the readers.
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Old 08-09-2012, 11:01
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The Kindle Fire's main downfall for me would be the lack of a camera, I think.....

Also, while browsing around here, I've found that Blackberry Playbook is selling for between £129 and £159!! Seems like a bargain to me....I might go along to Curry's tomorrow to take a look ---- and probably get even more confused.
£159?? Currys and pc world doing the 64gb for £129 and a 16gb for £109! It's a good purchase.
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Old 08-09-2012, 11:12
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This guy says we should try and put it in perspective. It's an awesome device to buy and access Amazon content. See it that way rather than as an Android tablet.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/table...kindle-fire-hd
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Old 08-09-2012, 11:32
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This guy says we should try and put it in perspective. It's an awesome device to buy and access Amazon content. See it that way rather than as an Android tablet.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/table...kindle-fire-hd
But apart from streaming love film and buying e-books, MP3 and a limited number of apps there isn't any amazon content you can buy.

This device doesn't offer me anything that my existing devices do not (Apart from lovefilm). You can access amazon's appstore, ebooks and MP3's if you have other devices e.g android, apple.
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Old 09-09-2012, 13:37
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Seems they're going to offer an opt out for $15 in America so you don't receive their pushed ads. They will probably offer the same to us. It's not something that would bother me. It's locked to Amazon and subsidised so I'd expect it to display ads. Plus they're only on the lock screen.
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Old 09-09-2012, 15:12
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It's locked to Amazon and subsidised so I'd expect it to display ads.
Why, when the ordinary Kindle doesn't?
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Old 09-09-2012, 16:19
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Why, when the ordinary Kindle doesn't?
I think they did in the US.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13047300
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Old 09-09-2012, 16:40
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what market is amazon trying to get with the Kindle fire? it is not really a e-book and it is not really a full blown tablet.
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Old 09-09-2012, 16:52
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Actually a 7" tablet with an HD display is surprisingly quite good for watching movies and Internet. Much better than I ever thought. Of course nothing beats an e ink display for reading IMO. But I don't feel I'm getting a diminished experience on a small tab.
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Old 09-09-2012, 17:15
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Well my daughter has pre-ordered one, so I'll get to see one for real when they arrive.
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Old 09-09-2012, 17:19
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Seems like we were spared that, then, since that article is nearly 18 months old.

Perhaps the US is more receptive of advertising than we are (look at their TV!)
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Old 09-09-2012, 18:11
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what market is amazon trying to get with the Kindle fire? it is not really a e-book and it is not really a full blown tablet.
how is it not a full blown tablet? It uses a different app store, yes, but its in the same market as the Nexus 7 (and ipad mini)
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Old 09-09-2012, 18:11
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yes, you can view PDF on the fire.

They should really drop the kindle part of the name, the fire has little to do with the readers.
Thanks for the information. It is just that I have not purchased an ebook reader of any kind before. I have been waiting and researching which one is the best to buy. So I think I will wait for the Kindle Fire to come out. You are right it does seem a peculiar jump from the touchscreen to a much more advanced model. Thus, they should have promoted the fire as a release in it's own right, but if you go on the Amazon website they categorize the fire with the Kindle models released beforehand. So, they obviously place emphasis the advanced techonologial features that the Fire can produce.
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Old 09-09-2012, 18:15
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they categorize the fire with the Kindle models released beforehand so they obviously place emphasis the advanced techonologial features that the Fire can produce.
they also can capitalise on the popularity of the Kindle models - I see them in use on the tube far more than I do tablets of any size or make.
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Old 09-09-2012, 18:36
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how is it not a full blown tablet? It uses a different app store, yes, but its in the same market as the Nexus 7 (and ipad mini)
The kindle fire in the US I believe is a skinned down version of android 2.3 and is heavy locked into the amazon experiance which is what people are saying its not a full blown tablet. Depends what they do with the new fire and make it more open so you have access to all the android apps, without jumping through hoops.
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Old 09-09-2012, 20:33
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It looks a bit as though it is a small Ipad but not as good.
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Old 09-09-2012, 21:12
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It looks a bit as though it is a small Ipad but not as good.
Not as good in what way?
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Old 09-09-2012, 21:39
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how is it not a full blown tablet? It uses a different app store, yes, but its in the same market as the Nexus 7 (and ipad mini)
I suppose that is all what a tablet is a device made to run apps from a closed system, maybe I thought they offered more than that, maybe that is why I have not got that excited about tablets.

E-Readers I have got a Kobo wi-fi, the E-ink screen is great for reading and it don't pretend do be anything but a E-reader.

The ones who make these e-readers need to make up their mind where they want to be?
Thankfully kobo still developing E-ink readers as been proved over the last week, amazon seems to be hell bent on tablets now and seems to be forgetting their E-ink readers.
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Old 09-09-2012, 21:46
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I suppose that is all what a tablet is a device made to run apps from a closed system.
That's a tablet gadget or tablet device.

Tablet computers actually let you run what you want.
The full blown Windows Acer Inconia W500 is one.
With Acer still having a pre Windows 8 launch £100 cash back its also currently dirt cheap.

Obviously Android is also a full blown system but without all the legacy software Windows has.
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Old 09-09-2012, 21:46
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I suppose that is all what a tablet is a device made to run apps from a closed system, maybe I thought they offered more than that, maybe that is why I have not got that excited about tablets.

E-Readers I have got a Kobo wi-fi, the E-ink screen is great for reading and it don't pretend do be anything but a E-reader.

The ones who make these e-readers need to make up their mind where they want to be?
Thankfully kobo still developing E-ink readers as been proved over the last week, amazon seems to be hell bent on tablets now and seems to be forgetting their E-ink readers.

No they've just forgotten the UK at the moment! The US is getting a 'paperwhite' e-ink reader with a screen that glows for night use. We may see it next year.
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Old 10-09-2012, 02:47
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apps you can't get on the Kindle Fire (though some commenters disagree)
http://gizmodo.com/5941148/7-great-a...he-kindle-fire

what's this about no desktop? have Amazon adopted the outdated ios model?
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Old 10-09-2012, 08:30
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Thankfully kobo still developing E-ink readers as been proved over the last week, amazon seems to be hell bent on tablets now and seems to be forgetting their E-ink readers.
How are Amazon forgetting their eInk readers when they are launching a new one?
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Old 10-09-2012, 09:13
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No they've just forgotten the UK at the moment! The US is getting a 'paperwhite' e-ink reader with a screen that glows for night use. We may see it next year.
Kobo just launched one of them. If I did not have mine I would be interested, but I am not buying another one yet.
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