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However (and that's probably me or my own opinion) I believe e-ink is the closest thing to a regular paper book, not an LCD screen, including iPads. The e-ink background probably is not totally white, but the overall experience is closer to reading a book. Real books do not emit light .... Anyway, back to topic. I think the Kindle Fire is a good value. Some of the minor imperfections will be fixed with 1st patch, that's usually the case, it happened to Nook and Nook Color as well. It's up to people to decide if the lack of SD card is something to consider or not. Let's see ... Last edited by jocampo; 11-15-2011 at 02:36 PM. |
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I certainly agree. Just wish we could get rid of that drab dull look you get when not in strong lighting conditions. On my tablet I use a grey background sometimes with dark black text to resemble an eInk screen. It's very comfortable on the eyes with dimmed brightness. That's really why I sold my Sony 950 a few days ago, just a couple of months after buying it. I just wasn't using it as much as I thought I would. I always reached for my tablet. I'm getting a Kindle Touch to replace the Sony though for those conditions when it's a must have.
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My Fires were #2 and #3 sold at that store, so they are not exactly flying off the shelves. I unboxed the unit when I got home. It was bigger and heavier than I expected. It's not TOO big or TOO heavy -- just a little bigger and a lot heavier than the Kindle I have been carrying around for a month. You won't slip it in a shirt pocket, but it easily slides into my front or back pants pocket which is nice if you are dashing through an airport. Setup took just a few minutes. The keyboard is much better than my Storm2. Turns out bigger really is better and I like that the pressed key pops up above my fingertip as I type. It was painless to enter my wireless password and amazon credentials. My library loaded almost immediately. The Fire is a good ereader. It works in both orientations and the sepia color scheme is very comfortable for me. When you click a link in a book, the web integration is much better than on my Kindle. I loaded the free Netflix app and watched an episode of The Office. This caught the interest of my oldest. He had 'no interest' in any tablet until tonight (he has a 14" laptop and a Droid2 phone), but monopolized the Fire for a full five hours. He gave Prime a thumbs up (better app than netflix and a surprisingly large library), installed some games (including a free version of Angry Birds), and surfed the web. My wife also used the Fire for a half hour declaring it, "Awesome." I didn't carefully measure the battery life, but 7-8 hours seems to be right on. College Boy returns to school tomorrow. I'll give this thing a thorough once over and post a followup. My first impressions are very positive. |
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I have Prime and stream it on my TouchPad. I chose it over Netflix because it was cheaper and offered 2-day free shipping for Amazon purchases; and now it offers free library books. Netflix can't compete with that.
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Truthfully, I'll be getting a Vita before thinking about one of these. Games need to be immersive, complex and/or read like hypertext novels to hold my interest, and Angry Birds on a larger screen can't cover that.
Now that the PSP's controls have been sorted on the Vita, I'm hoping for updated versions of SMT: Nocturne, Persona 4, Ico, and a host of Japanese horror franchises (SH2, Fatal Frame 1-4, etc.). No one else likes Rule of Rose, but I'd kill for that on a portable. The battles are clumsy, but I look at games as a writer and musician, and RoR feels a collab between Dorothea Tanning, Remedios Varo, Bela Bartok and Edward Gorey. An iPad would be useful to me as a musician, but not as a writer. I don't like the resolution of the screen or the word processor's editing UI. I'm not a pure consumer -- I get ideas and have to write them out in the middle of watching films, listening to music and reading books -- so neither the Fire nor any other Android Tablet is a viable solution for multi-tasking. So far, a Win8 tablet with a matte IPS sounds like the best compromise for users like me. ($500 non-Apple tablets too expensive? Then be patient and wait for them to get remaindered if a KF won't scratch your itch.) |
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So I am totally agree that if you want a device that is closer to reading real books eink is the best you will get today. Last edited by Tony1988; 11-16-2011 at 12:58 PM. |
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By the way, a scientific, just for fun, lol ...all surfaces must reflect light in some way or another, so we can see those, including paper. If there is no light reflection at all, or a poor one, we can't actually see the object. That's why when is dark or night (no ambient light) our eyes can't see very well. The light reflection is min or very low. |
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