Posted on 11/28/2012 4:59:31 AM PST by Mad Dawgg
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Amazon.com Inc. is expected to pick up share in the tablet market in the fourth quarter with strong sales of its Kindle devices, though Apple Inc.’s iPad will remain the dominant product line in the segment, according to a brokerage report on Tuesday.
Analysts at Pacific Crest said supply-chain research shows increased production orders for the Kindle Fire HD, which Amazon (US:AMZN) now sells in a variety of sizes and configurations. The broker raised its forecast for the Kindle line, which is now expected to account for 13% of tablet shipments for the year compared with 11% expected a month ago.
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LMAO! Awesome name. First time I’ve come across it.
Oops- sorry ‘bout the double posting.
Not sure because I have used neither gadget much to date. However there are others on the thread who have seemed to use both. Maybe then can enlighten you.
Because it just isn't worth the stress. With a guy you can tell him to get over it and a day later he'll still be your best bud. Women don't ever forget.
Uh...OK. I think maybe you missed the joke.
Anyway, maybe this will help. A wise man once told his newly married son that he now had a choice to make in determining how he wanted to live the rest of his life with his wife — he could either be right, or he could be happy.
“”She who must be obeyed””
:) - loved Rumpold.
The Kindle has for me. Try it, perhaps, like me, you'll find it much, much better, and wind up reading many times more than before. The advantages I've found (in no particular order) are: (1) The Kindle is very light and much easier to hold than a book; you won't know how much of a difference that makes until you try it for a couple of days. (2) You can hold more than 1500 books on a Kindle, and each book stays right on the page where you left off. This allows me to easily read three or four books at the same time. (3) The type size is adjustable, a great benefit for those of us who need glasses. (4) The Kindle covers either have integrated lights, or, as with the Kindle Fire, the screen itself is illuminated. This makes it very cozy for reading at night. (5) You can search for and download a new book in less than a minute. Sometimes, I'd be reading a book review and decide I'd like to read that book, and it's there on my Kindle in less time than it took to read the review. (6) There are very nice leather covers for the Kindles that look like antique bindings and add hardly anything to the weight. This allows me to take the Kindle with me anywhere, and I do. (7) Amazon lets you to have up to six Kindles on one account, all loaded with the same books without an extra fee. This allows you to have a Kindle everywhere, at home, at work (for lunch), or where ever, and each Kindle automatically synchronizes to the last page you read on any other Kindle.
BTW, I've had my Kindles for three years, and have never had a sofware failure, a broken screen, or a malfunction of any kind.
I bought my husband a Kindle for his birthday 2-3 years ago. He had said he really didn’t need or want one. Now that he has it, he uses it a lot. He reads heavy theological material. Heavy in both size of book and its contents. He isn’t able to get all of them on Kindle, but enough that it makes it a little easier for him to take his reading along.
"Always" is a bit strong. We have a nice simple rule for harmony in the kevkrom house -- she makes all of the small decisions, and I make the big ones. And in 14 years, amazingly, we haven't had a big decision yet...
Any way, one of the admin people there posted a negative review of the Kindle Fire because it really wants to show ads, even if you shut it down. That is, it will turn itself on at night to display ads. That, and Amazon made it difficult to load books from other sources.
The end of the review also includes a link to an app to load from Gutenberg, FWIW, to restore some of the expected generic functionality. I have a rooted B&N Simple Touch, myself. I'll eventually upgrade, once the dust and prices settle in the 7" market.
For that usage profile, I'd lead toward Kindle (or Nook, if you're so inclined). The strength of the iPad is that it's more versatile and powerful -- if you don't need that, then a less expensive alternative is probably better.
I have a Kindle Fire myself, and while I have some apps installed, I rarely use them (as opposed to the apps on my iPhone). It's used 99% of the time for reading books, and frankly, the only benefit the Fire has over the basic Kindle in that respect is that it's in color, which can help for illustrated books.
I disagree. The higher the resolution and more particularly the greater the pixel density the nicer the text looks as there would be less pixelation noticeable with the characters. This is why Apple's new retina display Ipad is so nice and also Google's new Nexus 10" tablet. I use the Kindle app as well for reading on the retina and I find it much easier on the eyes then my older Ipad2.
We're getting my daughter the new Kindle iPad-equivalent.
I have found with advancing age that I'm now seriously thinking about the paper white version. Sure, I can enlarge the font on my gen 1 but the paper white looks very sharp.
Anyone have any hands on with the paper white?
There are some advantages an ebook reader. Being able to carry multiple tomes and news sources for one. Another is the built in dictionary. Highlight a word, and it look it up.
Okay, the dictionary can be sorely lacking, and very annoying when handling adverbs.
LOL!
“my major concern is that if I understand it right a Kindle Fire is “touchscreen” which for me is a problem.”
I prefer the Kindle keyboard for reading some books, and the laptop for others (e.g. diagram-heavy books and manuals). The easy portability of the Kindle is the main selling point for me. I find the Nook (touchscreen) less efficient so it usually stays home in the drawer.
I have not bought the Kindle Fire, but my son purchased a Nexus as soon as it came out. I have taken it over. Just upstairs in my bedroom. I had been using a tv up there and a bluray system that let me stream netflix. After getting the Nexus up there, I can surf the web, watch Netflix, and have found I am not turning on the tv. And for reading I still have my Kindle 3G. For real computing, I still sit down at my desktop computer. I have it setup to work like a laptop, though, or better, with wireless keyboard & mouse. But for crunching power, nothing beats desktops, still.
I believe the Kindle Fire is comparable in apps to the Nexus, and a bit cheaper.
The mini iPad is wonderful, it’s light and you can read all your Kindle books on it .
I just gave it as a gift and it was a big hit!
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