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First impressions:
- Price:
* very aggressive! $79.00 - $199.00
For under 300 you can have best of both worlds. e-ink and LCD.
A 79 e-ink reader is a great price!!
And the inter-operability of Kindle books and the app means bookmark synching.
Great!
BUT the most flexibility is when you use Calibre for your own books.
Tablet:
199.00 wow fantastic price for the features.
* Granted it is a branched version of Android, but Amazon will support it.
* IPS LCD - means awesome display quality (on paper) haven't seen it in person
* dual-core processor - won't be too slow
* size not too unwieldy, not too small - more portable than iPad
- Storage:
* Decent 8 GB for books and videos but I own an iPad2 and used to own a iPad, with 16GB it pushes the limit, but remember this: This is a cloud computing device with access to cloud storage (aka online storage)
- no storage port for using SD cards etc takes away the convenience factor of loading your own movies on via memory cards.
wifi only for the table isn't a problem to be honest. There are so many options for wifi around and I don't won't want another monthly subscription.
Disadvantages(? for some)
* no camera (old argument from ipad1 days) some have use for it some don't, without one/ two it keeps the entry price low
* no memory storage card options and 8gb too low..
My perspective:
I own ipad2, k3 and Sony PRS 350. There are times and some materials better suited to read on a LCD display vs e-ink and vice versa. The wifi option for books on the k3 and ipad2 is great, but not often used on k3 because of reading materials for books is less frequent vs magazines and other pdfs on the iPad.
I expect reviews to be flowing in shortly from all over, but as more hands on analysis can be done. I think this is a good thing for Amazon and its customers.
Cheers!
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