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marcosv · 09-30-2011, 02:09 PM

FWIW, I just ordered the Kindle Fire. I know it'll probably very difficult to root it and get around its bootloader to install other Android OS, but, it is just $200 and will do 80 to 90% what I do with my 10" Android tablet today.

No doubt there will be bigger tablets with more features coming out next year, but, at $200 for a nice IPS screen, decent performance, and it will do the media content stuff well right now, I'm good to go.

If I already bought an iPad, I can see why you wouldn't buy this since the iPad should do everything that the Kindle Fire can do --- unless you want another 7" reader for just $200.

Also, it is backed by Amazon and will get a lot of love from Amazon for a while as Amazon pushes it's strategy. I expect more developers will put their apps on the Amazon store because of the Kindle Fire --- provided that Amazon picked a recent enough version of the Android OS to make development economical.

09-30-2011, 02:09 PM	#55
marcosv Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: California Device: Kindle PW 1, Nexus 7 (2013)	FWIW, I just ordered the Kindle Fire. I know it'll probably very difficult to root it and get around its bootloader to install other Android OS, but, it is just $200 and will do 80 to 90% what I do with my 10" Android tablet today. No doubt there will be bigger tablets with more features coming out next year, but, at $200 for a nice IPS screen, decent performance, and it will do the media content stuff well right now, I'm good to go. If I already bought an iPad, I can see why you wouldn't buy this since the iPad should do everything that the Kindle Fire can do --- unless you want another 7" reader for just $200. Also, it is backed by Amazon and will get a lot of love from Amazon for a while as Amazon pushes it's strategy. I expect more developers will put their apps on the Amazon store because of the Kindle Fire --- provided that Amazon picked a recent enough version of the Android OS to make development economical.