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Originally Posted by sirmaru
That is an advantage for the Coby.
I saw this about the Coby elsewhere on the internet: "it has its own market called GetJar which is pretty useless because it doesnt have good apps."
However, the Kindle Fire will also have it's own app store and may NOT be compatible with other Android apps.
Coby has a capacitive multi touch controls powered by Android OS 2.3 high-speed 1 GHz processor. Doesn't the Kindle Fire have a 2 GHz processor and has its own mainframes speeding up web access by Silk? Plus, the only eReader app for the Coby will be the Aldiko E-book reader application. Can that one read Kindle eBooks?
Plus, the Coby was released Oct 1, 2011. The Kindle Fire will be released on Nov 15, 2011. Thus, the Kindle engineers can look at the Coby and build in advantages. The Coby engineers had not seen a Kindle Fire when they went gold.
How about giving us the comparative attributes of the Coby and the Fire?
I'm primarily buying the Fire to read Kindle eBooks in low light situations. I presently use the 3rd Generation Kindle Kbd WiFi but need good light for that. Will Coby have a Kindle app? Will there be many differences between the Coby/Kindle App and the Kindle Fire native software to read Kindle eBooks?
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There is no difference on the Kindle app. They both used the same thing. You can installed Amazon App store on the Coby so all apps that you get for KF are available for the Coby Tablets as well.
The KF has a better processor and display. It's probably got a better battery life too. Those are it's advantages.
The reason I went with a Coby instead of the Fire is we still don't know if the Fire which has a hybrid of Andriod 2.3 if you will be able to sideload apps without rooting. I can sideload apps on the Coby straight out of box and I can sideload the Android Market as well without rooting. That means I can use Dropbox, Es File Explorer and other apps I consider must have if you own an Android device.
The downside of the Coby tablets is battery life. It lasts from 4 to 6 hours. It has a WiFi quirk that requires a Market app to fix but other then that for the price it's a great deal!
I use Mantano to read my books. It's the best eReader App out there for Epub in my opinion. I'm so happy they now have a free version because it's a great app!
Edit: Dual core doesn't mean the speed is double. It's 1.2ghz processor. Dual core usually means two cores that make up the same speed as a one core processor. So it's going to a be a tad faster than the Coby 1ghz.