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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Did you do Ebates (or something similar)?
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No, I've never joined ebates (no patience, I guess); I don't do any of the bing promos either (and wonder what percentage really gets paid on some of these).
I just walked into the store and bought three gift cards, got the $30 bonus. I could have then walked out, but I did buy the tablet (and the membership) - taxes are 10% here, which leaves a bit over $60 on the gift cards.
The browser, btw, keeps offering to open things in new windows, but apparently has only one. I may have to give in an root or dual boot this one, as it is so much more limited than the Fire or the Asus tablet I'm trying to compare it to.
If you want to edit a blog post on blogger, though, none work well (unless you have very, very simple needs -- including not highlighting something to do a link) and you are better off with the iPad (w/ a keyboard) or a netbook.
Netflix is about the same on the Fire and Tablet. Reading is about the same (except the Fire lets me read Kindle and nook books - after installing getjar - but the nook is locked to it's own store).
The fire also lets me read epubs (aldiko), but I have to download with a PC first, then save the epub to dropbox (the iPad can handle an ACSM file, can't get the fire to trigger aldiko with it, though).
If I want a library book and only have a tablet, Kindle is much easier to deal with; however, I've heard I can install the overdrive app on the Fire, so will try that next.