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Originally Posted by mohawk
Funny, I have landscape mode on my gmail account using the stock email reader on the Nook Fire. As far as B&N apps, I agree they are woefully short but it only takes about 15 minutes to install the Amazon App store and the Kindle Store on the B&N Nook Tablet so in the end, it's a wash. I kept the Tablet and returned the Fire.  |
I don't want to convert this thread on a tablet war kind of thread
... but the main idea of my post was to illustrate the differences, pros and cons, between both.
Like I said, the Nook Tablet is a nice piece of hardware but without a nice app store behind I don't think is a great choice anyway, unless you're planning to use the ebook store a lot. B&N ebook store (fiction and bestsellers) is not bad.
But hacking a device (either the Fire or the Nook Tablet) is not, in my opinion, a solution to get what you want from a tablet. Those workarounds will break sooner or later with coming patches and they are not certainly intended for the tablet. It's better to put pros and cons in a balance and buy the tablet from the same store or company that you prefer or like, since very beginning.
The Kindle apk, while runs on the Nook Tablet, gave me some problems. So I would not advice any one buying the Nook Tablet and thinking about side loading the Kindle app. It may not work or even worse, break after next B&N patch or release. If someone prefer Amazon bookstore, I think is better to get a Fire, period.
Now, you can watch Netflix on both. If you don't care about Amazon ebook store or you can find most of your titles on B&N, the Nook Tablet is the way to go. Just keep in mind that is most expensive, so with taxes and all that stuff, we're talking about 270 or 260 price tag.
Support and oncoming patches were two other factors that I considered prior keeping my Fire. In just a few weeks after release, Fire has received two new firmware upgrades which are not only very quick releases but to address most of the previously mentioned problems. B&N has not usually responded so fast when talking about firmware upgrades and hotfixes, they usually take months. And on my case, on site customer support has been unhelpful or really poor, with kids that don't really know what they are doing. During 10 years I've been with Amazon, they have fixed all my complains of just returned my money with no questions asked.
Both are nice, but the Fire is honestly a better deal, for the price. The Nook Tablet has better screen and colors and a more elegant (but more lock) UI.
At the end, is a personal decision I think and depends of what the person will do with the tablet and the kind of books he or she likes to read and buy.