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Originally Posted by Stommer
First, you have to carry 3 devices to do what the iPad does. When I travel, I only want to carry one. The iPad gives you the ability to FaceTime, sync calendars with iPhone, surf, email, navigate in your car, watch videos, edit or create videos,read, play games, transfer photos. It's quick, responsive, dependable. If you like kindle's then have at it. I love my iPad. It's by far the best device that I've ever purchased. If I broke it today, I would replace it with another. It was a great commercial though.
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FaceTime? Never heard of it, so I probably won't miss it.
Sync calendars with an Iphone? My phone can call and make texts. No syncing possible.
Surf? Can also be done with the Fire
Navigate? I have a TomTom and a built-in car navigation
Watch videos? The Fire can do that
Edit or create videos? Editing, I prefer a large screen monitor and not a tiny tablet screen (yes, 9.7" 4:3 is tiny compared to a 24" wide-screen) Create videos I prefer to use my camera for that, as that is more easy to hold up.
Play games? You can do that on the Fire as well
Transfer photos? You can do that on the Fire as well.
So, what does the Ipad have that warrants its much higher price point?
But I do think that Amazon make one grave mistake (beside not making the Fire available world-wide). No hardware buttons at all. Not even for volume (which can then also be used for paging).
When my husband showed interest in the Fire, I talked him out of it due to the fact that he, as not living in the US, would have problems adding apps on it, the lack of hardware buttons and the lack of an external memory slot (at least you can charge it with a normal USB charger...)