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Originally Posted by Blue2u
OMGosh, thank you again so much for your detailed reply!
I'm definitely leaning towards the PB now. Question, how do you get apps on it? By downloading to PC and then loading them to PB? If so, that's fine, as long as it's easy and it works?! LOL So sounds like setup would be pretty basic for me, charge, likely update firmware, then download ebook reader app [seems like 'most' people recommend "BookReader"[?]. Besides reading and surfing [occasional mp3 or video], anything else for me would be gravy really.
Again I thank you so much for detailed advice!
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Remember that the PlayBook and the Galaxy have lower res screens than the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD. The Playbook has a PPI of 169 and the Nexus has a PPI of 216, this can make a huge difference in the sharpness of text and watching movies (If you will be doing that) but you will notice the pixel density while reading.
If you want smooth the Tegra-3 1.4GHZ proccessor will get a lot more done than the Playbooks 1GHZ dual core; this will help multi tasking greatly. Even though the Playbook was originally sold at $499 doesn't mean that it took that much to build, it is estimated that the build cost is about $170 about a year and a half ago. And IPS screen gives you a better viewing angle than the TFT of Playbook. And the Nexus is 340G weight, the Playbook is 425, lighter means it will be easier to read with in bed or with one hand.
{Kindle Fire opinion}And I take you don't live in the U.S? If so I wouldn't recommend the Kindle Fire, it is very closely tied to Amazon, the Android version that it runs is very heavily modified and optimized for consuming of Amazon's products (Movies, books, magazines) and unlike mgmueller said, they are not easily hack-able. {/Kindle Fire opinion}