[spellbanisher]

The issue of which tablets can do more is not as relevant to me as which tablet can i do the things that i want in the most comfortable way at the most reasonable price. What do i want?

Read Amazon books and the occasional google book. Ostensibly, this would be an advantage for the nexus, which allows me to read kindle books through the app. On my current kf hd i've already installed the apks that allow me to use play books, and i don't see why i wouldn't be able to do that with the hdx. With the kindle fire i get greater functionality with kindle books than with the kindle android app. With the fire i can also see the daily and monthly deals for books. Slight advantage fire.

Surf the web with a flash capable browser. Neither brand comes stocked with flash. The google play store has the advantage of coming with the dolphin browser, but i can sideload dolphin on the kindle fire. However, the dolphin browser can be buggy at times on my kindle fire, and presuming that it works more smoothly on the nexus(since it works more smoothly on my android phone) Slight advantage nexus.

Annotate pdfs and read word docs. I use ezpdf for both my fire and my android phone and presumably i'd use it for the nexus as well. I'd use officesuit on both devices and i presume it would work just as well on the nexus as it does on the fire. Draw.

Watch amazon instant videos, since i have prime and my video library is all amazon. Advantage fire.

Watch netflix and youtube videos. Draw.

Upload annotated pdfs to a cloud based storage. My preferred cloud service is dropbox, which is not available in the amazon app store. However, it can easily be added from the dropbox website. Draw.

I also like to use stumbleupon, evernote, and greader, which are available in both stores. Draw.

In terms of content, slight edge to amazon.

The next thing that would matter is form factor and ui. I prefer the form factor of the kindle fire hd to the nexus, but i'm not sure about the hdx. Ui is not so obviously in favor of nexus as one would think. I actually like the carousel, especially the recommendations as the bottom, which has resulted in the purchase of several books. The one flaw is the inability to organize my kindle books into collections, but i can't do that on the nexus either. The only widget i use is the music player on my phone, and i don't use my tablet for music. I couldn't care less about wall papers.

Everything else for all intents is purposes is about equal to me. Same screen. Same price. And nothing that i do would take advantage of the differences in processor speed.

The big difference is that i prefer the form factor of the kindle fire over the nexus and anything that i want to do on my tablet i can do on the fire, which is not true for the nexus.

There isn't much in the hdx that incentivizes me to upgrade now. The improved battery life, cloud collections, and lighter weight are all considerable advantages, but not so significant to spend $229 plus tax. When the battery life on my current kindle starts to get really bad i'll probably upgrade to whatever bargain option of the fire amazon will be selling.