Well, I pulled the trigger on the Nexus 7. The price just dropped to $187 while still being sold by Amazon, not a 3rd party. I know there is talk about a new generation coming out and all that, but I thought this was a good price. I was able to use some of my points I saved up so it hurt a bit less.
I hope I like it and it wont have any issues. Some of the reviews made me a bit nervous and that is just one thing about buying the fire, I would never worry about the warranty. Here I just hope for the best I guess.
I also decided on the Nexus because there are 2 apps not available for the Fires. One is the Tennis Channel everywhere and the other is the ATT uverse app. So maybe its a good thing to have at least one regular android tablet in the house.