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Originally Posted by sakura-panda
I also have a Nook HD+ that I bought new for cheap to use as an Android tablet.
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You and lots of other people. The first thing many folks I know thought when the saw the Nook tablet was "Root it and get a cheap general purpose Android tablet." That backfired on Nook as a wave of cheap general purpose Android tablets appeared from Chinese vendors at prices Nook couldn't match, and they stopped selling the tablet models a while back. They do still offer the dedicated readers.
My SO got a used Nook tablet off of eBay, specifically as an eBook viewer, because the Nook is supported by the New York Public Library through a 3M app. She's happy enough with the default uses that I haven't tried to root it, since it wouldn't add anything she uses.
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In the past year I have only added the Kobo Reader app to it -- I use it exclusively for reading. The screen size is wonderful, although the battery life is significantly less than on my e-ink readers.
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I made it a reflex years back that when I wasn't actively using a device that used batteries, it sat on the appropriate charger.
The big battery users on tablets are screen brightness and wifi. I find the screen quite usable dialed back to about 1/3 of the default setting, and added a desktop widget to toggle wifi with a touch, so it's normally off. The last time I totally ran down the battery, I had toggles wifi to do something on line, and forgot to turn it off again. Oops!
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I'm personally not a fan of Kindle anything, so I would suggest trying a different brand of tablet before giving up on them completely.
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A lot of folks back when were looking at the Kindle Fire as a cheap Android tablet. My advice was "Spend $50 more and get a Nook tablet. The specs are much better and you'll have a happier experience when you root it." The Kindle Fire is an extension of the original Kindle, with the same underlying purpose.
The original Kindle was a loss leader, sold below cost to build a market for the eBooks Amazon wanted to sell. Once the market was established, Kindle apps for various platforms appeared, because Amazon wanted to sell you the books, and the more platforms you could read them on, the more thay could sell.
The Kindle Fire extends that to audio and video, and Amazon has arms devoted to publishing, audio, and video, creating content you can only get through Amazon. Amazon is also a major player in cloud services. they want you to buy your digital media from them, store it in their cloud, and access it on demand from your device. The whole point is to lock you into Amazon as your vendor.
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Dennis