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Old 09-28-2011, 11:54 AM   #196
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Isn't it great? A plethora of choices.

Kindles will be this Holiday Season's top gadgets. Way to go Amazon!
Hey, I'm all in favour of putting the proverbial mom-and-pop stores out of business! They're not my mom and pop!
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I shan't be buying one myself. None of these devices offers anything that I want over my existing K3.
I'm there as well, but will reserve judgment until it is out and rooted.
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I shan't be buying one myself. None of these devices offers anything that I want over my existing K3.
I can see that...If I had a K3 I wouldn't be interested either. But since I'm ready to upgrade to an e-ink Pearl screen from my K1 I'm just trying to decide between non-touch or touch. or K3.
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Dang, this is big news, isn't it?

I've never before been in a thread where multiple posts have been made in the half-minute it took me to write one.
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Old 09-28-2011, 11:55 AM   #200
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I'm more concerned that the Fire doesn't seem to have any card slots, that's going to make it d@mn awkward to watch anything you haven't bought from Amazon.
I'd be very surprised if you couldn't load content via USB, just as you can with the existing Kindle. Bear in mind, though, that this device is being sold first and foremost as an Amazon content-consumption device. Nobody's pretending that it's a general-purpose tablet.
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I'm more concerned that the Fire doesn't seem to have any card slots, that's going to make it d@mn awkward to watch anything you haven't bought from Amazon.
I agree. No reason why a smartphone should have more storage than a tablet. I'll wait for the nook color 2 before making any decisions.

And 7.5 hrs battery life with wireless OFF?
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Old 09-28-2011, 11:59 AM   #202
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It would appear that you have to load your personal non-Amazon stuff into your Amazon cloud storage area - which you can then (allegedly) access via the Fire.
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Old 09-28-2011, 12:00 PM   #203
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It would appear that you have to load your personal non-Amazon stuff into your Amazon cloud storage area - which you can then (allegedly) access via the Fire.
That makes sense, given the seeming pitch of the Fire as a "cloud" device. Thanks!
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Does anyone know if Amazon VOD will be able to stream? I know Amazon Prime can but that stink's to high heaven in terms of content. Renting movies from it's VOD library could be a killer app though.

The kindle touches are looking awfully Sonyish with the silver bezels. Thank god they FINALLY ditched those ugly keyboards.

I'm a nook guy but Barnes and Noble has to be taken back by these price structures. The Nook STR has to at the ver least come within $10 of it. Same with the nook color 2. Hopefully they too have a dual core processor and wouldn't be a bad idea to team up with someone like Vudu.

Must admit Amazon raised the bar especialy on price structure.
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I shan't be buying one myself. None of these devices offers anything that I want over my existing K3.
I'm going for the $99 KSOT
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Wow! Wow! Wow! ... ...

just need to know, please, please, if landscape mode is supported, on the eink devices I mean.

God, please listen to my prayers!

Poor guy....I suspect not....

I'm not real enthused about that special web browser either...
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But Amazon is also cultivating good customers who buy lots of things *besides* books, and could make up the difference there.

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Or, as the WSJ so aptly puts it today:
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Old 09-28-2011, 12:08 PM   #208
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Does anyone know if Amazon VOD will be able to stream? I know Amazon Prime can but that stink's to high heaven in terms of content. Renting movies from it's VOD library could be a killer app though.

The kindle touches are looking awfully Sonyish with the silver bezels. Thank god they FINALLY ditched those ugly keyboards.

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Must admit Amazon raised the bar especialy on price structure.
Nook Color 2 and Lenovo IdeaPad are still in the running for me. Lack of card slot on the Fire leaves me cold; but who knows, I could warm up to it depending on the competition's offerings.
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I was just purchased a Kindle Fire as a gift from someone who took advice I gave her to buy a bunch of Amazon stock a couple months ago. I wasn't going to buy a new eink Kindle (I like mine just fine) but since the Fire is gonna be free, I did it anyway. And a cover, which oddly doesnt ship until Oct 31st.
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I just got a Tab a few months back so I won't be getting the Fire, but it is an exciting set of new models. I especially like the price cuts; I think we're getting closer to the inevitable "buy our content and get the device for free" stage. I may be looking at a few of these for gifts this holiday season.
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