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Old 09-06-2012, 03:39 PM   #286
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If I had to choose between the Fire HD and the Nexus 7, I'd go with the Nexus.
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Old 09-06-2012, 03:39 PM   #287
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I'm just catching up on comments and what is new and I'm itching to click on something that says "buy now". It doesn't matter which, I just have the itch to click.
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Old 09-06-2012, 03:42 PM   #288
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too bad no gps I was hoping for that
I noticed that omission too.
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Old 09-06-2012, 03:42 PM   #289
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They must be waiting for Bezos to write his usual full page speech before putting up the new Kindle and Fire.
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Old 09-06-2012, 03:43 PM   #290
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Is the Fire HD a quad-core?
Dual with vector-processing and high-grade GPU:
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The 4th generation OMAPs, OMAP 4430, 4460 (formerly named 4440),[11] and 4470 all use dual-core ARM Cortex-A9s. [12][13][14] 4430 and 4460 use a PowerVR SGX540 integrated 3D graphics accelerator which runs at a clock frequency of 304 and 384 MHz respectively compared to prior versions of SGX540 typically at 200 MHz making them theoretically much faster.[15] 4470 has a PowerVR SGX544 GPU that supports DirectX 9 which enables it for use in Windows 8 as well as a dedicated 2D graphics core for increased power efficiency up to 50-90%%.[16] All OMAP 4 come with an IVA3 multimedia hardware accelerator with a programmable DSP that enables 1080p Full HD and multi-standard video encode/decode.[17][18][19][20][21] OMAP 4 uses ARM-Cortex A9s with ARMs SIMD engine (Media Processing Engine, aka NEON) which may have a significant performance advantage in some cases over Nvidia Tegra 2s Cortex-A9s with non-vector floating point units.[22] It also uses a dual-channel LPDDR2 memory controller compared to Nvidia Tegra 2s single-channel memory controller.
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It'll do.
Besides, that screen!
(I had a great dell laptop that ran 1080p on a 17" screen and it was gorgeous. FireHD is 4X that. At 10% of the price.)
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Old 09-06-2012, 03:43 PM   #291
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too bad no gps I was hoping for that
It wasn't mentioned, but perhaps when we see the specs (particularly for 4GLTE model) it will be there. I think there is a map app included and it wouldn't make sense to have one with no GPS or at least aGPS.
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Old 09-06-2012, 03:44 PM   #292
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If I had to choose between the Fire HD and the Nexus 7, I'd go with the Nexus.
Yeah, the slightly extra screen size is nice and so is the res bump but Being able to use my distance tool outside and having market assess is a must.
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Old 09-06-2012, 03:45 PM   #293
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Definately pre-ordering a Paper Weight. The 8.9" Fire HD is interesting, but I'm not sure yet.
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Old 09-06-2012, 03:46 PM   #294
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It wasn't mentioned, but perhaps when we see the specs (particularly for 4GLTE model) it will be there.
Wayy out of my price range.
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Old 09-06-2012, 03:48 PM   #295
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Put up the Paperwhite model pre-order and take my damn money, Amazon .
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Old 09-06-2012, 03:48 PM   #296
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If I had to choose between the Fire HD and the Nexus 7, I'd go with the Nexus.
Interesting. If I found the Nexus 7 acceptable to me, then I'd find the Fire HD a slam dunk. ie. if I pretend that both have a microSD cardslot, which one would I choose?
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Put up the Paperwhite model pre-order and take my damn money, Amazon .
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Old 09-06-2012, 03:53 PM   #298
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Welcome to the club! I've been checking the Amazon page before each thread I visit.

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