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Old 09-06-2012, 02:56 PM   #226
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250MB, not going to be doing much with that. Hopefully a bigger plan too?
I'm assuming that you would do the majority of things using wifi and only using 4G when wifi is not available. That is what I do with my iPhone.
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Old 09-06-2012, 02:57 PM   #227
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Old 09-06-2012, 02:58 PM   #228
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Just because you choose to avoid the LTE model doesn't mean the Wifi version's out of the question. But it's disappointing that Amazon no longer offers AT&T for free and has taken away any useful amount of data for the paid subscription.
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Old 09-06-2012, 02:58 PM   #229
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It is eink. It's using the LG screen. But what makes it paperwhite is not actally the screen. It's the light shining on the screen. Take your current pearl based reader and give it a nice bright light source and the background will be a lot lighter.
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Old 09-06-2012, 02:58 PM   #230
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$100 between 7" and 8.9" screens
Big difference in the specs of the two screens though, that will push the price up quite a bit on that one.
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Old 09-06-2012, 02:59 PM   #231
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I assume you can't go to the google market?
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Old 09-06-2012, 02:59 PM   #232
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I'm assuming that you would do the majority of things using wifi and only using 4G when wifi is not available. That is what I do with my iPhone.
I get that, but just streaming music can eat up data pretty fast. 250MB is great for getting books, checking email or a few websites, but not for much else. $50 is great! I just think they need to offer another plan too.
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Old 09-06-2012, 02:59 PM   #233
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$50/yr for 250MB/mo is not a bad deal. I assume if you need more, you just need to pay more.
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Old 09-06-2012, 02:59 PM   #234
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I think they announced the $499 in order to anchor people to the higher price so they will more likely buy the $299 version. Its a psychological principle in pricing products.
I think that's a reasonable thought. $499?? Too much! $299? Ooh, looks much better!
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I assume you can't go to the google market?
It's a pretty safe bet...
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Old 09-06-2012, 03:00 PM   #236
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8.9" 32GB 4G = $499

Is this the comic interlude?

Are they out of their minds?
To get $50 a year LTE.

Thats the only reason to buy it.
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Someone will figure out how to put Google Play on there. I assume you can still sideload apps as well.
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Someone will figure out how to put Google Play on there. I assume you can still sideload apps as well.
I'm just curious I'm between this new fire and the Nexus 7.. I have a few paid apps on Google play and not being able to use them on the fire seems like a waste. because some of them are pretty functional like a wireless remote
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8.9" 32GB 4G = $499

Is this the comic interlude?

Are they out of their minds?
They always charge more for tablets with built-in 3G/4G.

Honestly I'm even considering the Kindle Fire 4G later this year with the awesome $50/yr data plan.

I don't use a lot of data. It would nice to be able to use a tablet once in a while without tethering to my phone.

I checked my Virgin Mobile account and I've used 114MB in about half a month - I rarely ever go much over 1GB in a month, most months a lot less. Then again I'm not a phone junkie, either (I'd rather read on my Nook).
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I was really looking forward to this, but I am seriously underwhelmed. Bluetooth is nice, and the faster processor/wi-fi will stream HBO Go better. But 250 MB is seriously disappointing.
It is an interesting little plan for the price, it would actually cover the monthly use of a fair percentage of current smartphone market even if it would be useless to anyone using the LTE to any real extent.

Maybe there is a removable sim and if you don't like their plan you could go with the one from whoever their provider was (it would still need to use the same lte bands so you would be restricted)
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