Comments on: Kindle Fire adds Hulu Plus support

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:27:00 +0000

I’d have to agree with you, and I’m one of the people you’re talking about. I used to have an iPad and iPad 2, and they were great, but I still missed having a laptop for productivity, so I sold them and got one of the 2011 11″ MacBook Airs. I still miss having a tablet though for reading on the couch or on the go, catching up on an episode of TV here and there, checking fantasy football on Sundays, some minor games, Facebook, e-mail, etc. So a small, cheap tablet like the Kindle Fire intrigued me, but I was turned off by another potential walled garden since I don’t buy a lot of content, but I do subscribe to Netflix, Hulu+ and HBO Go.

Now I won a $100 Best Buy Gift Card at work and Amazon announced Netflix and Hulu+ availability, so now I can get a Fire for ~$116 after tax and fill that gap. I don’t plan to subscribe to Prime and I definitely won’t be buying any movies/shows/music from Amazon (already entrenched in the iTunes ecosystem for that), though I’m sure i’ll get a book here and there.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:16:00 +0000

Amazon’s desperation at this point is amazing — the backtracking and flipping over streaming content under pressure from Barnes & Noble is just a sign how easily pressure can bust Amazon’s razor thin bottom line. They need the Fire to move or they’ll end up eating the costs of the thing — not just move, but sell things like Prime and advertisements. I’m assuming the flip on competitor’s streaming is because they hope they’ll be able to rope more customers into their ecology once they have them buying a Fire. Make no mistake though, people buying the Fire and not signing up for Prime is a nightmare that should keep AMZN shareholders up at night.

I’ll actually bet that the Fire is what pops AMZN’s absurd P/E bubble. Considering how quickly a “giant” tech company can tank, divide, and be replaced, I’ll even go so far as to lay even odds that BN has a better chance of being in business five years down the line then Amazon.

By: John Go

John Go — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:16:00 +0000

What can I say – Amazon has been a follower and a copycat ever since Nook Color was released by Barnes & Noble a year ago. Kindle Fire is one underpowered piece of scraps of old RIM PlayBook hardware. How about double the space for content or quadruple if you count microSD slot on Nook Tablet than on Fire? How about 30% better battery life of Nook? How about double the RAM of Nook Tablet? And about Nook’s fully laminated non-glare screen? And don’t even start with that Cloud baloney, it won’t be available while traveling or where Wi-Fi is not available. You have Wi-Fi at you house you say? Then you’ll watch the movies on your TV from Netflix. Portable tablets are all about doing things on the go. Cloud is way overrated – good for an occasional backup but not for content usage on Wi-Fi-only tablet on the go.

By: Digita1One

Digita1One — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:31:00 +0000

Competition is good.

By: 1898rks

1898rks — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:29:00 +0000

What I like about the Nook is that when I borrow a book from my library, my private information stays private. My library uses the Overdrive service for eBooks, and when you click on a book for the Kindle, it sends you to the Amazon site where, first, Amazon asks if you wouldn’t rather buy the book (thanks for adding an advertisement to my library experience), and then it stores information on what I’ve borrowed. My library doesn’t do that. They respect my right to read whatever I choose with no possibility of Big Brother coming down on me. Not only do they never release any of that information, they make sure they don’t even collect it so no one can force them to release it.