Comments on: Kindle Fire tablet sales hit 250,000 over five days

By: Kindle Fire UK Release Date

Kindle Fire UK Release Date — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:58:00 +0000

Looks awesome, looking forward to the UK release date.

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:34:00 +0000

Kindle Fire doesn’t have microSD slot that Nook Color has thus it is
stuck with 6 GB usable internal storage unlike Nook Color that can get
up to 32 GB card in. Kindles are made to be almost like a “dumb
terminal” of the past to make sure you’re tied up to Amazon’s storage on
the web (for which you need Wi-Fi connection to get to.) and you can
only store content you get from Amazon there, not other files and they
can spy on your web activities through the new cloud-integrated web
browser. Also, VERY IMPORTANT – lack of microSD slot means that if you
decide to root your Kindle Fire, you’ll have to root the actual device
thus there will be no coming back. On Nook, you can make it boot from a
“rooted” microSD card and if you want to get back to the original Nook
you can just take out the card and reboot. Nook Color still has the best
on the market anti-glare coated screen that is better for
eading/viewing outside.

B&N is rumored to be coming out with Nook Color 2 shortly that will
sure to have Netflix app among others (you won’t find it on Kindle).
Nook Touch is still better designed than even the new Kindle Touch with
battery lasting two months with ONE hour reading a day with Wi-Fi off
thus it’s still twice as long as new Kindle’s two months with HALF and
hour a day with Wi-Fi off. It looks like Kindle didn’t get any battery
improvement in the new model, they only changed the test condition.
More, Kindle Touch still flashes black on each page turn while Nook
Touch reduces the flashing by 80%.

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:34:00 +0000

By: Hyperionct

Hyperionct — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:05:00 +0000

FInd a better deal than $199? Yea, good luck with that!

By: Nitin Narang

Nitin Narang — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:34:00 +0000

250k pre-orders is pretty impressive.. Although Amazon may not make money from the hardware itself it has all the triggers to get the device hugely popular ($199 tag) and then make lot of money from add on services using the ecosystem it has been building for past few years – Amazon web services, instant video, kindle books, music store, cloud storage, and Android apps

By: Yadallah

Yadallah — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:57:00 +0000

Sort of… First. Amazon has a deal with their cloud player that if you pay 20 dollars (free for the first eyar with the purchase of an mp3 album) then you get 20GB of storage. Additionally, music does not count towards that total, so you could upload hundreds of GB to the cloud and then access it from your Kindle Fire.

Second. Amazon lets you keeps any digital media you buy from them in their cloud for free.

In both scenarios you can download them from the cloud as many times as you want, or just play them in the cloud player. I personaly would not upload (non-bought) music, but maybe your tollerance for risk is higher than mine.

Amazon has good prices and I like the idea that if my device breaks, or if/when I upgrade it in a few years I won’t have to worry about backing anything up. It will still be in the cloud associated with my user name.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:53:00 +0000

w8 wtf when did November get here?
D*mmit did I miss black friday *****

By: milore

milore — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:32:00 +0000

I’m not going to jump on the bandwagon yet. The question I’d like answered is this…what about all the mp3s I have on my existing player? Most bought, a few not. Can they all be dragged over to this device?

By: Shadowplay

Shadowplay — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:18:00 +0000

Not really. No money changes hands until it ships, which means if in the meanwhile I can find a better deal on a tablet I can cancel

By: Jordan Eilbert

Jordan Eilbert — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:55:00 +0000

considering these are all pre-orders should be noted – since 250k is pretty big for a device that hasn’t hit the shelves yet.

By: Nedra

Nedra — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:54:00 +0000

Yeah but they preordered it. Even more impressive.

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:44:00 +0000

? Funny how it doesn’t launch until November