Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: how the specs compare
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Re: Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: how the specs compare
#2It's a shame they both still have terrible displays. It's hard on the eyes to read a long text on a screen with Probably fine for casual web browsing and children's books with large type, though.
Re: Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: how the specs compare
#3For me, hackability will be the major issue. I'd rather run the Kindle app and the Nook store app on top of Cyanogenmod than on either of the supplied Android versions.
They should both run ICS pretty well, too -- but I place low odds on Amazon or B&N putting themselves to the trouble of porting it any time soon.
Re: Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: how the specs compare
#4It's a shame they both still have terrible displays. It's hard on the eyes to read a long text on a screen with Probably fine for casual web browsing and children's books with large type, though.
I had an opportunity to try out the Fire and didn't think that the display was terrible at all, for what its worth. Seemed crisp enough to me.
Re: Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: how the specs compare
#5It's a shame they both still have terrible displays. It's hard on the eyes to read a long text on a screen with Probably fine for casual web browsing and children's books with large type, though.
I had an opportunity to try out the Fire and didn't think that the display was terrible at all, for what its worth. Seemed crisp enough to me.
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Re: Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: how the specs compare
#6Funny how the things that don't matter were given seven whole sections.
But the one thing that will determine whether either of them succeeds or fails, the intangibles, was given only lip service at the end.
Re: Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: how the specs compare
#7Funny how the things that don't matter were given seven whole sections. But the one thing that will determine whether either of them succeeds or fails, the intangibles, was given only lip service at the end.
As my mom taught me a long time ago:
Sometimes the more measurable drives out the most important. —René Dubos
Re: Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: how the specs compare
#8It's a shame they both still have terrible displays. It's hard on the eyes to read a long text on a screen with Probably fine for casual web browsing and children's books with large type, though.
Isn't the iPad 132 ppi?
Re: Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: how the specs compare
#9Funny how the things that don't matter were given seven whole sections. But the one thing that will determine whether either of them succeeds or fails, the intangibles, was given only lip service at the end.
Yeah, I actually chuckled when I read "this may be the [spec comparison] that will come in the handiest this shopping season."
Consumers don't care about specs in this market. Sure, a few do, but not enough to make or break a product. This market is all about services, convenience, branding and mindshare. In those categories, Amazon, specifically the Kindle, wins hands down. Even with better specs, the B&N Nook will feel like the cheaper "also-ran" to the more mainstream Kindle Fire and iPad. It's a shame for B&N, but that's the facts.
Re: Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: how the specs compare
#10through the consumer lens:
can i buy and read books? both.
can i watch movies with it? both.
play sudoku? both.
listen to music and audio books? both.
my kids can play angry birds? both.
cost the same? nope, the kindle fire costs $50 less.