Q. I am thinking about purchasing a Kindle Fire. Should I buy the HD one or the regular kind? The two prices are $160 and $200, so there is only $40 difference. After I buy one of these device, I want to subscribe to a video subscription service. I am thinking between Netflix, Hulu Plus, or Amazon Prime. I have a fairly a good idea on Hulu and Netflix. But what exactly is Amazon Prime? Are there many movie and TV selections to choose from? Or are they almost all outdated videos and limited? And what book benefits do I receive from Amazon Prime? Are the ebooks cheaper and most free to borrow?
A. After having looked at both of them, I think the Kindle Fire HD has more than enough features to be worth the additional cost. The big ones being a higher res screen that you really can see a difference on, dual band wi-fi antennas, camera, better sounding speakers.
Amazon Prime is Amazon's $79 a year service. With that, you get:
1. Free 2 day shipping on anything bought from Amazon, but not their affiliated merchants.
2. Borrowing of 1 free book a month from a limited reading list
3. Free streaming of many movies and TV shows. Mostly, the movies available tend to be 2 years old or older, but they often have TV shows from last season available.
I also stream Netflix to my Kindle Fire HD. I think Netflix is implemented better and more intuitive than Amazon's video system, but I am essentially paying 2 subscriptions and I may drop Netflix soon.
eBooks do tend to be cheaper than their ink and paper cousins. Mostly by a little, like $1, but sometimes significantly more, especially for recent hardback releases.
will the kindle fire be able to play Youtube videos ?
Q. The Kindle Fire Tablet has flash & Java i believe but can it play Youtube videos on its web browser known as the Silk.
A. No,you can't play Youtube videos on the Kindle Fire directly,you should convert the format to mp4 that can be supported by the Kindle Fire.
Kindle Fire Video Converter Ultimate is the best choice to convert youtube to Kindle Fire.
I'm getting the kindle for christmas?
Q. So I'm getting the kindle for christmas and I want to know if there is anything else cool about it I mean I know there is roughly 800,000 choices of book's and that's really magnifecent and I do enjoy reading aswell but is there anything else mybe apps or can you surf on it sorry if I do sound a tad bit silly but I just wanted to know so I don't get my hope's up to high about it. Mine is going to have touch screen and wifi. Thanks in advance !
A. Hello Amarie, Kindle Touch ($139 without ads) or Nook Simple Touch ($99 without ads) are e-Ink devices for reading and not video/web/apps while Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet are LCD/IPS screen devices for video/web/apps but not too much for reading.
Ads-supported Kindle models show full page ads to you (and everyone around you) every time they go to sleep mode and also show 2 line ads right there at your home screen - so annoying that Amazon even released a software that for $39 can convert ad-supported Kindle into non-ad-supported one. Non-touch screen Kindle models are such basic stone age devices (with page turn lag, buttons, and black blinks/flashes on each page turn) that I would not even speak about them. Nook (unlike Kindle) supports eBooks in ePub format that is the universal format most used in the world. Current e-Ink Nook Simple Touch has the latest generation touch screen display, no page turn lag, it weights less, its battery lasts twice as long (two months on one charge), it has microSD slot and it doesn't blink on each page turn - much better than current Kindle 3 or Kindle Keyboard. 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. Nook Touch and Nook Color and Tablet (unlike Kindle) have microSD card slot to take a card (class 6 or above) up to 32 GB.
Nook Tablet is $224 if sign up for Barnes & Noble membership or $250 without signup. Nook Tablet is clearly the superior device over Kindle Fire. Not just 11.5 hours battery life but 9 hours of video playback time - that's vs. 8 hours for reading and 7.5 hours of video playback on Kindle Fire.
1.0 GB RAM Vs. 512 MB RAM of Kindle Fire, 16 GB content capacity plus 32 GB via microSD card vs. 8 GB capacity of Kindle Fire with no expansion slot. Fully laminated HD screen for reduced glare vs. no lamination of Kindle Fire. Bulit-in and optimized Netflix and Hulu plus with millions of movies/shows vs. 100K movies/shows of Amazon store. Nook Tablet has built-in mic for Skype voice conferencing and dictations to speech recognition software, very smooth video playback with excellent screen, and very fast apps load. Nook already has Cloud as all eBooks in your online library are stored there as well as downloaded to your device.
Also, If you walk in with the Nook to Barnes & Noble store, youâre allowed to read ANY available eBook for free while in the store via free provided in the store Wi-Fi and you get free technical support in case of issues in any of the store.
You can buy Nookâs at Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Millon, Walmart, BestBuy, Staples, OfficeMax, Fred Mayer, P.C. Richard, Radio Shack, Target, Fry's, Kmart, Sears etc. stores and web sites.
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