Amazon Kindle Fire - Android 7" tablet for $200
 

HP TouchPad? :fuckthatshit:

Amazon Kindle Fire tablet unveiled: Android-based, 7-inch display, $199 price tag -- Engadget

As for what is subsidizing this, they want you to subscribe to their service after the 30 day trial

http://www.amazon.com/gp/prime

Looks like the Playbook, but more interesting. Now to see what the actual specs are, for the dual-core chip, ram and how much storage it has.

If the fire has an nvidia chip, which I doubt at that price, it would be a pretty awesome little tablet.

They'll sell a ton of these. Like Apple, Amazon has got the name people recognize and more importantly the storefront to supply content.

Going to be tough for other tablet makers to go up against these two.

i've been waiting for this.

on RFD ppl were commenting that there may be a problem b/c their services are only available to US customers (unless you have a US address & US credit card available)

anyone know if there services are available to canadian comsumers?

Screen is IPS, amazing

dual core too. Even if it's just a Qualcomm it'll be good, for $200.. crazy

Specs: 7-inch IPS (!) panel, Gorilla Glass coating, a 1GHz TI OMAP dual-core CPU, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage and a chassis that weighs 14.6 ounces

Update 3: Amazon Kindle Fire impressions (video) -- Engadget

"The reports we'd heard of the Kindle Fire being very similar to the BlackBerry PlayBook, and you can certainly put any doubt you had about that to rest. As expected, the thing is very clearly related to RIM's hardware, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. We liked the way the PlayBook feels in the hand, and while we only briefly had the opportunity to touch a Kindle Fire, it gives off the same quality impression."

I'd prefer if it had a front facing camera though.

Has anyone seen demos of what other apps running on this look like? So far almost everything has concentrated on the Amazon apps, I want to see what they've left of Android.

x2 I want to beable to sit on the couch and skype.

It's an ebook reader/multimedia device. It's not meant to communicate. But since it's running Android 2.1 or 2.3 then you can damn well expect CyanogenMod to be on there soon. Should be available faster than the touchpad version.

Although the only benefits I see over the Nook colour are the Dual Core and Gorilla Glass. Plus the Nook has expandable storage.

512MB of ram too?

Jesus this is all like, too good to be true for $200

is this a lot different from the nook color (other than its specs, but the NC wasn't too shabby at all)? i sold mine in a week... even after i rooted it and played with a bunch of stuff in applanet

NC specs are OK, but the CPU is a single core OMAP 3 while the KF has a dual core OMAP 4.

My favorite part of this.. cheaper iPad 3.. :D

Yeah maybe when the iPad 4 comes out :fuckthatshit:
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It depends on why you sold your nook.

i found my friend's nook laggy when flipping through a PDF comic, and when scrolling when browsing. if the fire is lag free, and if I'm able to access their Prime services while still be in canada, i'd want to get this. so far it seems prime is unavailable for canadians.

the size and weight of the nook was perfect for carrying around with you and holding in your hand. the ipad's screen was great b/c it's nice and big, but i wouldnt want to carry that thing around with me when i go out.

was reading the comments from that amazon link

anyone have experience with the china-made tablet Meiying M11?

i got rid of it mainly because of its size. either a user has to buy magazine or book content made for a tablet (do they make android tablet editions?), or when i read the tons of pdfs i have of books/mags i have to pinch and zoom every time. as for pdf performance, i found that different programs performed quite differently, especially the time it took to render when zooming in and out... so try a different program.

i guess $200 for a 10" tablet won't happen for a while, not counting the touchpad haha

the nook was sitting on my coffee table after the first 2 days ... do you guys read books and watch movies on the tabets?

bump

My girlfriend decided to "surprise" me with a Kindle Fire for my birthday...and boy was I surprised...lol

I wonder if I'm the only one on Revscene with this? :alone:

^ where she get it?

unless prime services are available outside the US probably :alone:

aren't they available at best buy in the US?

I think she bought it from Amazon and shipped through this website

Took me awhile to figure out how to download apps from the appstore. I needed a fake US address, fake number, and FAKE US credit card number, just to download FREE apps.

I also can't use the Amazon cloud service, since it's US only and I can't seem to get a US proxy to work with it.

What I'm still stumped about is why it didn't come with a USB cable to connect to my PC?

^ root it and put cm on it or something. sucks that you basically have to commit identify and credit card fraud just to use something you've brought.