A kindle fire is a tablet, able to browse the web, read books, watch movies and listen to music.
A regular kindle is just for reading.
Magic Matt July 16, 2013
(To the other person who answered:) If you have to guess at what the difference is (by using words like “probably”), then why even comment?
Anyway, the Kindle is just an e-reader – and a really good one at that! But that is it’s only function. Sure, you can access email, and very basic web pages or searches (through google), but it is mainly for reading books, magazines, etc.
The Kindle Fire is more of a multimedia tablet. Not a true full-fledged tablet like the others out there (iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, etc), but it is great for viewing videos or movies from amazon, browsing the web, and general reading (though it wont be as good in the reading department because of it’s full color backlit display).
accorn34 July 16, 2013
Well they are really different animals :).
The kindle fire is a complete color tablet. So it can load ebooks, music, movies and thousands of android apps, and it has a standard laptop color screen.
You can get a good deal on the fire here: http://www.shoppersource.net/goto/kindle_fire
The basic kindle on the other hand has a monochrome (backlight free) display and is really just focused on ereading.
If your primary goal is just reading than the basic kindle might actually be the best choice, since the non backlit screen is much easier on the eyes – since you don’t have artificial light beaming into you skull but it just uses natural overhead light: http://www.shoppersource.net/goto/basic_kindle
For only a little more then the basic kindle your always getting free 3g web browsing – so you can browse the web anywhere over the free 3g, whereas on the basic kindle above you can only browse the web in wifi hotspots.
The web browser on the keyboard kindle is more basic then the fire, but you can use it anywhere for free, and it’s good for basic browsing (facebook/email/news/blogs).
Uncle Pennybags July 16, 2013
The Kindle Fire is a multimedia consumption device, good for eBooks, music, video/movies, apps and games and some light web browsing.
All the other Kindles are e-Ink screen eReaders. They are really only good for reading. They have some other functionality, but really, they are pretty crappy at doing anything else other than for reading.
TheTruth July 16, 2013
Hi Jen, 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 $ 30 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 (even that 7.5 hours will not hold true in tests, video playback drains battery much more than reading)
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, you’re 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 Nook’s 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.
A kindle fire is a tablet, able to browse the web, read books, watch movies and listen to music.
A regular kindle is just for reading.
(To the other person who answered:) If you have to guess at what the difference is (by using words like “probably”), then why even comment?
Anyway, the Kindle is just an e-reader – and a really good one at that! But that is it’s only function. Sure, you can access email, and very basic web pages or searches (through google), but it is mainly for reading books, magazines, etc.
The Kindle Fire is more of a multimedia tablet. Not a true full-fledged tablet like the others out there (iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, etc), but it is great for viewing videos or movies from amazon, browsing the web, and general reading (though it wont be as good in the reading department because of it’s full color backlit display).
Well they are really different animals :).
The kindle fire is a complete color tablet. So it can load ebooks, music, movies and thousands of android apps, and it has a standard laptop color screen.
You can get a good deal on the fire here:
http://www.shoppersource.net/goto/kindle_fire
The basic kindle on the other hand has a monochrome (backlight free) display and is really just focused on ereading.
If your primary goal is just reading than the basic kindle might actually be the best choice, since the non backlit screen is much easier on the eyes – since you don’t have artificial light beaming into you skull but it just uses natural overhead light:
http://www.shoppersource.net/goto/basic_kindle
You could also consider the 3g keyboard kindle:
http://www.shoppersource.net/goto/kindle_3g_keyboard
For only a little more then the basic kindle your always getting free 3g web browsing – so you can browse the web anywhere over the free 3g, whereas on the basic kindle above you can only browse the web in wifi hotspots.
The web browser on the keyboard kindle is more basic then the fire, but you can use it anywhere for free, and it’s good for basic browsing (facebook/email/news/blogs).
The Kindle Fire is a multimedia consumption device, good for eBooks, music, video/movies, apps and games and some light web browsing.
All the other Kindles are e-Ink screen eReaders. They are really only good for reading. They have some other functionality, but really, they are pretty crappy at doing anything else other than for reading.
Hi Jen, 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 $ 30 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 (even that 7.5 hours will not hold true in tests, video playback drains battery much more than reading)
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, you’re 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 Nook’s 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.