Check lots of comparisons and try to make the choice based on what exactly you’re looking to do though. If you’re a huge Amazon shopper then maybe Kindle’s the way to go.But if you want to read, pay no monthly fees, and get support in-person, then I’d go NOOK all the way.
The Kindle Fire is extremely proprietary and I’ve heard lots of friends say they switched when they realized they couldn’t get all the books they wanted and had a hard time borrowing books from the library. On a NOOK you can get books from pretty much everywhere but Amazon if B&N doesn’t have it or you want to shop the best price. Plus if something happens, you can take it to a real person at the closest B&N store and if they, for some reason, can’t help you, they’ll get you someone who can help you while you’re there with them.
The available microSD card slot has been a HUGE help with certain apps that require one or just being able to easily take all of your pictures/music/videos that don’t transfer on the B&N content cloud space from one NOOK to another. (by the way, I’d recommend the Dropbox app for free cloud storage from your NOOK to your smartphone to your computer)
Red January 25, 2014
Kindle Fire
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William January 25, 2014
The Kindle Fire has a more intuitive interface, one that everyone can “get” right out of the box. Your most recently visited apps, websites and media are on the homescreen, and there are tabs that run across the top, labeled “Movies,” “Music,” “Books,” etc., that send you exactly where you need to go. For me, and for the researchers at Display-Mate, the Nook Tablet’s interface is less intuitive, with a very long, unsorted carousel of icons that runs along the bottom of the homescreen. It’s not a disaster, but it does not offer the incredibly easy navigation of the Kindle Fire, either.
The Nook Tablet, meanwhile, has several physical buttons on the device that Amazon’s tablet notably lacks. The Nook has a Menu button, for example, positioned where the Home button on the iPad sits, that brings up your main menu whenever you press it; the Kindle Fire does not. The Nook Tablet has external volume buttons for easy volume control; the Kindle Fire’s volume is always controlled on the screen. The Nook Tablet also has a microphone, which, to be fair, can’t do much yet — you can record yourself reading a children’s book for your kids, and little else — but that might make Wi-Fi calling on the Nook Tablet a possibility in the future.
I would go NOOK Tablet!
Check lots of comparisons and try to make the choice based on what exactly you’re looking to do though. If you’re a huge Amazon shopper then maybe Kindle’s the way to go.But if you want to read, pay no monthly fees, and get support in-person, then I’d go NOOK all the way.
The Kindle Fire is extremely proprietary and I’ve heard lots of friends say they switched when they realized they couldn’t get all the books they wanted and had a hard time borrowing books from the library. On a NOOK you can get books from pretty much everywhere but Amazon if B&N doesn’t have it or you want to shop the best price. Plus if something happens, you can take it to a real person at the closest B&N store and if they, for some reason, can’t help you, they’ll get you someone who can help you while you’re there with them.
The available microSD card slot has been a HUGE help with certain apps that require one or just being able to easily take all of your pictures/music/videos that don’t transfer on the B&N content cloud space from one NOOK to another. (by the way, I’d recommend the Dropbox app for free cloud storage from your NOOK to your smartphone to your computer)
Kindle Fire
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The Kindle Fire has a more intuitive interface, one that everyone can “get” right out of the box. Your most recently visited apps, websites and media are on the homescreen, and there are tabs that run across the top, labeled “Movies,” “Music,” “Books,” etc., that send you exactly where you need to go. For me, and for the researchers at Display-Mate, the Nook Tablet’s interface is less intuitive, with a very long, unsorted carousel of icons that runs along the bottom of the homescreen. It’s not a disaster, but it does not offer the incredibly easy navigation of the Kindle Fire, either.
The Nook Tablet, meanwhile, has several physical buttons on the device that Amazon’s tablet notably lacks. The Nook has a Menu button, for example, positioned where the Home button on the iPad sits, that brings up your main menu whenever you press it; the Kindle Fire does not. The Nook Tablet has external volume buttons for easy volume control; the Kindle Fire’s volume is always controlled on the screen. The Nook Tablet also has a microphone, which, to be fair, can’t do much yet — you can record yourself reading a children’s book for your kids, and little else — but that might make Wi-Fi calling on the Nook Tablet a possibility in the future.