If you eventually want to get her the Kindle Fire, you should get her a Kindle so that any purchases she makes now can eventually be moved to the Fire. You might consider the basic Kindle Keyboard or Kindle Touch, plus a gift card for some books to load on it.
Green Renee February 1, 2013
yes,kindle only need $ 199.it is cheap and has great features.it can not only support ebooks ,but also offer games,music ,videos,email and so on
Coolio February 1, 2013
Hey, sarama, Kindle is a good (although not the best) e-Ink eReader on the market. It’s good for reading outside and in good lighting conditions. However, current Kindle 3 (that is the same Kindle Keyboard model) is one outdated device as it doesn’t have a touch screen, no microSD or any other card slot to add more space for more content, it has a page turn lag, it flashes black on each page turn, it’s battery only lasts one months with one hour daily reading with Wi-Fi off. Incoming Kindle Touch will have a touch screen and no page turn lag but it still flashes black on each page turn, it’s battery only lasts one months with one hours daily reading with Wi-Fi off (Amazon web site states two months but with HALF an hour reading that is the same things as before but a different marketing.)
I’d recommend instead e-Ink Nook Simpletouch from Barnes & Noble as it 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 doesn’t blink black on each page turn, and it has microSD card slot that can increase your content capacity by up to 32 GB – much better than current Kindle 3 or Kindle Keyboard or Kindle Touch. Also, it just came out from Amazon that on the new Kindle Touch 3G they limit what web sites you can access (only Amazon store and Wikipedia are allowed.)
Nook (unlike Kindle) supports both DRM-protected and DRM-free ebooks in ePub format that is the most used eBook fromat in the world thus it supports ebooks from B&N store, from any other DRM-free source on the web, and from public libraries. 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. Nook store has over 2 million of paid books and about the same number of free public domain books.
Here’s what you need to know before you consider Kindle Fire:
– Kindle Fire doesn’t have microSD slot that, for example, Nook Color has thus it is stuck with 6 GB usable internal storage unlike Nook Color that can get up to 32 GB card in. Kindles are made to be almost like a “dumb terminal” of the past to make sure you’re tied up to Amazon’s storage on the web (for which you need Wi-Fi connection to get to) and you can only store content you get from Amazon there, not other files. Quoting Amazon on Kindle Fire: “Free cloud storage for all Amazon content”. Get it, Amazon content?
– The stats of how long the battery can last (Kindle Fire theory is 8 hours) are taken with Wi-Fi off. You can only imaging how much less Kindle Fire battery will last if you use it to access content from their Cloud storage over Wi-Fi.
– Amazon can spy on your web activity through their new cloud-integrated web browser of Kindle Fire.
– VERY IMPORTANT – lack of microSD slot means that if you decide to root your Kindle Fire, you’ll have to root the actual device thus there will be no coming back. On Nook Color, you can make it boot from a “rooted” microSD card and if you want to get back to the original Nook you can just take out the card and reboot.
– Kindle doesn’t support eBooks in ePub format that is the most used format in the world.
– Kindle app store contains only Amazon approved apps and it does not include (and will not include) Netflix app that iPad has and Nook Color is getting thus again you’re stuck with Amazon content only.
– Amazon confirmed that you cannot download anything to Kindle Fire when traveling abroad.
I’d recommend waiting for a couple of weeks as Nook Color 2 is rumored to be released by Barnes & Noble.
If you eventually want to get her the Kindle Fire, you should get her a Kindle so that any purchases she makes now can eventually be moved to the Fire. You might consider the basic Kindle Keyboard or Kindle Touch, plus a gift card for some books to load on it.
yes,kindle only need $ 199.it is cheap and has great features.it can not only support ebooks ,but also offer games,music ,videos,email and so on
Hey, sarama, Kindle is a good (although not the best) e-Ink eReader on the market. It’s good for reading outside and in good lighting conditions. However, current Kindle 3 (that is the same Kindle Keyboard model) is one outdated device as it doesn’t have a touch screen, no microSD or any other card slot to add more space for more content, it has a page turn lag, it flashes black on each page turn, it’s battery only lasts one months with one hour daily reading with Wi-Fi off. Incoming Kindle Touch will have a touch screen and no page turn lag but it still flashes black on each page turn, it’s battery only lasts one months with one hours daily reading with Wi-Fi off (Amazon web site states two months but with HALF an hour reading that is the same things as before but a different marketing.)
I’d recommend instead e-Ink Nook Simpletouch from Barnes & Noble as it 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 doesn’t blink black on each page turn, and it has microSD card slot that can increase your content capacity by up to 32 GB – much better than current Kindle 3 or Kindle Keyboard or Kindle Touch. Also, it just came out from Amazon that on the new Kindle Touch 3G they limit what web sites you can access (only Amazon store and Wikipedia are allowed.)
Nook (unlike Kindle) supports both DRM-protected and DRM-free ebooks in ePub format that is the most used eBook fromat in the world thus it supports ebooks from B&N store, from any other DRM-free source on the web, and from public libraries. 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. Nook store has over 2 million of paid books and about the same number of free public domain books.
Here’s what you need to know before you consider Kindle Fire:
– Kindle Fire doesn’t have microSD slot that, for example, Nook Color has thus it is stuck with 6 GB usable internal storage unlike Nook Color that can get up to 32 GB card in. Kindles are made to be almost like a “dumb terminal” of the past to make sure you’re tied up to Amazon’s storage on the web (for which you need Wi-Fi connection to get to) and you can only store content you get from Amazon there, not other files. Quoting Amazon on Kindle Fire: “Free cloud storage for all Amazon content”. Get it, Amazon content?
– The stats of how long the battery can last (Kindle Fire theory is 8 hours) are taken with Wi-Fi off. You can only imaging how much less Kindle Fire battery will last if you use it to access content from their Cloud storage over Wi-Fi.
– Amazon can spy on your web activity through their new cloud-integrated web browser of Kindle Fire.
– VERY IMPORTANT – lack of microSD slot means that if you decide to root your Kindle Fire, you’ll have to root the actual device thus there will be no coming back. On Nook Color, you can make it boot from a “rooted” microSD card and if you want to get back to the original Nook you can just take out the card and reboot.
– Kindle doesn’t support eBooks in ePub format that is the most used format in the world.
– Kindle app store contains only Amazon approved apps and it does not include (and will not include) Netflix app that iPad has and Nook Color is getting thus again you’re stuck with Amazon content only.
– Amazon confirmed that you cannot download anything to Kindle Fire when traveling abroad.
I’d recommend waiting for a couple of weeks as Nook Color 2 is rumored to be released by Barnes & Noble.