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So today Im getting hit from everywhere, on Facebook, Twitter, Texts and eMails about what I think of the new Amazon Kindle Tablets introduced. The questions have been if it is going to kill Apple iPad or is it going to put Amazon out of business.
I have to put my guess and opinion to no on both of those questions.
Now this is me talking about it when I still do not have an iPad. But I have researched it and kept up with the updates. The first thought I had when seeing the description of the Kindle Fire is it is more of a media reader with a browser and of course along android tablet. What impresses me is that Amazon came out with their own browser Silk and they are pushing how fast it will work on the Kindle Fire.
So bottom line is that the iPad is a "Computer" tablet and the Kindle Fire is a "media" and of course it's successful eReader capabilities. The Kindle Fire is described from Jeff Bezos's presentation is that you can browse the web, the social networks, your email and of course Amazon's MP3, movies, books and of course everything from a to z that Amazon offers. I'm still new to the cloud technology but very soon it will be in everyones tech vocabulary to work with.
The Kindle Fire, I don't think, was made to Produce content but to receive and store content. It does have a USB 2.0 slot and does state it receives most file formats including jpeg and mp3. With it not having a camera of any type, I am also not seeing or it being pushed a built in photo app to show pics but Im guessing the Amazon Android app store will have plenty apps to view photos.
So the question, which would Lance buy? Though the iPad would be cool to have and and its built in apps make items like email and contacts an ease to get to and finally would be easier to produce content if needed to and it is on my buying list. Noticing my technology habits lately, I'm either on Facebook, Twitter, email, surfing the web, on my Kindle or of course on the iPhone. I'm not seeing myself "producing" as much content such as videos and pictures like I use to. The price of the Kindle fire meets my value budget versus paying for the iPad. However, if I were in a mobile career where content would need to be produced and uploaded/emailed to the web or server would for sure rely on the iPad. It really depends on your lifestyle which one is needed.
