Does the thing come with a camera and a microphone? Doesn't look like it from the picture. What a pity, these things would make perfect home video phones.
This kind of muddies the waters. You will most likely have a much more open platform than Amazon is giving you as far as access to apps and content (which might not be a plus to everyone), however B&N also doesn't have as much content to offer either. So other than some additional memory it's hard to justify the extra $50.
Is the Kindle price add supported or not? That would be the only other piece that might play here. Otherwise B&N needs to show better content availability if they want people to start spending the extra $50.
B&N has a larger ebook store than Amazon, so they have the edge. Plus wider file support means you can get more books from more places as well. From what I've read on Android Police and Droid Life, the Nook Tab has Hulu and Netflix integration, so right there, they offer more content than Amazon.
They claim longer battery life than the Fire, but we'll need to wait until they both hit the market to see numbers to back that up.
So far as I know, the 200 dollar Kindle Fire is not ad supported.
I am pretty sure someone will get the Amazon app running on the Nook negating any real advantage the Fire had (aside from Silk, but that probably won't last long either).
Word to this. A hacked and OCed Nook Color was a nice cheap alternative to the $400+ Android tablets. If B&N keeps that wink-wink nudge-nudge attitude towards hacking, these things will fly off the shelves.
$250 for a dual-core A9 with 1GB and a quality IPS screen? Sold.
Screen doesn't look that awesome compared to some of the best tablets out there now. But everything else is pretty solid, and if the price is much better than those others, then it's a "no brainer".
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uhuznaa - Monday, November 7, 2011 - link
Does the thing come with a camera and a microphone? Doesn't look like it from the picture. What a pity, these things would make perfect home video phones.djc208 - Monday, November 7, 2011 - link
This kind of muddies the waters. You will most likely have a much more open platform than Amazon is giving you as far as access to apps and content (which might not be a plus to everyone), however B&N also doesn't have as much content to offer either. So other than some additional memory it's hard to justify the extra $50.Is the Kindle price add supported or not? That would be the only other piece that might play here. Otherwise B&N needs to show better content availability if they want people to start spending the extra $50.
Bateluer - Monday, November 7, 2011 - link
B&N has a larger ebook store than Amazon, so they have the edge. Plus wider file support means you can get more books from more places as well. From what I've read on Android Police and Droid Life, the Nook Tab has Hulu and Netflix integration, so right there, they offer more content than Amazon.They claim longer battery life than the Fire, but we'll need to wait until they both hit the market to see numbers to back that up.
So far as I know, the 200 dollar Kindle Fire is not ad supported.
Camikazi - Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - link
I am pretty sure someone will get the Amazon app running on the Nook negating any real advantage the Fire had (aside from Silk, but that probably won't last long either).Mugur - Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - link
I just hope it's as easy to install a full Android distribution as on the old Nook Color... :-)Anonymous Blowhard - Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - link
Word to this. A hacked and OCed Nook Color was a nice cheap alternative to the $400+ Android tablets. If B&N keeps that wink-wink nudge-nudge attitude towards hacking, these things will fly off the shelves.$250 for a dual-core A9 with 1GB and a quality IPS screen? Sold.
teng029 - Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - link
agreed. the nook color also booted from the SD card by default. here's hoping that is the case with the tablet as well..jed22281 - Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - link
Screen doesn't look that awesome compared to some of the best tablets out there now.But everything else is pretty solid, and if the price is much better than those others, then it's a "no brainer".