Kindle Advice?

[Kev]

Yeah, the Kindle Fire it's called. Not on sale yet, but I am definitely interested depending on how much Android app functionality there is.

Since Dec 2004 I have been sorting my finances and charting my fitness training on an Ipaq 4700 PDA. I love it, the greatest gadget I ever bought and still used daily today.

But it's ancient now, 7 years old and won't last for ever and I want to switch to a tablet when it dies. I am idealogically opposed to Apple, mainly because my best mate is a disciple for them, so my tablet options have been limited.

The Kindle Fire might be ideal. I don't care about playing games and watching movies on it so processing power and tons of memory is not needed at all, thus the Fire represents something far more practical, providing the Amazon stuff doesn't totally take over the device.

I am very interested though.

It's not an ebook reader though, so should not be considered as a replacement for a proper Kindle.

[Saddo]

got the wife an ipad2 she loves it and there is a app that you can add to it for kindle books.... some people torrent free books and i find that shocking

i'm sure you can pick up an old ipad 1 for much the same price a a kindle on ebay... worth a look mate.

[Kev]

got the wife an ipad2 she loves it and there is a app that you can add to it for kindle books.... some people torrent free books and i find that shocking

i'm sure you can pick up an old ipad 1 for much the same price a a kindle on ebay... worth a look mate.

ipads are rubbish for reading books though. You dont want to have to read on a screen, it hurts your eyes. The battery only lasts for a couple hours and you can't read it outside on the beach in a sunny day.

The Kindle only needs to be charged about once a month, there is no screen and it looks awesome in the sunlight, the brighter the sun the better it looks.

[Saddo]

got the wife an ipad2 she loves it and there is a app that you can add to it for kindle books.... some people torrent free books and i find that shocking

i'm sure you can pick up an old ipad 1 for much the same price a a kindle on ebay... worth a look mate.

ipads are rubbish for reading books though. You dont want to have to read on a screen, it hurts your eyes. The battery only lasts for a couple hours and you can't read it outside on the beach in a sunny day.

The Kindle only needs to be charged about once a month, there is no screen and it looks awesome in the sunlight, the brighter the sun the better it looks.

never knew that... thats pretty cool as it goes.

the ipad aint that bad in the sun (better than a laptop and usable) and the battery life is 10 hours

[Kev]

got the wife an ipad2 she loves it and there is a app that you can add to it for kindle books.... some people torrent free books and i find that shocking

i'm sure you can pick up an old ipad 1 for much the same price a a kindle on ebay... worth a look mate.

ipads are rubbish for reading books though. You dont want to have to read on a screen, it hurts your eyes. The battery only lasts for a couple hours and you can't read it outside on the beach in a sunny day.

The Kindle only needs to be charged about once a month, there is no screen and it looks awesome in the sunlight, the brighter the sun the better it looks.

never knew that... thats pretty cool as it goes.

the ipad aint that bad in the sun (better than a laptop and usable) and the battery life is 10 hours

It's still staring a screen though. I just can't read a book that way. When my Kindle arrived I spent 5 minutes trying to work out how to peel the Kindle welcome page sticker off the screen, so I could switch it on and look at it. Then I realised that it already was turned on when it arrived and that that was the screen! It's amazingly impressive when you first see it and once put in a leather case just feels like reading a book, the device itself just disappears and you completely forget about it.

There is no backlight at all so just like a real book you can't read in the dark as it gives off no light or heat. So you need a lighted leather cover that attaches to the Kindle, making it look and feel awesome and then pull out the reading light on the side so you can see.

It's ace.

The ipad of course can a million and one things the Kindle can't so if movies, music, internet, multi media and games are your thing then an ipad is still awesome but for reading books for long periods the Kindle cannot be beat.

Last week I read The Sense of an Ending in one single night with a couple of tea breaks, that would awful to do on a screen.

But the Kindle does literally nothing else at all, the internet experience is labelled beta and is beyond shit, and there is no colour or video or any software at all.

It's purely a book reader but a brilliant one. I have about 300 books on mine now.

[Saddo]

got the wife an ipad2 she loves it and there is a app that you can add to it for kindle books.... some people torrent free books and i find that shocking

i'm sure you can pick up an old ipad 1 for much the same price a a kindle on ebay... worth a look mate.

ipads are rubbish for reading books though. You dont want to have to read on a screen, it hurts your eyes. The battery only lasts for a couple hours and you can't read it outside on the beach in a sunny day.

The Kindle only needs to be charged about once a month, there is no screen and it looks awesome in the sunlight, the brighter the sun the better it looks.

never knew that... thats pretty cool as it goes.

the ipad aint that bad in the sun (better than a laptop and usable) and the battery life is 10 hours

It's still staring a screen though. I just can't read a book that way. When my Kindle arrived I spent 5 minutes trying to work out how to peel the Kindle welcome page sticker off the screen, so I could switch it on and look at it. Then I realised that it already was turned on when it arrived and that that was the screen! It's amazingly impressive when you first see it and once put in a leather case just feels like reading a book, the device itself just disappears and you completely forget about it.

There is no backlight at all so just like a real book you can't read in the dark as it gives off no light or heat. So you need a lighted leather cover that attaches to the Kindle, making it look and feel awesome and then pull out the reading light on the side so you can see.

It's ace.

The ipad of course can a million and one things the Kindle can't so if movies, music, internet, multi media and games are your thing then an ipad is still awesome but for reading books for long periods the Kindle cannot be beat.

Last week I read The Sense of an Ending in one single night with a couple of tea breaks, that would awful to do on a screen.

But the Kindle does literally nothing else at all, the internet experience is labelled beta and is beyond shit, and there is no colour or video or any software at all.

It's purely a book reader but a brilliant one. I have about 300 books on mine now.

Cheers for that mate i have my sons birthday coming up and he has everything... he is a fanatic book reader but said he didn't want an ipad2 because he thinks its just not the same as a book.

you might have just solved a problem

[Kev]

got the wife an ipad2 she loves it and there is a app that you can add to it for kindle books.... some people torrent free books and i find that shocking

i'm sure you can pick up an old ipad 1 for much the same price a a kindle on ebay... worth a look mate.

ipads are rubbish for reading books though. You dont want to have to read on a screen, it hurts your eyes. The battery only lasts for a couple hours and you can't read it outside on the beach in a sunny day.

The Kindle only needs to be charged about once a month, there is no screen and it looks awesome in the sunlight, the brighter the sun the better it looks.

never knew that... thats pretty cool as it goes.

the ipad aint that bad in the sun (better than a laptop and usable) and the battery life is 10 hours

It's still staring a screen though. I just can't read a book that way. When my Kindle arrived I spent 5 minutes trying to work out how to peel the Kindle welcome page sticker off the screen, so I could switch it on and look at it. Then I realised that it already was turned on when it arrived and that that was the screen! It's amazingly impressive when you first see it and once put in a leather case just feels like reading a book, the device itself just disappears and you completely forget about it.

There is no backlight at all so just like a real book you can't read in the dark as it gives off no light or heat. So you need a lighted leather cover that attaches to the Kindle, making it look and feel awesome and then pull out the reading light on the side so you can see.

It's ace.

The ipad of course can a million and one things the Kindle can't so if movies, music, internet, multi media and games are your thing then an ipad is still awesome but for reading books for long periods the Kindle cannot be beat.

Last week I read The Sense of an Ending in one single night with a couple of tea breaks, that would awful to do on a screen.

But the Kindle does literally nothing else at all, the internet experience is labelled beta and is beyond shit, and there is no colour or video or any software at all.

It's purely a book reader but a brilliant one. I have about 300 books on mine now.

Cheers for that mate i have my sons birthday coming up and he has everything... he is a fanatic book reader but said he didn't want an ipad2 because he thinks its just not the same as a book.

you might have just solved a problem

If he reads ficition, then before he buys any books just google the book title and add .mobi at the end. All the fiction titles are on the net. Non fiction stuff tends to be more niche and so you will have to buy some of that. That's what I do, buy the non fiction stuff online, and any fiction just download for nowt and drag onto the kindle with a usb cable. It will save a fortune.

[Mattyhitman]

Some great advice Bilbo, much appreciated.

While watching tv last night the Ipad2 advert came on and the person using it was reading a book using it, I mentioned to her, that looks cool, trying to get a respose for the Kindle, she only turns round and says, "well thats pointless, I would much prefer to read the book itself, it takes away the pleasure of reading, the smell of the book, the turning of the page"

So im now in two minds about the Kindle