glennda Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 Just seen this BBC News - Amazon Kindle Fire to enter tablet computer market looks interesting and at the price advertised (£130) could be big competition to the Ipad
flyinghaggis Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 Yeah, pretty keen to get my hands on one when it's released in the UK. I've never really been interested in an ipad or samsung galaxy as for the £500 price tag I've always felt it was too much for an internet tablet but at $199 it's much more appealing. Suspect it'll be closer to £200 when it's released in the UK though!
localzuk Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 Put it this way - the new normal kindle is $79, but is £89 in the UK. Using the same figures, it means it'll end up around £225. Still, its a good price, and I'm interested in it too. Gonna get my mom one of the new kindles though I think!
featured_spectre Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 I might even buy myself one of these...looks very tempting!
featured_spectre Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 That doesnt bother me, ipad1 first release wasnt powerful compared to some of the tablets out now...
flyinghaggis Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 (edited) I think that it's a masterstroke on Amazon's part putting out a low powered tablet. If all it's gonna do is let you play music,watch movies, read books and browse websites do you really need dedicated graphics, the latest high end CPUs plus tens of Gb's of storage? Sure, they could have matched the ipad2 by fitting it with the latest Nvidia Tegra tech/etc but that's the reason every other manufacturer has failed to topple Apple IMO. Pitching a competing product at the same price as the ipad2 would have been suicide. By selling for literally half the price it opens up an entirely new market segment IMO! I mean think about how it could change the way technology is used in schools if we could finally get a useable good quality £100-£200 tablet computing device for example! Edited September 28, 2011 by flyinghaggis
teejay Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 Try reading a book on it outdoors on a sunny day. Personally, I'll stick with my Kindle 3 with an e-ink display, it does what it's supposed to do very well. The new Kindle without keyboard looks rather nice, the only downside is the battery only lasts a month compared to 2 on the Kindle 3, such hardship having to charge it once a month;)
Arthur Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 It's interesting how similar the Kindle Fire is to the PlayBook... The Amazon tablet will look like a PlayBook -- because it basically is. « gdgt Kindle Fire vs. BlackBerry PlayBook... Fight! « Engadget
Arthur Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 (edited) could be big competition to the iPad I reckon Barnes & Noble should be more worried than Apple, especially considering the Kindle Fire is US only (there's no Amazon AppStore or Cloud Player in the UK!!!). Edited September 28, 2011 by Arthur
sted Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 It's interesting how similar the Kindle Fire is to the PlayBook... The Amazon tablet will look like a PlayBook -- because it basically is. « gdgt Kindle Fire vs. BlackBerry PlayBook... Fight! « Engadget Apparently its made by the same oem
localzuk Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 I reckon Barnes & Noble should be more worried than Apple, especially considering the Kindle Fire is US only (there's no Amazon AppStore or Cloud Player in the UK!!!). Yet...
Arthur Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 Apparently its made by the same oem Yeah. Quanta is the ODM. Now there is even less of a reason to buy a PlayBook. Yet... I bet the delay is caused by the deals Amazon has to make with the record labels and movie studios. So annoying!
localzuk Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 I bet the delay is caused by the deals Amazon has to make with the record labels and movie studios. So annoying! Yup, more than likely. They seem to be the usual place where things are held up!
jinnantonnixx Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 If it came in at £130, I'd get one. But, as pointed out earlier, I'd be surprised to see it much under £200.
Norphy Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 Put it this way - the new normal kindle is $79, but is £89 in the UK. Using the same figures, it means it'll end up around £225. Still, its a good price, and I'm interested in it too. Gonna get my mom one of the new kindles though I think! Actually, what costs $79 in the USA is the advert supported version of the basic Kindle. What we're getting here is the version without ads which costs $109 over there. That works out at roughly £70 and we're paying £74 before the VAT so I'd say that's pretty fair. If this holds for the Fire once it arrives, I'd expect to pay about £160-£170 for it.
mac_shinobi Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 I would much rather use the £200 or so and use it towards a mac laptop, as I can do all the stuff on the tablet that I can on the laptop and probably faster, music, videos, web browse, check email, use skype or the likes to mac calls, install windows on the mac laptop or use a VM for windows / linux etc etc. Amazon do a kindle app so can do that
sted Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 I would much rather use the £200 or so and use it towards a mac laptop, as I can do all the stuff on the tablet that I can on the laptop and probably faster, music, videos, web browse, check email, use skype or the likes to mac calls, install windows on the mac laptop or use a VM for windows / linux etc etc. Amazon do a kindle app so can do that Kind of agaist the point. Tablet instant on do quick stuff put down real computer(or even a mac) more complex stuff
flyinghaggis Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) I would much rather use the £200 or so and use it towards a mac laptop, as I can do all the stuff on the tablet that I can on the laptop and probably faster, music, videos, web browse, check email, use skype or the likes to mac calls, install windows on the mac laptop or use a VM for windows / linux etc etc. Amazon do a kindle app so can do that Lol, only a Mac fan would have the brass neck to complain that a £200 tablet doesn have the same functionality as a £1000 laptop What Apple should be worried about is that on the face of it Amazon can, for less than half the price, produce a tablet that does 90% of what an ipad does. Plus with the tie-in to amazon online services and Android OS it'll likely do quite a few things that the ipad can't! I get what you mean about the limited functionality of most current tablets though. In fact that's the main reason I bought an 11" netbook earlier this yaer as I didn't feel that the tablet's out at the moment could replace a proper laptop with Windows/OSX. Having said that there'll always be folks out there willing to pay a premium to get Apple's tablet so there's a big enough market for both! As I said I'd be unwilling to pay £500 for a tablet at the moment but I would quite happily pay £150-200 for one if it contained the functionality I wanted. Edited September 29, 2011 by flyinghaggis
Arthur Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 I can do all the stuff on the tablet that I can on the laptop and probably faster 41.8% faster apparently... Miratech has conducted a study to determine how web browsing differs between an iPad and a computer. Conclusion: It's hard to browse the web with an iPad. (Source) http://i.imgur.com/M7ZAJ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xjXkB.jpg 2
ZeroHour Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 41.8% faster apparently... http://i.imgur.com/M7ZAJ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xjXkB.jpg Thats awesome to try and beat down the silly people that pleep about how they MUST have a iPad because they will become more efficient.
mac_shinobi Posted September 29, 2011 Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) Lol, only a Mac fan would have the brass neck to complain that a £200 tablet doesn have the same functionality as a £1000 laptop What Apple should be worried about is that on the face of it Amazon can, for less than half the price, produce a tablet that does 90% of what an ipad does. Plus with the tie-in to amazon online services and Android OS it'll likely do quite a few things that the ipad can't! I get what you mean about the limited functionality of most current tablets though. In fact that's the main reason I bought an 11" netbook earlier this yaer as I didn't feel that the tablet's out at the moment could replace a proper laptop with Windows/OSX. Having said that there'll always be folks out there willing to pay a premium to get Apple's tablet so there's a big enough market for both! As I said I'd be unwilling to pay £500 for a tablet at the moment but I would quite happily pay £150-200 for one if it contained the functionality I wanted. like with everything you get what you pay for ( or not as the case may be ), I prefer OS X but still use windows, too much faffing with linux Don't have to mess around with drivers or much of ought else 733343]Kind of agaist the point. Tablet instant on do quick stuff put down real computer(or even a mac) more complex stuff SSD ?? Edited September 29, 2011 by mac_shinobi
Arthur Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 Has anyone watched Amazon's Kindle Press Conference on YouTube? Going by the sound of the audience somebody should have called 911! http://youtu.be/rm92Tnp953c
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