KINDLE FIRE

[Gill]

Anyone have any opinion on the Kindle Fire?

[Shady]

yes.

















































it looks ok.. plenty better out there though for less money

[Canker_Canison]

To me it's just another tablet, not an e reader.

Battery life on the fire is 8.5 hours.

Battery life on my kindle 4 is around 4 weeks.

I know which I prefer.

[keyan]

The new version of the Fire looks like it has decent specs, and hopefully won't lag like the original Kindle Fire. The HD version looks sweet.

[Shady]

but thats the thing.. for ?160 it DOESNT have decent specs...

[manxspud]

Would have to agree its just another tablet ... these days i use a kobo for reading roughly get 2 weeks out of 1 charge. For ?50 was a good investment.

For everything else i use my phone when away from home ... gets a good 3g connection just about everywhere i go so watching Tvcatchup and catching up with a few forums ect is easy enough ... playing turbofly is still addictive

We have 2 7" tablets in the house that hardly get used and thats cause of the constant need to be charged and the need to carry a bag around when taking them anywhere.

So in short give me a dedicated ereader and a mid range android phone any-day.

Hope that helps

[xant14]

So in short give me a dedicated ereader and a mid range android phone any-day.

Hope that helps

Might buy a new 69 quid kindle then.

[manxspud]

Might buy a new 69 quid kindle then.

And why not ... at least you will be able to read it outside on the odd day we get some sunshine

[roryrandom]

my opinion

this is converting in another ipad. bad election to simply read ebooks

[xant14]

this is converting in another ipad. bad election to simply read ebooks

Eh?

[Canker_Canison]

Any of you read up on the new Kobo Glo?

Looks like a nice piece of kit. She who shouldn't be ignored broke her kindle 3 on saturday. It was like dealing with a death in the family.
I can't say much, when mine cracked I was out looking for a replacement at midnight.

But the thought had crossed my mind of giving her my Kindle & I'd pick up a Kobo Glo.

Sadly she won't wait the 13 days for the release of the Glo, & I ain't surrendering my kindle straight away.

Good ereader review

[xant14]

Any of you read up on the new Kobo Glo?

Looks good canker, but ?30 more than the latest kindle, for a light. Good idea the light, but clip lamp from poundland will do me.

The faster processor is a bonus as is the touchscreen, so maybe it is worth the extra ??'s

[Canker_Canison]

When I read the review I was very pleased to see that Kobo are sticking to making ereaders only.
They have the best customization in relation to type fonts & size of any ereader, if they continue to improve the reading experience, instead of branching into the tablet market like Kindle, they could become the top selling device based on user experience instead of marketing hype.

[xant14]

When I read the review I was very pleased to see that Kobo are sticking to making ereaders only.
They have the best customization in relation to type fonts & size of any ereader, if they continue to improve the reading experience, instead of branching into the tablet market like Kindle, they could become the top selling device based on user experience instead of marketing hype.

I believe they are introducing the Kobo Arc in November mate. A 7" Android tab.
I do like the glo tho... more than I first thought.
My main concerns..
Does it read Mobi? as I have majority in mobi. or just epub?
Can you email a book to the Glo? like I do with kindle? I find this feature great, and can mail books from anywhere.

[Canker_Canison]

I believe they are introducing the Kobo Arc in November mate. A 7" Android tab.
I do like the glo tho... more than I first thought.
My main concerns..
Does it read Mobi? as I have majority in mobi. or just epub?
Can you email a book to the Glo? like I do with kindle? I find this feature great, and can mail books from anywhere.

She who broke her kindle now has a Kobo. Yes you can email books to it, not sure how, she asked me to send her some & she has them on the kobo.

The kobo actually supports more formats than the kindle.

• Books: EPUB, PDF and MOBI
• Documents: PDF
• Images: JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and TIFF
• Text: TXT, HTML and RTF
• Comic Books: CBZ and CBR

Here's my maths view of the kobo glo (?99) vs kindle 4 (?69) in words...


The kobo glo has a faster processor, expandable memory, touch screen, higher resolution, the same battery life & a glow screen for reading in the dark.


You can compare it to the kindle touch as well at ?109 for the wifi version.