<p>I’m so tempted. I love my Kindle and find it much easier on my eyes than a back-lit screen, so I wouldn’t read a book on the Fire. I’d just use my current Kindle. But I’d probably read a magazine. I’d definitely switch to reading knitting patterns on a tablet. I’d also use it for other functions that I now use my iPhone for: random surfing (I can’t watch a movie without checking IMDB!), online recipes, e-mail. </p>
<p>I pre-ordered it today, but I’m still thinking about it. My college-senior son ordered one, too (let’s hear it for his new job), and I’m betting that he’ll use it all the time: cooking, watching movies, looking up stuff (which he does constantly). He takes class notes on Evernote, so he might use the Fire for that and avoid lugging his laptop everywhere.</p>
<p>I would love an iPad, but I can’t justify the high cost, and I hate the thought of paying AT&T more money every month. My challenge between now and the time the Kindle Fire ships is to decide whether I should bank the $200 and eventually put it toward an iPad. And yes, it’s amazing that you can now get a Kindle for $79 AND check Kindle books out of the library.</p>
<p>You don’t have to pay AT&T more money every month with an iPad - only if you want it to have internet access wherever you go. When I’m at home or work, my iPad connects to the wireless that is around me so it doesn’t cost anything extra; when I take it traveling, I don’t really need the internet capability to still find plenty of use for it to hold reading material and / or movies. So for me, it was just the one-time cost of the iPad itself. </p>
<p>And zmom is right about the browsing capabilities - with the ability to browse in the Amazon (or B&N) store, I find myself buying / reading books that I really never would have stumbled across in a bookstore.</p>
<p>A lot of people talk about the Kindle being easier on the eyes than an iPad, but I’ve never had a moment’s worth of trouble reading anything on an iPad, and it’s extremely clear. I must not have that eyestrain issue others do.</p>
<p>I had an iPad for a while, and at night I would set the Kindle app to be white letters on a black blackground, and turn the brightness down. Very comfortable for me to read in the dark that way, and it didn’t bother DW at all.</p>
<p>With my Kindle I have to use a booklight and sometimes that keeps her awake.</p>
<p>Most definiteley getting one for 11yo D. S and I both have V2 kindles. I would never have bought one myself, it was a xmas gift from H which took me a week to start using. That drive up north skiing when I could download on the fly in the car sold me. D wanted the Nook color, but I think she will like the Kindle touch as much. We have an IPad in the house which no one uses, I think because we all use smart phones and usually have a laptop handy.</p>
<p>I guess I thought I would want 3G on an iPad because I would want to be online in weird places where I don’t have wireless access, but maybe I wouldn’t. I do have eye issues from staring at a screen all day regularly since the PC was invented :), so I’m wary of doing that in my leisure time, too. (Okay, I realize that those two thoughts are totally contradictory.)</p>
<p>I’m starting to make a list of how I would use the Kindle Fire. My H got pretty enthused about it tonight, too.</p>
<p>Part of why I can live without the 3G is because I have an iPhone. That has me covered… I also had a Blackberry for work. A little over the top…</p>
<p>I don’t have 3g on my IPad either. And I don’t miss it. Not wanting to pay for a data plan is the single thing that has kept me from getting an Iphone.</p>
<p>I have 3g on my Kindle and am so glad. There have been a couple of times when stuck on the New Jersey Turnpike for hours that I would have gone postal if I couldn’t download a book.</p>
<p>I have the Kindle v2 and love it. I’m really thinking about the Kindle Touch though. I like that it’s smaller and can fit in my purse more easily. My current is 3G only but I rarely go online outside my house so I think I can live with a wifi only connection. I also have the app on my iphone so I can read off of it when I don’t have my Kindle with me. I’m not quite ready for a tablet, I love the e-ink on the Kindle and use my iphone for most other things.</p>
<p>So can you explain the differences between this and an Ipad for a tech novice??? Besides all the Apple apps, what will this new Kindle NOT do???</p>
<p>Would the focus be that you mainly buy it for ereader option, but that you can also access internet, email on it???</p>
<p>Wondering if this would be a good option (and financially affordable) to get as a Christmas gift for D who does some traveling - she could then have her reading material, movie and basic internet capabilities with her???</p>
<p>I have an iphone. H got me an iPad for my birthday that I returned - can’t see myself using it much. It felt just like a bigger version of my iphone and I couldn’t see myself carrying it around, except for vacations. I’ve been thinking about a Kindle - especially with the library option. Does the Kindle Fire have that and more? Might be worth just waiting for this one…the price tag is definitely way better!</p>
<p>I’m surprised no one has mentioned the new leap that kindle is making into the world of library books. That is the main reason I got the nook - I wanted to read e-books without paying for them. More and more libraries now have e-book rentals and while it’s still a little clunky, you can get bestsellers for free! I may well get my parents a kindle for Christmas as I understand the font and audio is better then the nooks AND, now that they will be able to download audio books, it will be more affordable in the long run.</p>
<p>Kathiep, thanks for the info about audio books! My mom is vision impaired and we wanted to get her one last year, but the audio on a regular Kindle wasn’t great. I’m going to look into this for her.</p>
<p>If you have a Kindle app on your iPad, don’t you have access to the same thing?</p>
<p>yes you would- there are also ebook readers for other formats. ( like blackberry)
I like the size of the kindle ( I read on my iPhone), but it is true the glare can be a problem ( but in Seattle it is generally too overcast to be a problem often ).</p>
<p>These are the devices that can read books through the Seattle Public Library.
[OverDrive</a> – Device Resource Center](<a href=“Redirecting”>Redirecting)
I will be eager to see how many are more recent than those offered by Project Gutenberg.</p>
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