Kindle, Amazon’s best-selling book reader has finally burst the barrier keeping it from being a solid competitor of the iPad. By reworking it’s basic monotone, print-only book reader into the user interactive, full color book reader and web browser, FIRE , has certainly entered the tablet market with a full head of steam.
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Reviews-Here’s what they are saying about Amazon.com’s Kindle “FIRE”
The first easy-to-use, affordable small-screen tablet, the Amazon Kindle Fire is revolutionary…
The Kindle Fire is a 7-inch tablet that links seamlessly with Amazon’s impressive collection of digital music, video, magazine, and book services in one easy-to-use package. It boasts a great Web browser, and its curated Android app store includes most of the big must-have apps (such as Netflix, Pandora, and Hulu). The Fire has an ultra-affordable price tag.
“I can’t emphasize this “ease of use” thing enough. More than anything else, that’s what’s been holding non-iPad tablets back
Amazon cracked it. End of story.” – PC Mag
“…quality is exceptional for the price.” – CNET
“The Fire gives me the features I want at a price point that’s less than half of the iPad 2.
I can check my email, browse the Internet, maybe play a few games, most importantly,
I can read magazines in color on a Kindle.” – Gizmod
“The Fire is a marvelous device.” – Chicago Sun Times
“Amazon’s Kindle Fire is likely to be the first successful tablet not sold by Apple, and there are several good reasons for it: the low price of $199, the convenient, portable size of 7 inches, and a rich catalog of books, movies and music offered through Amazon’s Web-based services.” – Ars Technica
“There’s a new mayor in Droidville. But this guy didn’t roll into town with pomp and circumstance.
He strolled down Main Street and simply offered more than any other candidate, extolling a plan based on down-to-earth sensibility and affordability. Meet the Kindle Fire.” – Seeking AlphaImage by andyi via Flickr
