Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!
09.29.2011
Been to Amazon’s website today? Well you should. And Apple should be afraid. Very afraid. Amazon has just announced, in a very diplomatic and appealing manner, the release of not one, not two, not even three, but FOUR new Kindle models! And ALL of them are under $200! Take that stupidly overpriced iPad!
I have been admiring coveting the iPad from the sidelines since it came out but I cannot justify spending $500 on one. I have been seriously considering it more and more lately though simply for travel purposes. Especially since we are taking a trip to Thailand soon and I cannot bear to think about sitting through an 18 hour flight without one! So from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU Amazon, for fulfilling all my tablet wishes. I am the new, proud owner of the newest Kindle model – the Kindle Fire!
In addition to instant access to books, movies, TV, music and games, the Fire also features Amazon Silk – a revolutionary, cloud-accelerated web browser that uses a “split browser” architecture to leverage the computing speed and power of the Amazon Web Services cloud. In English – that means fast fucking web browsing! And not only that, with Fire you can forget about memory problems, this model gives you free storage for all your digital content in the Amazon Cloud so all your shit is instantly available to stream or download for free, simply at the touch of your finger.
This is my first tablet of any kind – reader included – and I feel giddy with anticipation to get it! Up until now I have been a traditional page-turning, paperback book kind of gal, but hey – when the price is right – you’ve got to do what Bob Barker says (okay, Drew Carey, whatever) … COME ON DOWN! But you’d better hurry, the Fire is on pre-order to ship Nov. 15 and there is a waiting list forming! So go and go now to reserve your copy!
Side note: who already has a Kindle? Do you love it? What is your favorite thing about it? What do I need to know? Spill it!
09.29.2011 at 9:23 am
It all sounded good until I read that there was no camera on the tablet. To me, that’s a deal-breaker, especially since I would use the tablet on the go for social media purposes. I guess I’m back to coveting an ipad…
09.29.2011 at 10:15 am
Good point, Alexandria! For me (and most people?), I am always carrying my phone, which has a camera. And when I’m traveling to a new place on vacation, I will bring an actual camera, so I don’t think I’ll miss it in the tablet one bit.
09.30.2011 at 7:09 am
Wow, I think you might have just sold me on the Kindle Fire! One question though…is it Wi-Fi only or can it hook up to a wireless service provider like Verizon? I am going to look into it but was just wondering if you knew off the top of your head. If it’s wi-fi only I might be less inclined to buy, but still a very nice competitor for the iPad!
09.30.2011 at 7:48 am
Hmmmm… that’s a good question. One to which I don’t have the answer :(
At first glance it looks like its either free 3G or wifi only, but I could be wrong. I did look at their free 3g coverage map however and it is pretty fucking big, so maybe it won’t be a problem. I’m taking it to Thailand so I’ll let you know how it does!