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Galaxy Nexus Watering Hole

7" Kindle Fire - $199. 8.9" Kindle Fire - $299. WOW.

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I applaud Amazon...$199 for a 7" Fire HD. Very nice. Specs above the N7, but I still wouldn't want the Amazon interface. I want Vanilla Android.
 
So I think we have the following from today...

Kindle (Non Light) - $69
Kindle Paperwhite - $119
Kindle Paperwhite 3G - $179
Kindle Fire 7" - $159
Kindle Fire HD 7" - $199
Kindle Fire HD 8.9" - $299
 
Kindle Fire 4G!

It's looking more likely to me that we'll see a phone of some sort. They've laid all the groundwork. Nationwide 3G and 4G, Whispersyncing/cloud technology, etc.

EDIT: XD And of course on cue it ends. Perhaps the rumormongers heard "4G" and got confused, thinking that 4G would automatically mean a phone.
 
The price of ownership is great, don't get me wrong, but what are you going to do with 250 MB of data? Definitely not for heavy data usage.
 
Stigy said:
I think its just Amazon responding to Apple's iPad 3.
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More than likely. Thought we were going to see a phone. Guess not. Couldn't see owning that over my N7, but I know some people love the Fire. If I had a child, would probably get this for them. Really nice parental control stuff.
 
Stigy said:
Sooooo the question becomes...

Would You Buy a 7-inch Kindle Fire HD or a Google Nexus 7?
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For media consumption, I would assume the Kindle wins...Amazon Prime is a great service and adds a lot of perks. That being said, the only issue I see is if you bought one of these kindles with the intention of rooting/roming, I would be afraid of the new hardware - who knows what drivers will and wont work with the likes of AOKP or CM10...

regardless,
I will keep my N7, but I am definitely buying a Microsoft Surface as a laptop replacement. I'm just hoping that GPU in the Surface will be good enough to handle some of the games I play now - Guild Wars 2, Diablo 3, Battlefield etc

edit: I'm talking about the Surface PRO with the ivy processor in it btw
 
MSUgEEk said:
Ummm...not sure what to say about this.

Flintstone Bike
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That looks... just awful. I 100% agree that the dude's twig and berries look quite squished, and being bent over like that would kill your back. I can't imagine ever being comfortable in something like that, not to mention that if you're going down a steep hill and picking up velocity, you would kill the hell out of your feet if you put them down.
 
Didn't make me regret my N7 purchase and I don't have device envy, so I guess I would still by the N7.
 
It looks good, but I love stock android, and not a twinge of envy for me either.

So buying my wife the RAZR M next week. Which means I will be keeping the Nexus until next May. I am grateful I have not had any serious phone envy yet, but I am afraid that is about to end :(
 
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