Well, let me give you my thoughts...
The
rumors I have seen say $199-250 price range. I got the Kindle Fire for $139, that is $60-110 less than the google tablet rumors. The Google tablet is definitely not $50 cheaper than what I paid.
The specs for the Asus tablet are all rumors and other than 7" and presumably ICS I haven't seen anything definite about the rest. They do seem to settle on dual-core 1ghz but some say snapdragon others TI OMAP and the KF has 1ghz dual-core TI OMAP in it. The KF has a very active development community and I presume the Asus tablet will as well.
Another thing is I plan on using it more as an e-reader than a tablet, so I would go with Kindle over Google there. But if I want to make it more of a true tablet I have that option. Also I don't have to wait, the google tablet release date rumors vary wildly, anywhere from early summer to late fall. I have been thinking about this since late last fall.
I know plenty of folks with a Kindle Fire and they are more than happy with it. I like the Amazon Prime streaming (doubt that will be on the google tablet, although I am sure netflix probably will work with it, but netflix doesn't include ebooks) that the KF has as well.
Please do not jump to conclusions about my (or anyone elses) choices using
your personal reasoning.
I've followed all rumors on the Nexus Tablet provided by Phandroid over the past few months. I see you must have only read "Slash Gear's" rumors. The price range has been rumored at $150-$200, after pulling out the Tegra 3 processor that ASUS was going to make available with the Memo 370T, to make the device more affordable. And in your case you happened to have gotten a deal on your Kindle Fire.
I assure you, Google does, and will not want to release a device that is anything that touches only "a little better" than a Kindle (the main device they're trying to compete with). And the rumors go as far as saying that they will keep the Memo 370T, change the processor, and just brand it Nexus Tablet, which I think ASUS will most likely do.
A Google Tablet would not be much less of an e-reader than the Kindle Fire. I would assume there would only be a few extra e-book friendly features, that's including an interface that's made specifically to benefit the e-reading experience, on the Kindle Fire. There wont be major "I wanna kill myself for not getting a Kindle" moments while e-reading on the Nexus Tablet.
To be honest, I've never heard any fall rumors for the Nexus Tablet in all the months I've followed it, I have no idea where you've gotten that at. I've only read as far as a summer release, with most of them standing at a May release.
Regarding Amazon Prime, I'm pretty sure that wont be available, and that will be a big downside. I trust Google enough to believe that once they release TV Shows, Magazines, and the like, they will offer a service to match Amazon Prime, but I'm just assuming.
And about me jumping to conclusions, in your case, you personally preferred the Kindle Fire because it would fit your needs as an e-reader, and from what you said about Amazon Prime, I'm pretty sure that drew you in as well. So I'm guessing you like Amazon, Kindles, and their services. If you look again, I mentioned that. Nothing I said was based off of personal reasoning, it all fits into common sense, and what is a better deal overall, that is of course based off where the rumors stand, at the moment, with the Nexus Tablet. If the rumors so happened to be way off, which I doubt, then you simply would have a better device, and I would be wrong and without either of the two at that moment. Simple as that.
