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Both the Nook Tablet from Barnes and Noble and the Kindle Fire from Amazon have hit the shelving and the battle of the inexpensive tablet Computers have began for real. there have been a lot of reports, reviews, and tablet PC comparison articles floating around the web with respect to the Nook and Fire, and a few things have surfaced which will sway potential purchasers from one table to the other "or vice versa.
Choice vs. Vending Machine
William Lynch, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Barnes and Noble, has referred to Amazon's Kindle Fire as a "vending machine" to the online ecommerce giant's services. This "Choice vs. Locked into Amazon's ecology" theme was the same tune Claudia Romanini, director of developer relations at B&N, was singing in an interview with Fast Company. According to Romanini, the Nook Tablet already has Netflix, Hulu, and Pandora loaded into the machine giving their users options as to where they can get their content. The implication is that Amazon doesn't offer the same choice.
Most tablet Computer comparison reports and independant researchers have quietly expressed some misunderstanding over this advertising strategy. The fact is, the Kindle Fire has these apps available too "just not installed into the machine.
Content Lockdown
Speaking of openness, reports have surfaced that both corporations have taken some measures to be sure that their clients purchase content from the respective app stores. Barnes and Noble utilized the bigger storage and expandable memory slot as a key selling point, though it has been recently reported that only 12GB of the Nook Tablet's 16GB internal memory can actually be used for user content. And out of that 12GB, only 1GB can be employed for content acquired from sources apart from B&N. If you opt to use the external memory for storing your content, you may run into Problems as well , since B&N seemingly employed a locked bootloader to prevent hacking.
Amazon, on the other hand, has a limited 8GB built-in memory with no memory slots. This might have been done to persuade its users into streaming content from the store. Also, the Kindle Fire has a ready loaded Kindle app for reading ebooks, and seemingly, other apps and ebookstore are available from the Amazon Appstore, but you won't be seeing them in the Kindle Fire (quite literally). Competitor ebookstores are identifiable if you view the appstore from your P.C, though not if you are browsing from your Kindle Fire.
Tablet PC comparison wars are still on, and it looks that though both B&N and Amazon have made it clear that their tablet Computers are not so open for 3rd party content, they are still major tablet contenders for this vacation season. Who'll emerge the winner? Will price overcome over specs? We'll see in the subsequent couple of months.
Choice vs. Vending Machine
William Lynch, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Barnes and Noble, has referred to Amazon's Kindle Fire as a "vending machine" to the online ecommerce giant's services. This "Choice vs. Locked into Amazon's ecology" theme was the same tune Claudia Romanini, director of developer relations at B&N, was singing in an interview with Fast Company. According to Romanini, the Nook Tablet already has Netflix, Hulu, and Pandora loaded into the machine giving their users options as to where they can get their content. The implication is that Amazon doesn't offer the same choice.
Most tablet Computer comparison reports and independant researchers have quietly expressed some misunderstanding over this advertising strategy. The fact is, the Kindle Fire has these apps available too "just not installed into the machine.
Content Lockdown
Speaking of openness, reports have surfaced that both corporations have taken some measures to be sure that their clients purchase content from the respective app stores. Barnes and Noble utilized the bigger storage and expandable memory slot as a key selling point, though it has been recently reported that only 12GB of the Nook Tablet's 16GB internal memory can actually be used for user content. And out of that 12GB, only 1GB can be employed for content acquired from sources apart from B&N. If you opt to use the external memory for storing your content, you may run into Problems as well , since B&N seemingly employed a locked bootloader to prevent hacking.
Amazon, on the other hand, has a limited 8GB built-in memory with no memory slots. This might have been done to persuade its users into streaming content from the store. Also, the Kindle Fire has a ready loaded Kindle app for reading ebooks, and seemingly, other apps and ebookstore are available from the Amazon Appstore, but you won't be seeing them in the Kindle Fire (quite literally). Competitor ebookstores are identifiable if you view the appstore from your P.C, though not if you are browsing from your Kindle Fire.
Tablet PC comparison wars are still on, and it looks that though both B&N and Amazon have made it clear that their tablet Computers are not so open for 3rd party content, they are still major tablet contenders for this vacation season. Who'll emerge the winner? Will price overcome over specs? We'll see in the subsequent couple of months.
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