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You've doubtless been checking out tablet PC comparison articles and news to find out which tablet will be making it to your wish list this holiday season. Well, the holidays are indeed stirring, and tablet makers are timing their next gen releases for exactly that. Two players, Barnes and Noble and Amazon, are stated to release their contenders next week, and a lot of people say that the new releases are going to shake things up in the tablet wars. Let's take a look at the latest tablet P.C stories on the subject, shall we?
Nook and Fire
The Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet and the Amazon Kindle Fire are really similar with 7 inch capacitive touch screens, 1024 x 600 resolutions, 1 GHz dual core processors, and the number of file types they support. The difference is in the Nook Tablet's built in built-in memory of 16 GB and microSDHC slot that will extend storage space to 32 GB. The Nook also has larger RAM at 1 GB. The Kindle Fire, on the other hand, features an 8 GB built-in memory with no extension options and only 512 RAM. Battery life-wise, the Nook also comes out with the whip hand, as it guarantees up to 11.5 hours of reading and 9 hours of video playback. The Kindle Fire has enough juice for 8 hours of reading and 7.5 hours of video playback.
The Kindle Fire nonetheless , beats the Nook Tablet apropos price since the former (DOLLARS 199) will be USD 50 less expensive than the later (USD 249). The Fire also has a bigger on-demand media library backing it up and a larger app selection. Netflix will be incorporated with Nook, though some tablet PC news sources say the Fire will include a Netflix app also.
The Forecasts
Analysts have taken their sides in the Nook and Fire man-to-man, and can not agree about the type of impact the two cost-effective tablet PCs will have against the Apple iPad 2. With the iPad 3 still a thing of parable and rumour, these two will shake up the market enough to cue Apple to lower the iPad 2's retail price. Some individuals say that Apple could just wait, see how the Nook and the Fire perform, release the iPad 3 next year and then lower the prices for its iPad 2. Either way, we'll see how it all plays out in the coming months. Stay tuned for more tablet PC news and updates here.
Nook and Fire
The Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet and the Amazon Kindle Fire are really similar with 7 inch capacitive touch screens, 1024 x 600 resolutions, 1 GHz dual core processors, and the number of file types they support. The difference is in the Nook Tablet's built in built-in memory of 16 GB and microSDHC slot that will extend storage space to 32 GB. The Nook also has larger RAM at 1 GB. The Kindle Fire, on the other hand, features an 8 GB built-in memory with no extension options and only 512 RAM. Battery life-wise, the Nook also comes out with the whip hand, as it guarantees up to 11.5 hours of reading and 9 hours of video playback. The Kindle Fire has enough juice for 8 hours of reading and 7.5 hours of video playback.
The Kindle Fire nonetheless , beats the Nook Tablet apropos price since the former (DOLLARS 199) will be USD 50 less expensive than the later (USD 249). The Fire also has a bigger on-demand media library backing it up and a larger app selection. Netflix will be incorporated with Nook, though some tablet PC news sources say the Fire will include a Netflix app also.
The Forecasts
Analysts have taken their sides in the Nook and Fire man-to-man, and can not agree about the type of impact the two cost-effective tablet PCs will have against the Apple iPad 2. With the iPad 3 still a thing of parable and rumour, these two will shake up the market enough to cue Apple to lower the iPad 2's retail price. Some individuals say that Apple could just wait, see how the Nook and the Fire perform, release the iPad 3 next year and then lower the prices for its iPad 2. Either way, we'll see how it all plays out in the coming months. Stay tuned for more tablet PC news and updates here.
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