Kindle Fire HD or Nexus 10, which one is value for money?

[nosey-p]

Kindle Fire HD or Nexus 10, which one is value for money?

Used for general browsing, email, you tube that kind of thing  

Kindle £159
Nexus7 £199
Nexus10 £299 (ish)

[Paulie_D]

Deffo NOT the Kindle Fire HD as a general purpose tablet.

Sure the price is attractive but it runs a heavily modified (amazon-centric) version of Android and you don"t have access (except by workaround, I believe) to the Google Play Market.

Anyway, you can use the Kindle App on pretty much all devices now.

After that it"s really only a matter of size / prce choice.

For myself, I"m planning in the Nexus 10 when funds permit.

[AMRN]

Have you looked at the Samsung Galaxy Tab for around £148...?

[Paulie_D]

I fancy one of these 22in bad boys: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/15/review_viewsonic_vsd220_aio_smart_display/

[nosey-p]

Looking at a crimbo present for the wife, she said that she wanted a Kindle so thought for the extra £70 will get the Fire HD.

Have looked into it and you can get Google Chrome and Apps from other markets and also flash player so thought it would be better than the Nexus

She is not very technical minded (neither am I) and the Kindle looks easier to use.

Just wanted to know if anybody as one or the other and could recommend one of them  

[SirPercival]

My wife is not into techy stuff in any way but reads loads so I bought her a kindle (not the fire) and now it is permanantly attached to her hand!

If it"s for reading books you can"t beat the basic kindle. If you want to do other stuff then I guess there are much better options.

[AMRN]

If the primary requirement is an e-reader, I would go for the basic standard Kindle for £60. I just bought one for my son, and the ink on a sepia page is just perfect for reading without eye strain or glare related headaches.  I"ve tried reading on a more conventional tablet, and it"s just like trying to read on a laptop screen - the glare gets to you eventually.... there"s no way I could sit and read for four hours on an iPad, but on a Kindle it"s just like looking at a book.

[Paulie_D]

If the primary requirement is an e-reader, I would go for the basic standard Kindle for £60. I just bought one for my son, and the ink on a sepia page is just perfect for reading without eye strain or glare related headaches.  I"ve tried reading on a more conventional tablet, and it"s just like trying to read on a laptop screen - the glare gets to you eventually.... there"s no way I could sit and read for four hours on an iPad, but on a Kindle it"s just like looking at a book.

This....mine is practically permanently affixed to my hand.

I"m looking for something that can replace my laptop and kindle on holiday though and the Nexus 10 looks like just the job.

[nosey-p]

It would mainly be as an e-reader but thought for the extra it would be worth it. She has found the world of the internet and has started to use my lappy which is not a good thing  

Plus was looking at something like Paulie which could be useful on holiday

[Jon MW]

My boss"s sister and her kids are in the US and have been using the kindle fire for quite some time - he says they rave about how good it is. Obviously I don"t know exactly what they"re using it for but I can"t see anybody really doing much other than internet browsing and reading so I figure it"s probably a pretty good recommendation.

[Paulie_D]

The current generation (AFAIK) of all of these are wi-fi only so browsing could be an issue abroad (unless you have wi-fi of course).

Ideally, I suppose what I am looking for is a giant 10" smartphone (without the phone) I can lob a foreign sim in for anytime-anywhere browsing while sitting at a poker table in Vegas.

[nosey-p]

The current generation (AFAIK) of all of these are wi-fi only so browsing could be an issue abroad (unless you have wi-fi of course).

Ideally, I suppose what I am looking for is a giant 10" smartphone (without the phone) I can lob a foreign sim in for anytime-anywhere browsing while sitting at a poker table in Vegas.

This is the biggest drawback I can find for the Fire, you need Wi-Fi. However for the Mrs, (which would me mainly used at home) this is not a problem and if used abroad then fingers cross that they have free Wi-Fi.

[duke3016]

I have recently purchased a Kindle Fire - I like it a lot. I will have it in Stoke.....

[Paulie_D]

I have recently purchased a Kindle Fire - I like it a lot. I will have it in Stoke.....

You can READ!?

[duke3016]

I have recently purchased a Kindle Fire - I like it a lot. I will have it in Stoke.....

You can READ!?

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