Looking for some opinions... Google Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire

[gregurbo1]

Cool...I've seen those cases they are nice.

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[Dude1134]

Man I want a Nexus 7.

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[hbquikcomjamesl]

Went with the Nexus 7 (8GB) myself as well. So far, everything is looking good, even when I'm nowhere near a hotspot I can access. I bought $5 generic case ("icon brand") at Big Lots, which I've customized a bit, and I've got an OTG cable on the way (from Minnesota, not Hong Kong; it's worth an extra buck-and-a-quarter for a probable faster delivery and avoiding the possibility of something getting held up in customs), and if the OTG cable works, I've found an app that supposedly mounts thumb-drives (albeit strictly read-only) without having to root the device (and in the unlikely event that I ever have to get anything from the Nexus to my Mac or my DOS/Linux dual-boot, I can still email it to myself!).

For me, it boiled down to two things: (1) Kindle Fires and Nook Tablets are extensions of e-reader lines, and as such, they strike me as being uprated e-readers (and I have about as much interest in an e-reader as I have in retiring my DOS notebook, or my cell phone that's only a phone), and (2) I walk into Staples or Office Depot, and the floor-sample Nexus is a live unit, that may or may not be connected to a live hotspot, allowing me (if it is) to try it out on web content I use, whereas the Kindle Fire is locked into an offline demo that's undoubtedly optimized to look good on the device.

And it didn't exactly appeal to me that (if I remember right) both uprated e-readers tended to be set up to make side-loading difficult or impossible.

(And YES, I've had an international shipment held up in customs: a German fountain pen, shipped out of somewhere in the Far East, with the paperwork screwed up)

 

[Dawgfan]

I bought both and returned the Fire HD. FHD wins on sound & slightly on screen (warmer seems to make books & video look better).
I love my Nexus 7 & it has me holding off on the iPhone 5.

 

[wrwes57]

I bought an N7 about a week ago, it really hits the mark in everything I was looking for! Definitely check using an OTG cable/USB flash drive combo to expand storage (Movies especially!) I would also definitely recommend the 16GB. There are lots of rumors about a 32GB version coming out. Oh well, technology marches forward!