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Clear Winner in Kindle Fire vs. iPad

Kindle Fire hasn’t exactly changed the landscape of digital notepads, nor has it appreciably challenged the iPad in this domain, but for the price tag of $200 it’s hard not to at least consider the device. Looking closer, it’s easy to see where that extra money didn’t go. The technical differences between the Kindle Fire and the Apple iPad are stark: Fire is significantly cheaper, $200 vs. the iPad’s $500-$830 price tag; the Fire offers 8 GB of storage vs. iPad’s 16-64 GB; the Fire has a smaller screen size and weighs less; it runs on Android software (which could impact your home networking capabilities if your other PCs run on iOS); and Apple has 50 times more apps and two cameras, compared to Kindles zero.

But we all knew the iPad is better, it’s just a matter of how much better, and whether the Fire’s many mitigating factors completely undermine its affordability. To be sure, it’s not all bad news for Kindle fanatics. The Fire is a substantial upgrade on the franchise. It’s size makes it more portable than other notepads and the device offers full-color for viewing magazines and comics, as opposed to the monochrome text-only format of the original. Speaking of comics, users will now have cool options like accessing comics from the Comixology app instead of directly from Amazon. Fire also allows Hulu and Netflix streaming, making it a much better option for mobile video streams than previous Kindle products. The problem is, this is about the extent of any advantage over iPad, and none of these factors are truly advantages.

The reality is that, yes, Kindle Fire offers a color screen, but it also drains your battery through a straw. And, yes, you can stream video and store Amazon content for free, but if you want to download movies onto your notepad, you’re not going to get a dozen deep before you pretty much run completely out of storage. The cheapest iPad offers double the storage space, which might not justify spending the extra $300 if you weren’t provided with a memory slot for additional storage cards. Fire doesn’t offer this. Nor does it offer cellular network use or third party books (anything not sold by Amazon).

For these reasons, it’s a bit up in the air as to whether Kindle Fire’s affordability make it a better option. Some might argue it’s worth spending the extra money for a more worthwhile mobile device. You don’t necessarily have to jump straight up to the iPad. Some e-book readers are preferring the Nook tablet, which though it’s lacking in the app department, has twice the memory and storage of the Fire for only $50 more. Do more research to find out what works best for you.

Kindle Fire – From e-Book Reader to Next Generation Tablet

Bring on the heat! The new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet just redefined what it means to be the hottest new gadget around. This 7-inch e-book reader-slash-tablet is a far cry from the original Kindle. For starters, as compared to the previous Kindle’s monochromatic E Ink Pearl Display, Kindle Fire features a 1024 x 600 colored multi-touch screen sporting 16 million colors, anti-reflective coating, and In-Plane Switching (IPS) technology for a more vibrant display and wider viewing angle. Its screen is no Gorilla but it’s chemically hardened to be 20 times more rigid and 30 times harder than conventional plastic for added durability and scratch resistance. Furthermore, the latest Amazon Kindle is no longer just limited to reading e-books and other electronic fine prints. Like all modern tablets, it can also play video and audio files, run games and other applications, surf the web, process and port emails, and stream popular movies and TV shows.

Amazon Kindle Fire is a complete information and entertainment hub powered simply by touch. Its simple interface allows user to view, listen, and explore their favorite digital content with relative ease. From its home page, one can subscribe, buy, and access full-colored interactive magazines such as Vanity Fair, Wired, and GQ, over 100,000 movies and commercial-free TV shows, 17 million songs, and Kindle tested applications and games – all from a single store: Amazon. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg; Bibliophile would surely love Amazon Kindle’s selection of over 1 million e-books and more than 1000 fully illustrated children’s book for sale, and over 2 million more pre-1923 books for free. Kindle Fire also comes with other freebies like free cloud storage courtesy of Amazon Cloud, a month’s subscription of Amazon Prime, and Amazon’s new revolutionary cloud-accelerated browser – Amazon Silk. This exclusive browser, backed by Amazon Web Services and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, boasts powerful back end computing, persistent connection, page indexing, machine learning, and faster loading times.

The Amazon Kindle Fire is the third smallest Kindle; it’s bigger than Kindle and Kindle Touch and yet smaller than Kindle Keyboard and Kindle DX. It merely measures 7.5 x 4.7 inches – small enough to fit inside a purse or be held in one hand. This tablet is powered by a dual core processor and comes with 8GB internal storage, the largest among other models. A USB 2.0 port is included for connectivity, data transfers, and charging. Top mounted stereo speakers provide the audio but it can still be expanded via the 3.5 mm standard audio jack.
Kindle Fire loses out to the earlier Kindle models only in terms of battery life, the latter can last up to three weeks and even up to two months while the former, with its high resolution colored multi-touchscreen, can only sustain continuous reading for up to 8 hours and movie playback up to 7.5 hours. That aside, Amazon’s Kindle Fire is probably one of the most promising tablets out there that can easily stand on its own in a sea of branded eBooks readers, tablet PCs, and iPad wannabes.

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Listen and Read with Energy Sistem Multimedia Color Book

They say there are many ways to travel and explore the world. And one of the best ways to see the world is to travel, learn, and be entertained without literally getting on a bus, boat or a plane. All you need is a good reliable e-book reader for you to experience that express trip limited only by imagination. The new Energy Multimedia Color Book is one of the perfect medium to take you around the world without having to leave your favorite reading chair.

It can play eBooks, videos, music, and photos in a wide array of formats including TXT, HTML, PDF, EPUB, FB2, RTF, MOBI, CHM, DOC, WMA, MP3, JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, MP4, WMV, AVI, RMVB, FLV, ASF, 3GP, and MOV. It supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, Linux, MacOS 9.x/X operating systems with OSD language compatibility from German, French, Greek, English, Italian, Portuguese, and Italian. Furthermore, the Energy Multimedia Color Book comes pre-loaded with 1500 universal literature classics available in Spanish, English, French, and Portuguese. Reading can even be more enjoyable by simultaneously listening to your favorite music. You can adjust font into 5 different types, change zoom levels, adjust text margin, rotate screen, add page-marking and image viewer functions.

The Energy Multimedia Color Book features a multilingual user interface on its 5-inch TFT LCD screen with 800×480 resolution. It has 2GB internal memory that can accommodate up to 1300 eBooks, 4 hours of video or hundreds of songs. To store other favorite eBooks, images, videos, and songs, memory is expandable up to 32 GB using microSD cards. It also has built-in speakers and earphone connection. The Energy Multimedia Color Book recharges its 1800mAh Lithium battery through direct current jack or USB connection. The USB-DC and USB 2.0 cables, earphones, sleeve case, and user manual are included when you purchase an Energy Multimedia Color Book.

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Cybook OPUS Now Available in Seven Trendy Colors

If you’re one of the literature lovers who have come to love the ergonomics, dimensions, weight, and long battery life of Cybook Opus, you sure will love the revised version even more. The all-new Cybook Opus was designed after consulting many users across the globe. It comes with new looks and better performance to address the growing demands of a wider audience. Since more and more people are now hooked to digital reading, Cybook Opus makes it possible for you to do just that without having to worry about battery life.

Making the all-new Cybook Opus hip are its different color options and a plethora of improved features. Because of the integrated modern E-Ink electronic ink technology, this amazing gizmo is recognized as the best eBook Reader of its kind. Its screen provides users with the most convenient reading experience compared to paper. What’s good is you can read in all possible conditions, whether under direct sunlight or inside your dark room. It is also equipped with a new Boo Reader Software that provides it with enhanced battery life.

Furthermore, this new version of Cybook Opus offers fast start up. Yes, there’s no need for you to wait for 15 minutes or so. It also comes with 12 font sizes as well as various font styles and 4 greyscale to choose from. You will also love its accelerometer which lets you automatically switch from portrait to landscape and vice versa. Want more? Well this ebook reader can store up to 1000 titles. With the optional microSD card, it can carry even up to 8000 titles. Visit Amazon and get new Booken Cybook Opus now.

Paradigm Shift EER-051D

Paradigm Shift, a progressive company established by a team of seasoned industry experts in product design, development, and marketing has just released something new– the world’s most affordable DRM compatible E-Book Reader Series. These Full Color LCD e-Book Readers seem like a very nice addition to the company’s cutting-edge e-reader. What makes these new Paradigm Shift products unique is their ability to read all main eBook formats including eBooks that are Adobe DRM encrypted.
Dubbed as the EER-051D, this Paradigm Shift product is made unique from other e-readers in the market by its 5” full color TFT high resolution display featuring enhanced contrast panel that makes reading easy and provides long battery life. This device also boasts a full gamut e-book format compatibility including UNICODE TXT, HTML, ANSI, DOC, EPUB, PDF, PDB, and FB2. When it comes to hardware specs, this e-reader is equipped with a photo viewer, MP3 and MP4 file support, FM tuner, and 2GB internal storage with an SD card slot for additional storage.

The EER-051D will be mass produced to cater the growing demands of OEM clients and importers. It will be available in pastel pink, white, pastel blue, black, pastel periwinkle, and silver case colors. The expected release of this product is by the end of May 2010 in major retailers in the USA via the company’s US distributor, Delstar Wholesale Electronics. The proposed MSRP for the EER-051D is $129.95. So if you’re interested in this new gizmo, you better start saving for this. It will, however, be available to OEM users for rebranding and reselling.