IPad vs. Kindle Fire?

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I am confused. Maybe some of you out there has either one of these devices or both. I want to mainly use either one for emails and messaging, and look at websites once in a while, also read books. So, which one should I get?? Which one would support the Laudate app??
 
I have an Ipad its great, it has alot of great apps, highly recommend it
 
The Laudate app is available for both the iOS market (iPad) and Android (Kindle Fire). So either would work for that purpose. The Kindle is much cheaper. If you’re just using it for email, reading and a bit of web browsing, the Kindle would likely be sufficient.

The iPad does tend to get a lot more apps and get them sooner over other platforms (since they are the largest market). But most of the big apps appear on all the platforms.
 
So have you gotten either one yet? I would be interested in which one you got and why. And how you like it. : )

I have the old 2nd gen Kindle, a Kindle Fire and a Kindle HD and I love them all for different reasons. I highly recommend the Kindle HD for web and reading but for just reading I would recommend the Kindle paperwhite just based on my experience with the Kindle 2nd gen. I have. Wonderful for basic reading.
 
I’m waiting a month for the next-gen Google Nexus 7. The Nexus line has been good to me. And doesn’t break the bank like iPads do.
 
Rhubarb said:
I’m waiting a month for the next-gen Google Nexus 7. The Nexus line has been good to me. And doesn’t break the bank like iPads do.
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OTOH, the president of Google is a big Obama supporter 😉
 
We have both a first gen Kindle Fire and an ipad mini. I’m not sure how much better the new Kindle Fires are, but the first one is a slide ruler compared to the ipad. The button sensitivity stinks, it’s slower and it has more browsing glitches than the ipad.

The Kindle does work great as an e-reader and Netflix viewer and allows you to put entire movie in local memory which is great for long car rides! It’s not so great for e-mail since typing on it is such a chore. The ipad is better for typing (though still not like a real keyboard).

If you get the Kindle, make sure to disable the one-click purchase option. Too easy to buy by accident!

If we had it to do over, we’d only have the ipad mini. Yeah it’s pricier, but the Kindle was so much more limited that it was worth it to us to write off that expense and buy an ipad anyways. Others have different strong opinions. It approaches a topic of religious passion sometimes!
 
manualman said:
We have both a first gen Kindle Fire and an ipad mini. I’m not sure how much better the new Kindle Fires are, but the first one is a slide ruler compared to the ipad. The button sensitivity stinks, it’s slower and it has more browsing glitches than the ipad.

The Kindle does work great as an e-reader and Netflix viewer and allows you to put entire movie in local memory which is great for long car rides! It’s not so great for e-mail since typing on it is such a chore. The ipad is better for typing (though still not like a real keyboard).

If you get the Kindle, make sure to disable the one-click purchase option. Too easy to buy by accident!

If we had it to do over, we’d only have the ipad mini. Yeah it’s pricier, but the Kindle was so much more limited that it was worth it to us to write off that expense and buy an ipad anyways. Others have different strong opinions. It approaches a topic of religious passion sometimes!
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Manualman> How many movies can you put on there?? And does the Kindle have closed-captioning capabilities??

Everyone>> Have you had any problems with the Kindle like Manualman mentioned? How many books can the Kindle Fire hold? Does it come with a backlight for nighttime reading??
 
Becca3 said:
Manualman> How many movies can you put on there?? And does the Kindle have closed-captioning capabilities??

Everyone>> Have you had any problems with the Kindle like Manualman mentioned? How many books can the Kindle Fire hold? Does it come with a backlight for nighttime reading??
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I don’t have a Kindle. I’m only familiar with the iPad. So I cannot confirm or deny Manualman’s issues.

How much they hold is a matter of storage space. The current generation iPad comes in 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB. The current generation 7" Kindle Fire HD only comes in 16 and 32 GB. The current generation 8.9" Kindle Fire HD comes in 16, 32, and 64 GB, however the 64 GB size is only available with the 4G data plan (which I wouldn’t recommend unless you travel a lot; it’s an extra monthly cost to do what you can do at home with a wireless router). Both devices would hold basically the same amount of content relative to their same size counterpart.

Do you have Wi-Fi at home? It usually makes more sense to stream videos than to download them to the device permanently (although it is handy to download them to the device temporarily on occassions where you will not have wi-fi access). I think the average is about 1 GB of space per hour of programming. Books take up even less space as they’re just text. Even with the 16 GB, you could fit thousands of books.

Both the Kindle Fire and iPad have backlit screens, so there is no need for a separate light for nighttime reading.

Closed captioning has more to do with the service providing you with video content than it does the device. Amazon Video (which you can watch on either the Kindle Fire or the iPad through the Amazon Video app) is somewhat lagging with regards to offering closed captioning. Netflix and Hulu Plus are both better (though I would ranke Netflix abve Hulu).
 
Joe_5859 said:
I don’t have a Kindle. I’m only familiar with the iPad. So I cannot confirm or deny Manualman’s issues.

How much they hold is a matter of storage space. The current generation iPad comes in 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB. The current generation 7" Kindle Fire HD only comes in 16 and 32 GB. The current generation 8.9" Kindle Fire HD comes in 16, 32, and 64 GB, however the 64 GB size is only available with the 4G data plan (which I wouldn’t recommend unless you travel a lot; it’s an extra monthly cost to do what you can do at home with a wireless router). Both devices would hold basically the same amount of content relative to their same size counterpart.

Do you have Wi-Fi at home? It usually makes more sense to stream videos than to download them to the device permanently (although it is handy to download them to the device temporarily on occassions where you will not have wi-fi access). I think the average is about 1 GB of space per hour of programming. Books take up even less space as they’re just text. Even with the 16 GB, you could fit thousands of books.

Both the Kindle Fire and iPad have backlit screens, so there is no need for a separate light for nighttime reading.

Closed captioning has more to do with the service providing you with video content than it does the device. Amazon Video (which you can watch on either the Kindle Fire or the iPad through the Amazon Video app) is somewhat lagging with regards to offering closed captioning. Netflix and Hulu Plus are both better (though I would ranke Netflix abve Hulu).
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Thank you for your (name removed by moderator)ut on this topic. I don’t have wi-fi yet but will have to get it in order to have either IPad or Kindle. I will personally just use 32GB. I will use Netflix since I already have an account with them anyways. Loved their moves!
 
Becca3 said:
Thank you for your (name removed by moderator)ut on this topic. I don’t have wi-fi yet but will have to get it in order to have either IPad or Kindle. I will personally just use 32GB. I will use Netflix since I already have an account with them anyways. Loved their moves!
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I put off getting wi-fi for a long time, but all it took for us was a wireless router that I got for under $30. It has come in handy much more than I thought it would.

With Netflix, you have to stream the videos anyway. They don’t let you download them. So that wouldn’t take up any storage space on your device. If you have any of those “UltraViolet” movie codes that come in some DVDs, you can use a service like Flixster (owned by Warner Bros.) or Vudu (owned by WalMart) to redeem the codes and watch them on portable devices. With those services, you can download the videos to the device and watch them when you don’t have access to an internet connection.
 
Joe_5859 said:
I put off getting wi-fi for a long time, but all it took for us was a wireless router that I got for under $30. It has come in handy much more than I thought it would.

With Netflix, you have to stream the videos anyway. They don’t let you download them. So that wouldn’t take up any storage space on your device. If you have any of those “UltraViolet” movie codes that come in some DVDs, you can use a service like Flixster (owned by Warner Bros.) or Vudu (owned by WalMart) to redeem the codes and watch them on portable devices. With those services, you can download the videos to the device and watch them when you don’t have access to an internet connection.
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That is the first I have heard of those movie codes in DVDs. Personally, I don’t care for Walmart so I will try to use Flixster. 😃 That is pretty cool how you can watch movies after download in case of no internet connection! I am so behind on technology! lol. But a wireless router would make more sense than getting wi-fi. :rolleyes:
 
Becca3 said:
That is the first I have heard of those movie codes in DVDs. Personally, I don’t care for Walmart so I will try to use Flixster. 😃 That is pretty cool how you can watch movies after download in case of no internet connection! I am so behind on technology! lol. But a wireless router would make more sense than getting wi-fi. :rolleyes:
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A wireless router is what gives you wi-fi. :o

Yeah, I used to ignore it, but I started to notice the little stickers on the DVD cases advertising an “UltraViolet” digital copy. So I went through all my DVDs and discovered I had half a dozen or so codes to redeem.

It gets even more confusing, though, because Ultraviolet is just a digital rights management place. They don’t provide content themselves. So you need to sign up with Ultraviolet and a content provider like Flixster. And then not every content provider necessarily carries every movie that you have the digital rights to in your Ultraviolet “digital locker”. So I can watch all but one or two of my digital movies on Flixster and all but one or two other ones on Vudu.

Yes, it is as confusing as it sounds. :o
 
Becca3 said:
I am confused. Maybe some of you out there has either one of these devices or both. I want to mainly use either one for emails and messaging, and look at websites once in a while, also read books. So, which one should I get?? Which one would support the Laudate app??
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I recommend you “test drive” both the kindle fire and the iPad in stores. i have the 2nd generation kindle and while it is great I like the iPad for reading magazines. My mother however loves her Kindle Fire.
 
Last fall I was leaning towards a Kindle Fire HD…but the sample at the Best Buy store was not working for me…the iPad Mini did…and I got one in January. If I got a Kindle Fire (like when they announce a next generation, the previous one since it would be price reduced) I’d get it for the Video on Demand items I have that I can download so I don’t have to stream.

If you’re looking for one with apps, the Kindle Fire is limited to the Amazon App store…you can’t access the Google Play store. There are advantages and disadvantages to that. if you are looking to have a tablet to read kindle books or view Amazon Videos you have purchased or rented, there is an app for that for iPad (just make sure you have enough space).

I have a niece who has a Kindle Fire 1st generation, so it doesn’t have the things the 2nd generation added. I think she uses it mostly for apps.
 
jediliz said:
Last fall I was leaning towards a Kindle Fire HD…but the sample at the Best Buy store was not working for me…the iPad Mini did…and I got one in January. If I got a Kindle Fire (like when they announce a next generation, the previous one since it would be price reduced) I’d get it for the Video on Demand items I have that I can download so I don’t have to stream.

If you’re looking for one with apps, the Kindle Fire is limited to the Amazon App store…you can’t access the Google Play store. There are advantages and disadvantages to that. if you are looking to have a tablet to read kindle books or view Amazon Videos you have purchased or rented, there is an app for that for iPad (just make sure you have enough space).

I have a niece who has a Kindle Fire 1st generation, so it doesn’t have the things the 2nd generation added. I think she uses it mostly for apps.
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Don’t you just hate it when they change technology. Everyone has to upgrade one thing or another. lol. But I will test drive both Kindle and IPad to see which one I would like.
 
I have an Asus Transformer tablet (android). I put both the nook and kindle apps on it, so I can buy books from either one. I’ve had Asus products before (a netbook), and have been very happy with them.
 
agnes_therese said:
I have an Asus Transformer tablet (android). I put both the nook and kindle apps on it, so I can buy books from either one. I’ve had Asus products before (a netbook), and have been very happy with them.
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Never heard of it. Hmm… Not very well-known! 🤷
 
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