me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | kindle or android tablet, for mom? Dad just told me he wants to get one of those two for mom for Christmas, the problem? I don't know the first thing about drod vs kindle.
Can anyone here help, like give me a short list of pros/cons for them? |
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 TOPDAWGPremium
join:2005-04-27
Midland, ON
kudos:3 | well I can say kindles are nice and easy to use and good prices for what you get. my dad just got one like a week ago and loves it. |
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 John GaltForward, MarchPremium
join:2004-09-30
Happy Camp
kudos:5
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Android tablet...far more functionality.
»reviews.cnet.com/best-tablets/be···-tablets
EDIT: The Kindle tablets display ads, so if that is an issue, you might want to consider something else. The Kindle is basically a storefront for the Amazon store. Not saying that is bad, it's just something to take into consideration. |
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 exocet_cmI am the law - Judge DreddPremium
join:2003-03-23
New Orleans, LA
kudos:2 | reply to me1212
Android tablet. You can read books from it and do a hellava lot more than a Kindle. |
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 MaccawolfPremium
join:2001-02-20
Hillsdale, NJ
kudos:8 | reply to me1212
I have a Kindle Fire. (Have had it for over two years, not the new HD one.)
Kindle IS android!
If your mom is not technologically inclined, I would stay away from any of that stuff.....
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Get mom the Android tablet. She can use it for skype calls, free long distance with the magicjack app, web browsing, playing MP3s, movies, reading non DRM pdf files as well as Amazon DRM crap with the Kindle app as well as taking and viewing family pictures and the occasional game of angry birds 
Personally I'd never buy any proprietary piece of hardware as riddled with DRM as the Kindle when a non DRM hardware exists in the same price range. |
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
join:2006-09-05
Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | reply to me1212
Android for all the reasons stated above. Far more versatility. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to me1212
Re: kindle or android tablet, for mom? Thanks for all your help guys! We ended up getting her a nexus 7 4G. Not quite sure how it works yet, like since theres no sd slot if I can use some sort of usb stick or not, but I'll figure it out before tuesday so I can teach her.  |
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
join:2006-09-05
Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | Do any updates NOW before the servers get swamped. |
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 jadinolfI love you FredPremium
join:2005-07-09
Ojai, CA
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said by Maccawolf:I have a Kindle Fire. (Have had it for over two years, not the new HD one.)
Kindle IS android!
If your mom is not technologically inclined, I would stay away from any of that stuff.....
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John GaltForward, MarchPremium
join:2004-09-30
Happy Camp
kudos:5 | reply to me1212
Do you have wifi at your house? Yes, I know the one you bought has 4G...
Also, look in a free Dropbox (or similar) account. Makes it easy to transfer data off of existing computers. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | Yeah we got wifi, but ALL the non 4g ones at every store we called(within a 1 hour drive of our house) were sold out. Even most of the 4g ones were gone, only microcenter(really not a surprise) had even the 4g left.
I have a skydrive(edit: its a 25GB account) account, and I think google has its own thing for could back up. but yeah dropbox does sound like a good alternative. |
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TOPDAWGPremium
join:2005-04-27
Midland, ON
kudos:3 | reply to John Galt
you can get a version with no ads for an extra 14 bucks can you not? seems that way on their site. nothing wrong with a locked down tablet for someone who just wants the Netflix web surfing and reading a simple tablet is fine.
I got my in-laws a roku for x-mas but I tested it first and to me it's so damn limited but for them it's perfect. If I buy tech for people I got to think of their needs and how they will use it not me.
Forking sucks amazon made the new version of kindle harder to hack bastards. |
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John GaltForward, MarchPremium
join:2004-09-30
Happy Camp
kudos:5 | reply to me1212
Good on the wifi. It will keep the data charges down if you are using your home connection. |
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 Hayward K A R - 1 2 0 CPremium
join:2000-07-13
Key West, FL
kudos:1 | reply to Maccawolf
Yes it is, but very AMAZON centric limited compared to your generic Android tablet like ASUS, Sammy and Toshiba.
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I forget if it was B&N or Amazon, but they started purging books from users who didn't have a current credit card.
It was B&N -
»www.techdirt.com/articles/201211···es.shtml
I get books from elsewhere on an Android tablet. Back them up on a computer. Anyone tries to delete, I still have book. I won't use either B&N, Amazon or Google books. |
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 SparkChaserPremium
join:2000-06-06
Downingtown, PA
kudos:3
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said by me1212:Thanks for all your help guys! We ended up getting her a nexus 7 4G. Not quite sure how it works yet, like since theres no sd slot if I can use some sort of usb stick or not, but I'll figure it out before tuesday so I can teach her.
There is using Stickmount app but you need root access for it to work. Dropbox is a good alternative.
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Downingtown, PA
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Seems both are guilty 
»Amazon wipes women's Kindle, will not tell her why
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 FobulousPremium
join:2002-08-14
Missouri City, TX | reply to me1212
Get the tablet and stay away from Kindle. I have gone through two Kindles (Keyboard/3G/WIFI version) from them and both of them died on me. They are cheaply made and there is something wrong with their internal electronics.
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