Comments on: Three Reasons Why the Kindle Fires Should Be Considered Android Tablets [Opinion]

By: Big_Support_Chicky

Big_Support_Chicky — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:51:00 +0000

Maybe when (if?) the Fire ever starts having the features, speed, power of so many other commonly available Android tablets.

Not sure why anyone in their right mind would “settle” for a Fire when you have have 20 other competing choices. All of them can easily “read Kindle books” if that’s all you want. But why not buy something that can do SO much more with the 600,000 apps out there.

By: CJ Williams

CJ Williams — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:35:00 +0000

Another tablet manufacturer is emerging with performance-value Android tablets with some great features – Ainol Electronics — with one model introduced last month, the Novo 7 Flame – priced at $189 at a site called TabletSprint – a 7″ 16GB tablet with a lot more quality features than Nexus 7 including a 1280×800 high resolution screen, MicroSD, HDMI, 2 quality cameras and more… Next month Ainol also launches the “World’s 1st” $99 Dual Core “Performance” tablet — If you’re not familar with Ainol Electronics – they won runner-up in CNET/Consumer Electronics Show 2012 “Best Tablet of the Year” Award – - And AInol will also have two new Hi-Resolution 10 Inch tablets coming out, one which is a Dual Core priced at $220 and Quad Core with a 1920×1200 Liquid Crystal display (like Apple’s Retina screen) for around $27 –Impressive– one of the first sites that seems offering these models is TabletSprint –

By: JazzoRenee

JazzoRenee — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:53:00 +0000

I’ve always considered them as such.

By: Elliot Kotis

Elliot Kotis — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:02:00 +0000

Firstly, the new kindles (no offence) seem like utter bullcrap compared to the first ones, they got all the good features and spread them across a few devices instead of having one amazing one.
Secondly, I don’t hear people called MacOS, Unix I hear them calling it OSX, but it is based upon Unix, the same way Amazon’s OS is based on Android. It is using android base engine.
Thirdly, Touchwiz, Sense and Blur don’t dump a load of crap to make the OS unrecognisable! It still have Play, and the same basic UI with “improvements” for the not so tech savvy people, same everything apart from some small parts. People would have a kindle probably wouldn’t even know what android is (some/most of them and this is an assumption)
Kindle is no where near android to be classed as android. And EVERY Kindle is no where near as good as a Nexus 7 or *cough*iPad*cough*.

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:54:00 +0000

The Nexus 7 is amazing, and I am going to put in bluntly, the NEW Kindle Fires SUCK!

By: wm snyder

wm snyder — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:48:00 +0000

Ok first of all the xoom was $799.00 when it came out big mistake! Secondly the fire was around $200.00 thus not a mistake, followed by closed Eco system, followed by cheap hardware and ugly! Android kind of, fully featured definitely not restricted and close down.
Had the xoom been priced @$399.00 google might have had a jump on the market this was there downfall.

By: Ron Offringa

Ron Offringa — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:10:00 +0000

Being a member of the OHA or not does not dictate if something is running Android or not. http://www.droid-life.com/2012/10/13/understanding-the-difference-between-aosp-and-the-open-handset-alliance-opinion/

The Playbook runs Android apps in an Android emulator. Does Playbook OS run Android? No, but it does run an emulator that runs the apps.

No one seems to be able to give exact numbers. That said, 21 and 22% are not far apart.

By: Miguel Angel Portela

Miguel Angel Portela — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:07:00 +0000

Picked up a Kindle Fire when it first came out and I was sorely disappointed. I wanted MX Player and manga reading software etc. Its a great “ready” product. But it didn’t suit my needs for a reader or really anything else. It kinda felt like a floor model. Of course in the end (please don’t hit me) I got an iPad 2 and love it. But I’m still waiting for the IT Android table. It can’t be too far.

By: Ron Offringa

Ron Offringa — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:05:00 +0000

It is definitely 22% overall. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/04/amazons-kindle-fire-now-the-1-android-tablet.ars

By: Roxanne Mook

Roxanne Mook — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:50:00 +0000

@HotRodJohnson:disqus You know the ones that sell knock off tablets and phones that don't have access to the market. ..Goo.gl/RYvck

By: Fool

Fool — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:26:00 +0000

How sure are you of those numbers? If the Fires were 22% of the market and iPads were 68%, then that only leaves about 10% for all other tablets. I wonder if that Fire share is 22% of Android tablets rather than 22% of the overall market. So if Android tablets had, say, 30% of the market and Fires make up 22% of Android tablets then the Fires would have .3 * .22 = 6.6% of the overall market. That seems more likely to me, but then I own a Verizon Xoom.

By: jeesung

jeesung — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:00:00 +0000

ohh, look. Kindle Fire HD source code
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200203720&tag=drolif05-20

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:23:00 +0000

Because there’s a set of guidelines you have to follow to part of it…

By: Kevin Smart

Kevin Smart — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:21:00 +0000

Okay… I agree it is an Android tablet.

I have a Fire and a Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. I WON’T buy another Kindle Fire. It feels like I am in handcuffs. I don’t care about the skin. I care about the fact that I can’t put Google apps on it (especially G-Mail and Play).
The advantage for Kindle Fire: price? (not so much any more), whispersync, Kindle Lending Library, Amazon Video.
In my opinion, the advantages of Kindle with the Amazon marketplace do NOT outweigh the limitations imposed by the handcuffs.

My next tablet will not be a Kindle Fire (most likely a Nexus), but I don’t regret getting the one I have.

By: Drew Page

Drew Page — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:18:00 +0000

Its definitely an Android tablet. Its very media-centric though. If all you do is watch lots of movies, and read books, this device or the new Nook tablets that just came out are a godsend.