So, uh, how many Kindle books do you own? Yeah, me, too. A lot. All those books just dump into shelf after shelf in the Kindle interface and it's even worse in the Cloud view.

The Kindle has folders now, but it's not obvious how to use them unless you read the documentation.

spammuncher: crazypete: yes but it cost less than half as much, with out a 3G contract requirement and not all the Apple smug that comes with an i-pad.

There is no 3G contract requirement with the iPad, you can pay as you go, Last time i checked, it was 50 cents a day for 3G based on a monthly rate. Way to keep the disinformation up, Tex.

And, if you get the wifi-only version, you pay NOTHING per month!

I've got an iPad 2 and a Kindle Fire. The Fire does about 80-90% of what I do on the iPad just fine. The iPad is better for playing 3D games due to beefier graphics power, and is better as a "laptop replacement" when I'm on trips due to bluetooth support and ability to hook it up to a projector and run PPTs on it.

But for video streaming, angry birds, web browsing, and reading comics, the Kindle Fire is just fine and cost me 1/3 of what the iPad cost me. And the Fire, due to its size, is much easier to carry around and can be held easier and longer without tiring my arm.

My understanding is that Amazon hired a design outfit - the same one that did the awful playbook - who based this design on the playbook to get it out quickly. This was done because the Amazon internally designed one is not going to be available until after the holiday season. Apparently the inside design group wanted no part of a very rushed job. The next one is supposed to be far closer to an ipad killer.

TFA: On the other hand, there's not much of a selection of apps on the Amazon Android app store, so here, too, the win goes to iOS and the iPad.

I don't buy anything from the Android market - they don't screen any apps for compatibility. Bought a small game for $2.99 which the developer said would work on Honeycomb. Turns out it didn't. Asked for my money back, but they told me to ask for a refund from the developer, who of course being either too lazy to test compatibility, or too dishonest to actually refund money never did get back to me.

So I'm out $3, but that's money well spent for a good lesson learned. Buying shiat from the Android market is like buying shiat from Craigslist, except where Craigslist actually takes the order. I get my android apps from the Amazon market now. I don't find a dearth of apps on there.

The reviewer is missing that Kindle Fire is not intended to be an iPad. It's a touch, color Kindle with some android functionality.

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But wait, let me guess--in your experience, every Android device has performed horribly, and every iOS device has responded instantaneously without a single hitch, right?

Wow, that straw man is taking quite a beating.

I'd ignore you, but I like to see what's on the script this week.