Which one should I get: a tablet like the kindle fire or the black berry playbook or a laptop?

Question

The kindle fire and blackberry play book will be the same price but the lap top would end up coasting me $531 with the case, printer, and flash drive.. please help!

Answer 1

Hi, Chris, I'd recommend a tablet but neither of those on your question. I'd recommend a new Nook Tablet. Double the RAM of Nook Tablet will definitely have a lot of performance impact when more than one app is open. Everyone who actually held Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet in their hands noted that Nook's screen is much better and brighter besides being laminated for reduced glare (not on Kindle or iPad). Nook Tablet is $224 if sign up for Barnes & Noble membership. 16 GB Nook's content capacity plus 32 GB via microSD card vs. 8 GB capacity of Kindle Fire with no expansion slot IS a big deal - Cloud won't be available while traveling or where Wi-Fi is not available. Portable tablets are all about doing things on the go. Cloud is way overrated - good for an occasional backup but not for content usage on Wi-Fi-only tablet on the go. Reading 11.5 hours battery life and 9 hours of video playback time vs. 8 hours for reading and 7.5 hours of video playback on Kindle Fire (even that 7.5 hours will? not hold trues in tests, video playback drains battery much more than reading). Silk browser of Kindle Fire will not have any noticeable performance boost over Wi-Fi (may be over 3G it would) and the device is Wi-Fi only; also this browser is a privacy hazard.

More, Nooks (since Nook Color) are the darlings of the root'ing community especially because they have microSD slot (not on Kindle Fire or iPad) thus Nooks can be rooted by burning OS image on the microSD card and booting off it without rooting the actual device and voiding the warranty. On Kindle, once you rooted there's no coming back.

You can buy Nook’s at Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Millon, Walmart, BestBuy, Staples, OfficeMax, Fred Mayer, P.C. Richard, Radio Shack, Target, Fry's, etc. stores and web sites.

Answer 2

If your work is heavy. I.e you want to play heavy games or using heavy programs for working purpose. Then there is no other option other than a laptop. But if you are mostly going to email and net surf a little than I would recommend you to get kindle fire, here are some specs of kindle fire:



-- 7″ IPS display. Full-color.

-- Dual Core Processor.

-- 14.6 ounces in weight. Easy to Hold.

-- Everything is backed up to the Cloud. That’s a bit much – guess with WiFi the costs for Amazon are much lower.

-- WhisperSync works with movies and TV Shows.

-- Heavily-customized interface – nothing like Android. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Of course, if you love openness then you won’t like it. The interface looks quite good.

-- Gorilla Glass and 169 dpi for the screen.

-- Supports Multi-tasking. In particular, Mr. Bezos demonstrates background music.

-- This is a big one. Using the power of EC2 (Amazon Web Services related) to accelerate web browsing. Amazon Silk. It renders content in the cloud – dynamic split browsing which lets you do things locally or in the cloud.

-- All in all this feature might end up being far more useful than any of the others. It’ll make browsing on Kindle Fire very smooth and quite a bit faster.

-- You can do stuff like, watching movies, playing games, tv shows, read over 1 million books, Tons of apps (Word and Pdf editors included), internet surfing on youtube, facebook, twitter etc, emailing and stuff, music etc.



From my bookmarks here is a good review which would help you on this decision:



http://budurl.com/CompareTablets

Answer 3

i could advise which you get some thing like the Google Nexus or different pill. The Kindle hearth, on the same time as with the flexibility to perform a little of that, does no longer be my first selection if i needed to do what you suggested. don't get me incorrect the hearth is intense high quality gadget, merely no longer what i could opt to apply for that. wish that facilitates. playstation : you additionally can pass with the iPad (mini) yet i'm no longer an Apple fan... :(

Answer 4

Id say depending on how much you use the internet or work online, lap top would be the way to go, for at home work on the computer and internet use but if your a very busy person and are always on the move a kindle would work

Answer 5

you can get a laptop under $400 printers are extremely cheap and flash drives are even cheaper 8GB is like $10 Get a laptop

Answer 6

Un Kindle es siempre muy útil porque es más fácil disfrutar de la lectura sin tener que llevar demasiado peso, en Amazon hay la mejor oferta de estos dispositivos fantásticos y al mejor precio como se puede ver en este link http://amzn.to/1GkMZ6n

Mi Kindle que he comprado en Amazon esta excelente y estoy muy contenta de él, tanto que también he comprado uno para regalar, un excelente regalo por poco dinero, mi amiga esta fascinada con su nuevo dispositivo, pude leer en cualquier lugar, sin interrupciones y es como leer un libro de verdad pero sin papel y peso.

Answer 7

Siempre aciertas si compras teclados en los sitios web, los mejores precios por los teclados de ordenador como por los teclados para teléfonos. He estado muy contenta con el teclado de ordenador así que me he comprado uno y para mi móvil, he encontrado el mejor precio para un teclado bluetooth para mi tableta y estoy muy contenta con mi nuevo teclado desde su llegada, es muy práctico, pesa muy poco y tiene el mismo diseño como un teclado para portátiles, muy practica y buena ha sido esta compra.

Answer 8

A laptop if you want a real computer. Go for the laptop and you will have it all.