Well now that I've had a kindle fire for couple of months now, I think I can be objective about it. This is not the new Fire HD's that just come out, but is the original kindle fire. I must state up front, I love technology, but I am not the type that thinks the tablets are the be all, end all in gadgets. I think they have there use. I am not a huge fan of the iPad. It's my phone, only bigger. The hand full of apps that are written specifically for the iPad and have a different feature set over the iPhone are NOT worth paying the Apple premium to have a really big version of your iPhone. In my opinion the iPad (not the ipad mini) is to big to comfortably hold in one hand as a e-reader solely. With that being side, I really do love the size of the kindle fire. It fits very comfortably in my hand. No need to actually hold it with two. While holding with one hand I do not have that uneasy feeling that I might drop it. It is a good weight. Not too heavy, not too light. I find myself using it for two things mainly, reading e-book and watching movies. The movies look fine. I'm not expecting it to look like my home HDTV, but for all the Netflix streaming and Amazon Prime streaming, everything looks great. As an e-reader this it where it really impressed me. My wife has a kindle touch and the e-ink is so nice to read off of. With the kindle I was afraid that the back light would hurt my eyes reading after a while. Not the case at all. I've read 5 or 6 full book on it now and love it. It doesn't hurt my eyes at all. As far as the other tablet function, I don't really use them. Like the iPad, the apps feel just like my phone apps only bigger. Since I always have my phone on me, I don't always carry the kindle unless I'm in the process of reading a book. The amazon app store is limited. It is not the full android store.Another benefit you get with having a kindle is that you can check out book (like a library) for free if you have a prime account. So even if you have Prime you can't use the cloud reader to check books out, but only if you have a kindle device. (at least that is what my experience has been so far.) So I would recommend this device to based on the fact that you read a lot of e-book AND have an amazon prime account. The movies are nice but not a must, and the price point is a lot better then an iPad. I can't really compare it to another Android tablet as I have not had any time to play with one. I give the Kindle Fire a thumbs up.
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