Amazon unveils new Kindle Fire HD and Paperwhite

[pocketrockets]

Kindle fire does not support video or voice chat. That's the only reason I prefer galaxy tab over any kindle fires

FYI, the Kindle Fire HD supports Skype video chat now.

 

[Instrumentalist]

Get a Google Nexus 7 instead... Discover Nexus Devices

I just picked one up and it's fucking slick.

-It costs the same as the ad supported kindle fire (by default the Fires were all going to be ad supported, but in the first few days I guess enough people complained about that so they are offering an ad free version for $15 more. Cheesy).

-Has access to Google Play, and any other source that you want to download apps from.

-You can use the Kindle reader app on it.

-It works seamlessly with Google products such as Gmail, Google Music, and Google drive.

-It weighs almost 2 ounces less

-It has the newest version of the android operating system.

-It has a quad core processor compared to the Kindle's dual core.

-Amazon app store = 50,000 apps, Google Play = 600,000 apps

-Has a GPS, Kindle Fire does not.

-The only downside I saw was the $199 version of the Nexus has 8GB, whereas the Fire has 16GB. Personally I don't find this to be a big problem (yet) because I'm not storing music or videos on there anyway.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409362,00.asp

 

[quaffapint]

Looks like for $15 you will now be able to opt out of ads.

 

[Netphase]

Overall, what device should I get if I just want to read on it?

Something with an e-ink display like the Kindle Touch.