kindle fire tablet £130 but will it be any good?

[AtW]

Got Kindle a few months ago - actually works fine on sunny beach - yes I've tried

New stuff is unlikely to be Eink so battery is tulipe, and this means it's really about applications which nobody can beat Apple/Android.

[stek]

My mates got a Kindle, it's like an eighties Casio watch in book format...

[AtW]

My mates got a Kindle, it's like an eighties Casio watch in book format...

It lasts a month on single battery charge and much more pleasant to read books than back lit tulip - very cheap and light too, what's not to like?

[TimberWolf]

It lasts a month on single battery charge and much more pleasant to read books than back lit tulip - very cheap and light too, what's not to like?

My books last indefinitely without a charge and in sunlight.

A cheap WiFi browser, gaming device, media player, email checker, simple app runner is tempting as long as it works reasonably well and is not too tethered to the cloud, which given it's WiFi only to start with seems a reasonable prospect. Who needs all the other guff on smartphones and pads? Have too see how they lock you in too, as that's how they plan to make their money.

[AtW]

My books last indefinitely without a charge and in sunlight.

Can you take 100 books with you on holiday with no more than 0.3 kg weight used?

[TimberWolf]

Can you take 100 books with you on holiday with no more than 0.3 kg weight used?

I take my iPod. Why take 100s of books on 'holiday'. Some holiday

[stek]

Can you take 100 books with you on holiday with no more than 0.3 kg weight used?

I can, on my iPad which does more than one thing!

[TimberWolf]

Hmm, I wonder where the gotchas are. A contract (e.g. for the cloud after x months of free use)?

[NickFitz]

Hmm, I wonder where the gotchas are. A contract (e.g. for the cloud after x months of free use)?

Amazon will know everything you do, for a start: everything you do on the web browser goes through their servers...

[mudskipper]

(e.g. the recent HP failure)

We got one of these dead cheap last week (OH works for HP). Great as a mobile web browser which is its primary function. And android supposed to be out for it imminently.