Kindle Fire Will Crush Other Android Tablets, May Increase iPad Sales Say Analysts

The wife has an iPad, a Kindle, and I got her a Kindle Fire ($199) the other day.

She says the Fire is awesome. I can't stress the word "awesome" enough other than bolds, italics, etc. which would be annoying. She said it's the fastest tablet-ish device she's used and thinks the browser is much better than the iPad.

2nd...she LOVES her Kindle...has owned it for 2 years I think...she's a huge book reader.

3rd...she likes the iPad...but (like me) feels browsing websites (especially shopping sites) is fair...no flash support, pull down menus/choices within the site (like a clothes store trying to choose options) is really rough. She also feels that for $500+, it's essentially an email reader and light surfing (looking up weather, reading some articles) machine...screen is too harsh on the eyes to stare at.

Maybe iPad 3 will finally get the browser right. Would be nice if the iPad 3 were significantly cheaper.

Would be nice to see a Fire that is larger more surfing use cases.

1) The Kindle Fire's browser, faster than the iPad's? Something is very, very wrong with your iPad, I am afraid.

2) Don't get too comfortable with Flash on the tablet - this is the last version that Adobe will make - they have abandoned Flash on mobile devices.

Kindle Fire Will Crush Other Android Tablets, May Increase iPad Sales Say Analysts

Kindle Fire Won't Crush Other Android Tablets, May Not Increase iPad Sales Say Other Analysts.

I saw a Fire at a brick and mortar big-box store this weekend, and was blown away. Not because it was all too impressive, but because tapping the word "Web" doesn't let you use the awesome Silk browser, rather it shows you a video of what browsing would be like.

If i look at both devices as purely a content consumption device Amazons Kindle Fire is a attractive alternative to the iPad.

The Apple App store is what makes my iOS devices great and in my opinion no other app store comes close, it's just a shame the 'Mac" app store isn't that great at the moment.

The whole "graduation" upsell is possible in theory. But as a marketer myself, it's harder to do it when the graduation is between two competing software/service ecosystems. This is part of the reason why Apple's retainment is so high. Once you buy into their ecosystem, it's hard to get out of it. Because you've invested X amount of dollars into software and content that is only available in that ecosystem.

The situation is no different with Amazon. Apple may be in for a rude awakening if people will be so quick to switch ecosystems from Amazon to theirs when they're "ready". It would be interesting to see Amazon create Fire "Pro" that more squarely competes with the iPad, and keeps users moving vertically within the ecosystem.

"says analyst"

:rolleyes:

Good for Amazon and Apple. Good to see a decent Android tablet. May the best tablet win!

I saw a Fire at a brick and mortar big-box store this weekend, and was blown away. Not because it was all too impressive, but because tapping the word "Web" doesn't let you use the awesome Silk browser, rather it shows you a video of what browsing would be like.

That's just how Best Buy (and other stores) have it configured. It can be displayed in a demo mode rather than let people actually use the device. Not a great idea for those who really want to play with it.

Having used one, I came away fairly impressed. As the article and others have said, it's not really a competitior to the iPad as much as it creates another segment.

For $200, it's a nice media consumption device.

Don't understand

I could not understand how anybody would want an iPad with it's limited (read non existent) file system, lack of flash, and garden wall mentality. So I bought a Xoom instead and marveled at the freedom and the awesomeness that was the new generation of mobile computing. Then I bought an iPad because I can, and because I don't talk about stuff I don't have any hands on experience with. The Xoom has sat on my desk since I bought it, and is still in brand new, boxed condition. I can't understand how anybody could compare any other tablet to an iPad and not immediately want the iPad. True, the Galaxy Tab is pretty snappy and all, but I've yet to see an OS that can rival iOS in terms of pure smoothness and strength. Android would be my choice for the aforementioned reasons, IF they could get their collective mess together and do what Apple does. Make 1 great product with 1 great OS that works.....every time you touch it. On the note of the fire vs the iPad debate, I get what they mean that the fire could further fragment the pool, by adding yet another piece of hardware that must be updated and accounted for in the operating system but I definitely don't get anybody that compares it to an iPad and even worse, chooses it over the iPad for any of those comparisons. The fire is an e-reader with web capability. The iPad is a mobile computing device. To me anyway.

Heh heh!

"At the same time, JP Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz (and the Apple executives that he met with) feel that Apple is not seeing pressure from the Kindle Fire..."

Maybe that's because the Fire has been in consumers hands for about 2 weeks?! Sheeeeeez. Let's wait a few months.




The wife has an iPad, a Kindle, and I got her a Kindle Fire ($199) the other day.

She says the Fire is awesome. I can't stress the word "awesome" enough other than bolds, italics, etc. which would be annoying. She said it's the fastest tablet-ish device she's used and thinks the browser is much better than the iPad.

2nd...she LOVES her Kindle...has owned it for 2 years I think...she's a huge book reader.

3rd...she likes the iPad...but (like me) feels browsing websites (especially shopping sites) is fair...no flash support, pull down menus/choices within the site (like a clothes store trying to choose options) is really rough. She also feels that for $500+, it's essentially an email reader and light surfing (looking up weather, reading some articles) machine...screen is too harsh on the eyes to stare at.

Maybe iPad 3 will finally get the browser right. Would be nice if the iPad 3 were significantly cheaper.

Would be nice to see a Fire that is larger more surfing use cases.

Well, other than the fact that you made this whole thing up, it's interesting. Interesting because the reviews don't agree with your statements about the Fire, or about the iPad.