Amazon Kindle Fire vs. Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet
The Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes and Noble Nook are direct competitors.
Both are priced relatively low, both are specifically designed for watching video and reading, and both devices are about the same size. Moreover, the Kindle Fire and the Nook both sport 7-inch screens.
The Kindle Fire includes a dual-core 1GHz processor and 512 MB of RAM. The tablet features similar specifications to most of today’s high-end smartphones.
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The device has 8 GB of internal storage, but interacts with Amazon’s cloud services so a large amount of media can be accessed on a regular basis without having to save it to the tablet.
It has a battery life of about 7.5 hours and can recharge completely in 4 hours.
The Kindle Fire uses Amazon’s Silk web browser for surfing the Internet and runs on Android’s operating system.
Unfortunately, it does not provide the user with any access to the Android market. Instead, Amazon gives the owner access to its very own market.
The Fire retails at $199.
The Nook also runs on a dual-core 1GHz processor, but it comes with 1 GB of RAM instead of the 512 MB the Fire packs.
With the RAM boost, the Nook is able to load applications and stream video at quicker speeds than its competitor.
For storage, the Nook can hold up to 16 GB, double that of the Kindle Fire.
It also provides the owner with a microSD card slot that can expand the Nook’s memory by 32 GB.
Videos must be uploaded to the Nook via USB connection to a PC.
Any video loading onto the device will be viewable in 1080p resolution. It also comes with apps for streaming popular services such as Netflix, Hulu and Pandora.
Unlike the Kindle Fire, the Nook provides the user with access to Google’s Android market that currently offers 2.5 million books online.
Its battery lasts up to 9 hours for watching video and 11.5 hours for reading.
The Nook can be recharged in 3 hours.
It weighs less than a pound and retails at $249.
