[vi-android] Re: Kindle Fire
- From: "Christopher-Mark Gilland" <cgwaxhawlover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 21:47:17 -0400
I'd assume it could, provided you hacked the thing to use the Google Play
store. I mean, after all, it pretty much under the hood is! Android, when it
all boils down at the end of the day.
Chris.
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From: Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
To: vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 8:58 PM
Subject: [vi-android] Re: Kindle Fire
can eliquence be used on the kendle?
On 5/21/2014 5:25 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Aaron,
You do indeed make some very valid points here. I confess that when I was
using my friend's Kindle, I was using headphones, so I didn't really hear the
built in speaker. You say that the speech is better. Isn't it just using
Ivona Kindra? Couldn't that be downloaded on a regular device? Again, I
understand probably, yes, but why, when you could get it included. I'm just
trying to throw out factors here. Dont' take it personally.
Chris.
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Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 4:06 PM
Subject: [vi-android] Re: Kindle Fire
the difference between a device like the kindle fire and the nexus is you
have everything amazon offers within one device. You don’t have to jump between
apps. The reading experience is a little different and in my opinion having
used both I like the kindle method better. One is not better than the other,
it’s the experience you get with the fire that counts. The speakers are a lot
better and I think the interface is easier to understand as well.
Thanks,
Aaron Linson
Indescribable Studios
Being Confident in your ability, not your disability
On May 21, 2014, at 6:42 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland
<cgwaxhawlover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When you say features of the Kendle, what're we talking here? What
makes it different than any other tablet? I mean, I understand it's a Kindle,
but yeah, when I looked at my friend's, I honestly really wasn't that terribly
impressed. From what I could see, it just looked like a regular oal tablet,
with a modified version of Android to allow it to use Amazon's overlay. The
way I see it is, what makes it any better than just getting a Nexus, or
something of the sort. If you're attracted to the fact it has an external SD
card slot, then, ok, I'll grant you that. The Nexus doesn't have one, but!
that said, I know beyond a doubt that there are tablets out there which do. If
it's that you can read Kindle books, you already can do that with a native
Android device using the Kindle app, which is essentially, the same as on a
Kindle itself. OK, before Aaron or others bite off my head... I, said,
similar! I didn't say! exactly! the same. Let me make that real clear. The
interface is slightly different, yes, but it's very close. Really, from what
I've seen and read online, there really isn't much difference either in price.
A Galaxy tablet, and even a Nexus tablet will run you almost the same thing.
So yeah, I'm not saying that a Kindle wouldn't make a good tablet for some
people, I'm simply asking what makes them so great compared to just a regular
tab? Unless I missed something, I don't really see it to be any better.
Chris.
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