Kindle or ebook - confused

Just_Passing_Bi

Apart from the name "Amazon" can someone tell me what the difference is between this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/7-ANDRIOD-TABLET-PC-Wifi-Games-Songs-Free-eBook-Reader-Amazon-Kindle-Fire-HD-/281205819367?pt=UK_iPad_Tablets_eReaders&hash=item41792c47e7#ht_1712wt_1361

And Kindle Fire HD

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4824757

G42

Why don't you start using Google or whatever Search Engine you use to do a bit of research yourself instead of asking other people to do it for you. Next thing, you'll be asking what a Search Engine is! This thread is just getting stupid. Stop pretending you're so ignorant.

Just_Passing_Bi

G42 wrote: »

Next thing

178 posts in 5 years, bored people make boing people :rotfl:

bylromarha

If you primarily want to read books, then get a Kindle, a Nook or a Kobo. These are e readers. They are black and white and easily readable in sunlight. You cannot listen to music or watch films on them.

If you want to watch films and listen to music, then get a Kindle Fire, a Samsung Tab, an Ipad, a Google Nexus, or any other tablet device. These have colour screens. You can read books on these devices using an "app", but the books are unreadable when in sunlight.

So decide what you want the item to do most, then buy accordingly.

Just_Passing_Bi

bylromarha wrote: »

If you want to watch films and listen to music, then get a Kindle Fire, a Samsung Tab, an Ipad, a Google Nexus, or any other tablet device. These have colour screens. You can read books on these devices using an "app", but the books are unreadable when in sunlight

Thank you, it's a tablet device I need then, just wondered if the link below gave me the same as a Kindle Fire HD


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/7-ANDRIOD-TABLET-PC-Wifi-Games-Songs-Free-eBook-Reader-Amazon-Kindle-Fire-HD-/281205819367?

I guess it doesn't due to the price difference

bylromarha

That's the type of device you need - but isn't a Kindle Fire HD, just a seller using marketing.

Have a read of the MSE article on tablets here

And if I were you, I'd buy one of the tablets mentioned in the article and steer clear of other brands (which you can find a whole host of on ebay).

david39

I have a Nexus 10 tablet and a bog-standard Kindle. I use both for reading e-books and they interconnect so that I can open the Kindle app on the Nexus and start reading from the page I left when I last read on the Kindle itself.


Also, I find that with this tablet I can read in sunshine and bright lights.


I prefer reading on the Nexus tablet as there are more options for customising the page layout including landscape format with double page layout so that it looks like an ordinary book.


I agree with earlier poster, if you download (free) Calibre onto your laptop, then, subject to minor DRM restrictions, you can easily turn any e-reader format into any other e-reader format, so no-one is restricted to buying e-books from any one source.


Finally, if you buy a tablet for serious reading, get one of the larger ones, preferably from a well-known brand as some of the cheaper ones have performance restrictions that might become a bugbear after you have had it some time. Full size screen (9 ins or above) for easy reading without constant page-turning. Beware the Kindle Fire range as you can only buy apps for it from Amazon - and their range is very restricted compared with that of the Google Apps Store which most other tablets allow you to download from.

Fully research your tablets first before you decide, as the market is constantly changing - my Nexus 10 is still under guarantee yet almost out of date already!

prowla

macman wrote: »

Kindle will of course lock you into Amazon's walled garden. You can't use it to read standard MOBI e-books, only Kindle's proprietary format.

You can read PDFs on a Kindle.

Just_Passing_Bi

bylromarha wrote: »

Have a read of the MSE article on tablets here

Helpful link, thank you :T

Mr_Toad

macman wrote: »

Kindle will of course lock you into Amazon's walled garden. You can't use it to read standard MOBI e-books, only Kindle's proprietary format.

I have a Kindle and I use Calibre to manage my book and magazine collection and I currently have 11 formats, EPUB, PDF, DOCX and MOBI which makes up by far the largest number.