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Cold Water On The Kindle "Fire"

Is It Worth It?

JH: I don’t want to overcorrect for other reviewers, but I think people are giving this device—and Amazon—too much credit. I don’t think it’s a good product. I know it’s $300 less than an iPad, and I know it technically does many of the same things, but we’re not talking about laptops here.

A $400 laptop that can do most of what a $1000 laptop can do is a good value proposition, because people need laptops. They’re tools. Tablets are for leisure—for goofing around. And $200 isn’t a better deal than $500 if all you end up with is a frustrating device you don’t want to use. It’s just a waste of $200.

And I say this as a total nerd. I’ve got a lot of patience for shoddy UIs and software quirks. I’m actually a little sad for the people who preordered this thing for friends, family, or themselves. I think they’re expecting—and were led to expect—something that they’re not going to get.

GD: I’m disappointed, too, because I was expecting the device to deliver on the high-performance promise of that opening screen, and I don’t think it does. So, even at the impulse-buy price of $199, I still can’t suggest that people go out and buy this device today.

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You get what you pay for.