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Home > Episodes > Android Tablet Shootout: Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire vs. Nook

Android Tablet Shootout: Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire vs. Nook

July 16, 2012 By John P.

The Good

A Kindle Fire gives you easy access to Amazon’s large offering of content, much of it free with an Amazon Prime membership. The Nook also has its own store for easy access to content, and it has a couple hardware advantages over the Fire. The Nexus 7 blows both away with much better hardware, extended capabilities like GPS and NFC, and a voice-activated personal assistant.

The Bad

The Fire suffers from a lack of physical switches and buttons; controls accessed through menus are always harder to use. Also, its version of Android is so heavily modified that Google updates to Android won’t apply. The Nook has the same issues, plus a smaller amount of native content than the Fire. The main thing missing from the Nexus 7 is an SD slot.

The Ugly

Let’s wrap it up and see how these tablets do. The Fire has sold a lot of units, and is clearly leading the pack in current users at this price, but it has a lot of shortcomings that could make it vulnerable to a more capable competitor. The Nexus 7 looks very promising with better specs and hardware capabilities than anything we’ve yet seen at the $199 price point. The Nook is weak on features, user base, and access to content – things aren’t looking very good for it.

Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: Amazon, Google, Kindle Fire, Mobility, Nexus 7, Nook

About John P.

John P. is CEO of Livid Lobster and co-host of Geek Beat TV. You can also find him on Twitter and Google+.

Comments

  1. CrazedLeper says

    July 27, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    Advertising pitches in the middle of a review is sleazy an in poor taste. I, for one, won’t be back.

  2. Mike C says

    July 20, 2012 at 8:55 am

    I don’t believe you mentioned the battery life on these 7 inch tablets. I have a Nexus 7, and at one time, I owned a Kindle Fire. The battery life on the Nexus 7 is excellent! Unfortunately, it’s not as good as I would have liked on the Kindle Fire (which is one of the reasons I returned it). Having never owned a Nook I can’t speak to its battery life.

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