What a difference a generation makes. While the original Kindle Fire impressed, there was only one thing that really made it worth considering: it was cheap. Really cheap. But, when we got our hands on the 7-inch, 720p Kindle Fire HD a few months back we had an honest-to-gosh nice device — that happened to be cheap. And what do we have here? Why, it’s a slightly larger version of that very same tablet, but at a significantly higher cost.
It’s the Kindle Fire 8.9, a tick under two inches larger at the diagonal but with a starting price of $299 for 16GB, $100 more than the cheapest 7-inch Fire HD. It goes way up from there, though, with the 32GB LTE version we tested starting at a rather more dear $499. That’s far beyond the threshold of cheap, but does it still make for good value? Join us as we find out.
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In today’s digital world, good old books and magazines are now being replaced by digital content in the form of eBooks and articles on the web. Although some, including me, will say that eBooks can never replace real books, a new study reveals that the latter does have its own advantages. According to a recent study, tablets are helping people with eye diseases read faster and easier. The study, presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology yesterday, found out that people with moderate vision loss can increase their reading speed by 15 words-per-minute by using a tablet such as an iPad or a Kindle.
