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Kindle Fire, iPod Touch, or Nikon Camera for Christmas?

Guest
Guest

I love what I can do on all three. I love to read, music is my life, and photography is my passion. But sadly, of course I can't have all three. I've been wanting a new camera for a long time because mine sucks, and since it's my passion, it's what I want the most.

But. I originally wanted a Lomography camera, a camera that has amazing effects. That's the kind of photos I take, effect photography. Though, my mom said she wasn't going to buy a film camera, so no chance there. Then, I decided I would get some kind of Nikon. But the draw back is, cameras like that don't take for effects. They take for quality. Quality is great, but with effects only like Sepia and B&W, that's not very helpful. That's the main reason I want an iPod Touch. Yes, also for my love of music, but do you know how many different photography apps you can buy? Jillions. I even found a Lomography one. But the mega pixels aren't very great, of course, and I was hoping for at least 16mp.

Then, we have the Kindle Fire. This was the first thing I asked for Christmas, so I'm probably guarantee to get it. It sucks though, because I told my mom I really wanted this before I found out all the apps for the iPod, and now I've kind of changed my mind. But, all in all, I want yall's opinions. I love to read. I mean, love it. The only draw back is the no camera. That just drives me crazy. I'd LOVE to have a tablet with a camera. But one being an eReader tablet at the same time, and sadly, there's none of those. The Kindle Fire also have a bunch of apps available, just as the iPod Touch does, but, still the whole camera dilemma.

I'm thinking I can maybe get 2 of the 3, but with the Kindle almost already guarantee, it comes down to the camera or the iPod. Which do you think? My birthday is also coming up in January, but I don't know about getting 2 for Christmas and the other for my birthday.

f0rme
f0rme

I'm getting the kindle fire. Its a billion times more worth it than the Itouch, but i also dig photography so thats a tough call!

TheTruth
TheTruth

Long question indeed. A warning is in order - Kindle Fire was pretty popular because of all the hype that Amazon created in the press before anyone could see or touch the device. A lot of people pre-ordered it and now if you look at Amazon's own web site reviews of the device there's a lot of disappointed folks out there that left 1-2 start reviews (over 700 now). Nook Tablet - according to pro reviews on the web - is a class above Kindle Fire in terms of hardware and performance. Per reviews out there, Nook has a much better screen and a much better/smoother performance while playing movies than choppy Kindle Fire's act. It has double the RAM and is much zippier than Fire in both booting times and loading apps. It has microSD slot (not on Kindle) for more content space (and you can have more than one card) and rooting without voiding the warranty. Also, Nook Tablet has physical volume controls on the side (not on Kindle) and built-in microphone (not on Kindle) for Skype. Nook Tablet has to offer the same things that Kindle has and more - It's got Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, Angry Brids, etc., the best battery life, the best screen, double the RAM and space for apps/photoes/movies. Amazon Prime is worthless - 13, 000 movies and 10, 000 books are included while Netflix has millions of movies and B&N ebook store has more content than Amazon's with 2.5 million paid books and 2 million free public domain ones. Also it's worth mentioning that if you walk in with any Nook to Barnes & Noble store, you'll get tech support and you're allowed to read ANY available eBook for free while in the store via free provided in the store Wi-Fi.
Here's the sample of a pro side-by-side review:
ENGADGET
Both devices rock 1GHz dual-core processors, but the Nook has an edge here, with its 1GB of RAM to the Fire's 512MB -- and certainly the difference is noticeable, even when booting up something as simple as a game like Angry Birds. Things are even more pronounced during video playback. We took Shutter Island for a spin via Netflix streaming on both devices, and it was really like night and day. Motion is far less choppy on the Barnes & Noble device. The HD playback on the Nook also picked up subtle imagery like patterns on ties, which were largely lost on the Fire