“After I wrote about the original Kindle Fire’s abysmal usability, several critics refuted my analysis with comments like, “what do you expect for $200?” But the original Kindle Fire wasn’t even worth $200, because it was outright painful to use, and I don’t want to pay any money to be tortured. Today, however, buying the $199 Kindle Fire HD 7-inch offers much better value than getting the $329 iPad Mini, unless you need an app that’s only available on the latter.”
Kindle Fire HD: Much Better Than Original Kindle Fire (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Nielsen makes me want to buy a Kindle Fire HD – which I cannot justify, so I won’t. I tried the iPad Mini and was surprised to like it so much. My next iPad will probably be a mini as long as it’s retina; now that I read books on iOS, I can’t go back to reading pixelated text.
