Kindle Fire vs. Nook Color spec breakdown

[Spider]

Kindle Fire vs. Nook Color spec breakdown By: Donald Bell September 28, 2011 8:59 AM PDT

The Amazon Kindle Fire vs. the Barnes & Noble Nook Color.
(Credit: Amazon)

In the aftermath of Amazon's Kindle Fire announcement, the world of budget-priced Android e-reader tablets just got a whole lot more interesting. If you're curious to see how the Kindle Fire stacks up against its closest competitor (the Barnes & Noble Nook Color), here's a handy spec-by-spec breakdown.

Dimensions	7.5 x 4.7 x 0.45 inches (HWD)	8.1 x 5 x 0.5 inches (HWD)
Weight	14.6 ounces	15.8 ounces
OS	Custom Android fork	Custom Android fork
Processor	(Unknown) dual-core	ARM Cortex A8-based Ti OMAP 3621 @ 800 MHz
RAM	Unknown	512Mb
Storage	8GB	8GB
Front camera	No	No
Rear camera	No	No
Battery	8 hours (Wi-Fi off)	8 hours (Wi-Fi off)
Charge type	Micro-USB; computer charge OK	Micro-USB; requires wall adapter
3G	No	No
Wi-Fi	802.11 b/g/n/x	802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth	Unknown	No
Screen size	7 inches (IPS)	7 inches (IPS)
Pixel density	169 dpi	169 dpi
Resolution	600x1,024	600x1,024
Book store	Amazon	Barnes & Noble
App store	Amazon	Barnes & Noble
Book formats	Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, DOC, DOCX, Audible (Audible Enhanced (AA, AAX))	EPUB, PDF, DOC, TXT, DOCM, DOCX
Unsuported	EPUB, LIT, LRZ/LRX (Sony)	LIT, AMZ, LRZ/LRX (Sony)
Video formats	MP4, VP8	MP4
Music formats	Non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, WAV	MP3, MP4, AAC
Photo formats	JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP	JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP
MicroSD	No	Yes
Adobe Flash	Yes	Yes
Other features	Cloud storage backup, Wireless sync, Media bookmarks, Whispersync, Amazon Silk Web browser, Free month of Amazon Prime, Video rental	Nook Friends, in-store specials, Newsstand, unique e-book content for children
Price	$199	$249

 

[J515OP]

Nice chart. No Micro SD is a deal breaker. Among other things it means that it will be much more difficult to recover if you lock it up than the Nook. Birckable and almost unbrickable makes the choice easy for anybody that is on this forum and thinking about or already playing with a modified Nook.

Some of the "disadvantages" of the Nook are fixed when you root. For example according to the chart the Nook doesn't have bluetooth

 

[Spider]

Excellent points JP. I feel much more comfortable knowing I've got a bootable ClockworkMod SD with my backup images (including my stock 1.2) tucked away, just in case. Also, though you're too modest to mention it, that pretty much blows your CM7 on an SD card out of the water.

 

[Abb0nz]

The comparison says that the NC can't be charged via PC when it can. Ok, it's a lot slower but it can still be done.

I also think the lack of a uSD slot to the deal breaker.

Also, this is an interesting article from New Zealand...
Amazon tablet costs US$209.63 to make according... | Stuff.co.nz

 

[Sue7M3]

Yeah no MicroSD is a definite deal breaker. Not really a surprise though-Amazon wants everyone to be in the cloud.

 

[J515OP]

Yeah no MicroSD is a definite deal breaker. Not really a surprise though-Amazon wants everyone to be in the Amazon cloud.

Fixed it for ya

 

[idontknow]

We got the nook and "adjusted it" to our needs and likes..... we are not going to buy the kindle but people who don't have a tablet yet, they all are going to get the kindle, it has everything that one "thinks" he wants from a tablet, starting from the price. And as a.matter of fact, it looks like the whole world pre- ordered it already!
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