In short. No, it's not. Although our family may get one, even though we have an iPad. Why?
The Kindle Fire is a content monster. Amazon has 18 million content items in their store, and their Amazon Prime streaming library is huge. We're considering ditching Netflix altogether, going to RedBox for new releases, and picking up a Kindle Fire and an $79/year Prime subscription.
My iPad has a ton of productivity apps and a larger screen that makes it great for a general purpose computing device. Yeah, that feels a little crazy to say, but when I travel, it's so much nicer to carry my iPad than it is my 15.4" MacBook Pro. When I'm on the porch and I need to respond to emails, the iPad is what comes with me. I don't see that changing.
The Kindle Fire is a content monster. Amazon has 18 million content items in their store, and their Amazon Prime streaming library is huge. We're considering ditching Netflix altogether, going to RedBox for new releases, and picking up a Kindle Fire and an $79/year Prime subscription.
My iPad has a ton of productivity apps and a larger screen that makes it great for a general purpose computing device. Yeah, that feels a little crazy to say, but when I travel, it's so much nicer to carry my iPad than it is my 15.4" MacBook Pro. When I'm on the porch and I need to respond to emails, the iPad is what comes with me. I don't see that changing.