Kindle Paperwhite in Australia

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Dec 14th 2012, 6:07 am

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Re: Kindle Paperwhite in Australia

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Tried playing with it and all the things you can do with it?

We've got one for mother for Xmas on the basis there's less to screw up than with a laptop.

I use it for internet, watching video, reading, apps, games. It's an entertainment device, so I only use it for that.

Dec 14th 2012, 6:45 am

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Re: Kindle Paperwhite in Australia

I 2nd the Nexus 7. Fab thing. Only downside (for me) is no external storage other than cloud storage, but internet, apps, games, books etc, all good.

Dec 14th 2012, 7:08 am

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Re: Kindle Paperwhite in Australia

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Originally Posted by Amazulu

I use it for internet, watching video, reading, apps, games. It's an entertainment device, so I only use it for that.

Plenty of ways you can use it for control as well. Plus a Bluetooth keyboard makes it possible to use as a 'notebook' for on the go.

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I 2nd the Nexus 7. Fab thing. Only downside (for me) is no external storage other than cloud storage, but internet, apps, games, books etc, all good.

$1 USB OTG cable, a free app, and your favourite media storage and you can have as much external storage as you want.

Dec 14th 2012, 7:41 am

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Re: Kindle Paperwhite in Australia

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Cool, I might wait. The Nexus 7 is awesome btw - $246 for the 32Gb on a Kogan pricematch at Officeworks. What a bargain for what it is. 32Gb ipad mini is $200 more.

I don't know much about gadgets.The youngest would like an ipad mini for Christmas.Are you saying that the Nexus 7 thingy is better and will do the same thing.??

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Dec 14th 2012, 7:44 am

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Re: Kindle Paperwhite in Australia

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I don't know mush about gadgets.The youngest would like an ipad mini for Christmas.Are you saying that the Nexus 7 thingy is better and will do the same thing.??

Can't say if it is better, but it's a darn site cheaper.

Dec 14th 2012, 7:53 am

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Re: Kindle Paperwhite in Australia

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Can't say if it is better, but it's a darn site cheaper.

Thank you.Will he be able to do similar things that he can do on an ipad mini.

Dec 14th 2012, 7:54 am

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Re: Kindle Paperwhite in Australia

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I don't know much about gadgets.The youngest would like an ipad mini for Christmas.Are you saying that the Nexus 7 thingy is better and will do the same thing.??

Put it this way, the Nexus 7 is what the mini ipad was trying to copy.

Problem for them was, to really compete they would have had to put an axe to their price hierarchy and profit margins - hence why the prices are so out of whack.

Personally, there is nothing that would tempt me into that apple camp, but your youngest maybe all about the fashion state of apple's walled garden...