Nexus 7 or Kindle Fire?
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I was looking at this same comparison on Friday. Bought Nexus 7 on Sunday.
Kindle Fire does not have a GPS radio. That was all I needed to hear. For an in-car tablet, I see that as a requirement. Download Sygic and pay for it, provides offline maps and works without needing a connection. You can manage space by choosing only to download certain states, otherwise it'll download a few GB. It's also well worth the $50 to get the 16GB instead of the 8GB version. If you setup a Google Wallet account and add a credit card (do this FIRST) and then buy your Nexus before September 30th, you'll get a $25 Google Play credit. I bought mine at Staples, Best Buy doesn't carry it. Best Buy fudgin' lied to me and said you can only buy it through Google, and the dude said, "sucks that you have to buy it unseen." Then I found out Best Buy just isn't allowed to carry it yet.
Kindle Fire also has a restricted list of Google Play apps, and a fairly locked down OS. Easier to root and access the Nexus.
Fair Warning: I have both Type-A and Type-B. I wanted to install Type-B but the screen makes it more difficult to use the top and bottom buttons when you rotate it landscape. The top notification window requires you to drag from the edge of the screen, and positioning the unit so you can really obstructs the ability to hit the Home and Back buttons at the bottom. Thus, I'm selling my Type-B and using the Type-A.
Once my cables and charger arrive from Monoprice & Deal Exchange, it'll be mounted in my car. Should take just 2 more days
Kindle Fire does not have a GPS radio. That was all I needed to hear. For an in-car tablet, I see that as a requirement. Download Sygic and pay for it, provides offline maps and works without needing a connection. You can manage space by choosing only to download certain states, otherwise it'll download a few GB. It's also well worth the $50 to get the 16GB instead of the 8GB version. If you setup a Google Wallet account and add a credit card (do this FIRST) and then buy your Nexus before September 30th, you'll get a $25 Google Play credit. I bought mine at Staples, Best Buy doesn't carry it. Best Buy fudgin' lied to me and said you can only buy it through Google, and the dude said, "sucks that you have to buy it unseen." Then I found out Best Buy just isn't allowed to carry it yet.
Kindle Fire also has a restricted list of Google Play apps, and a fairly locked down OS. Easier to root and access the Nexus.
Fair Warning: I have both Type-A and Type-B. I wanted to install Type-B but the screen makes it more difficult to use the top and bottom buttons when you rotate it landscape. The top notification window requires you to drag from the edge of the screen, and positioning the unit so you can really obstructs the ability to hit the Home and Back buttons at the bottom. Thus, I'm selling my Type-B and using the Type-A.
Once my cables and charger arrive from Monoprice & Deal Exchange, it'll be mounted in my car. Should take just 2 more days