Lenovo ideapad A1 starting at $199

Vegeta said:
After opening of the box the first thing performed on the Kindle will obviously be ROOT, FLASH
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With what? :)

Oh, and front + rear cam on Lenovo, none on Kindle...
Bluetooth on Lenovo, none on kindle

Alot of 'preview' sites are saying Lenovo has GPS, Accelerometer and Micro SD but nothing on the sales site, so I'm guessing not.

Hands on display says microSD is present in the lenovo A1... alot of confusion.
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SaladCharger said:
With what? :)
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1) Fire is running a branched and heavily modified version of Android. It hardly bears any resemblance to the original product. Also it doesn't have 3G or phone capabilities, so the majority of Gingerbread points are moot. Rumors are that they're looking to buy Palm's WebOS. Point being Fire isn't predominantly an Android tablet.
2) It actually runs on modified Gingerbread.
3) Kindle execs admitted it wouldn't be too difficult to root.
 
cerebus said:
Why would you get this over a Kindle Fire?
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1GHz processor vs 800 MHz (AFAIK?), and as mentioned, Android 2.3 vs 2.1.

Except for that I can't see any real reasons. I love my Kindle's build quality, but Lenovo's laptops are also quite sturdy. Both brands have good reputations. Amazon's returns policy, if it is the same as the normal Kindles' might swing the deal for me.
 
Tacet said:
1GHz processor vs 800 MHz (AFAIK?), and as mentioned, Android 2.3 vs 2.1.

Except for that I can't see any real reasons. I love my Kindle's build quality, but Lenovo's laptops are also quite sturdy. Both brands have good reputations. Amazon's returns policy, if it is the same as the normal Kindles' might swing the deal for me.
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Kindle Fire has dual core TI OMAP4 processor, 512mb ram and 8gb built in storage (vs 2gb on the Lenovo). But even notwithstanding all of this, the Lenovo doesn't actually OFFER anything besides the bare device. The Kindle Fire is a Kindle - so you get a portal to the whole Amazon thing; plus the cloud browser which looks sick. And it IS running 2.3, modified.
 
cerebus said:
Kindle Fire has dual core TI OMAP4 processor, 512mb ram and 8gb built in storage (vs 2gb on the Lenovo). But even notwithstanding all of this, the Lenovo doesn't actually OFFER anything besides the bare device. The Kindle Fire is a Kindle - so you get a portal to the whole Amazon thing; plus the cloud browser which looks sick. And it IS running 2.3, modified.
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Lol, Kindle runs on Android and is available from the android library to any android tablet, so no benefit there. In fact, you can run the Kobo and Barnes and Noble readers on the Lenovo (which you can't ont he kindle short of rooting it). I'm not sure of what the cloud browser gives you that Dolphin or Opera doesn't.
 
SaladCharger said:
Lol, Kindle runs on Android and is available from the android library to any android tablet, so no benefit there.
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It does, but it isn't even remotely as integrated into the UI and the whole experience. The Fire is even personalized from the outset, and syncs video from the tablet to your tv if you switch between watching. Go look at the videos of the UI on the Fire - it's awesome. Plus the processor is much faster than the Lenovo's.

In fact, you can run the Kobo and Barnes and Noble readers on the Lenovo (which you can't ont he kindle short of rooting it). I'm not sure of what the cloud browser gives you that Dolphin or Opera doesn't.
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Who says you can't on the Kindle? It has the whole Amazon app store.

Judging from the feedback, the Silk browser is much faster than Opera/Dolphin.
 
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