Kindle Vs. Kindle Fire

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Originally Posted by tsolomon

I have a Kindle and my wife uses an iPad so from what I can tell the Kindl Fire is probably your best bet. I say this because the Kindle Fire looks to have a lighted screen like the iPad which would make it easier to read in the dark. With the regular kindle you need good lighting or a book light to read. The upside on the regular Kindle is the battery life and the ability to read it in bright sunlight. I haven't seen a Kindle Fire and don't know much about it, but I use my Kindle everyday and it's great. I just upgraded my wife's iPad to the new OS and it is really using up the charge much faster than the previous OS, but she loves it.

It may be counter-intuitive but using a back-lit screen in the dark is actually harder on your eyes and causes more eye-strain then using a book light on a book (or Kindle).

My wife has an iPad and I have a Kindle and I have the Kindle app for the iPad. The iPad sucks as an e-reader. Glossy, back-lit screens are too limiting and cause too much eyestrain. The iPad and Kindle are both good at what they do but I don't think it makes sense to use them where they are not so good...