Starting to think you all are missing the point here.
Nilay explains it well, if the Mac is a truck and the iPad is a car, then the Fire aims to be a very nimble scooter.
http://thisismynext.com/2011/09/28/editorial-kindle-fire-ipad/
Do I wish it had a 3g option? Kinda, and I expect rev two definitely will, or maybe even 4g. We'll see. I have 3 other 3g devices (with the PSP vita on the way, that will be #4) so for me personally this is a non issue.
(Edit, holy crap I forgot about one... iPhone, iPad, Chromebook (which I have free 3G for life on and never activated!) and the Kindle 3G, which I have used sparingly but could live without it on... Plus the Vita coming, sheesh!)
People said the iPad wasn't a content creation device but the Fire REALLY isn't aimed at that. It's a pure consumption device that relies on solid net connection. If that's not interesting to you don't buy it, but you can't really trash it for not doing everything it wasnt designed to do.
Nilay explains it well, if the Mac is a truck and the iPad is a car, then the Fire aims to be a very nimble scooter.
http://thisismynext.com/2011/09/28/editorial-kindle-fire-ipad/
Do I wish it had a 3g option? Kinda, and I expect rev two definitely will, or maybe even 4g. We'll see. I have 3 other 3g devices (with the PSP vita on the way, that will be #4) so for me personally this is a non issue.
(Edit, holy crap I forgot about one... iPhone, iPad, Chromebook (which I have free 3G for life on and never activated!) and the Kindle 3G, which I have used sparingly but could live without it on... Plus the Vita coming, sheesh!)
People said the iPad wasn't a content creation device but the Fire REALLY isn't aimed at that. It's a pure consumption device that relies on solid net connection. If that's not interesting to you don't buy it, but you can't really trash it for not doing everything it wasnt designed to do.