Kindle Fire HD vs iPad Mini vs Nook HD+

Life in the tablet category used to be simple. There were 7- inchers and 10- inchers andcomparisons only occurred within each tablet's size category. This year however, Apple,Amazon, and Barnes & Noble have successfully muddied the once-clear waters by respectfullyreleasing 7.9- inch, 8.9- inch, and 9- inch tablets.

So how do they compare? Let's find out.

Screen

The iPad Mini's 7.9- inch, 1,024x768-pixel screen has wide viewing angles and good colorreproduction, but when it comes to resolution, it can't hold a candle to either the Kindle Fire HD8.9 nor the Barnes & Noble Nook HD+. By comparison, text and pictures can appear blurry andvideos display with a noticeably dithered look.

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The Fire HD 8.9's 1,920x1,200-pixel screen looks bright, vibrant, and the dark background andwhite text of the tablet's interface produces a highly contrasted look. Apps, text, and videos lookextremely sharp.

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The Nook HD+ has the highest resolution of the group with 1,920x1,280 pixels on a 9- inchscreen. Text, pictures, and videos look incredibly sharp - - maybe slightly sharper than on theFire HD 8.9, but it's really difficult to tell. However, the Nook HD+'s screen is much moresusceptible to moisture, so oily fingerprints tend to create a moire effect on the screen, blurringcertain assets, especially text. Honestly, it can sometimes ruin the effect that having more pixelsoffers. As long as you keep things dry, however, you won't notice it.

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Weight

The iPad Mini weighs 0.68 pound. That's incredibly light for a tablet of any size, and you canclearly feel the difference when holding it in one hand. The Nook HD+ is obviously heavier, butat 1.14 pounds, it feels surprisingly light for a tablet with a 9- inch screen. At 1.22 pounds, theFire HD 8.9 is the heaviest of the bunch, and while it's only 0.08 pound heavier than the NookHD+, the weight difference feels even greater than that. While the Nook HD+ feels light whenheld in one hand, I can't say the same about the Fire HD 8.9.

AppsSurprise, surprise, the iPad Mini wins on apps. Not necessarily because it offers more apps, butbecause it offers more high-quality and useful apps, most of which were made specifically forthe iPad platform and aren't simply stretched iPhone apps. Many of the Fire HD 8.9's best appsare iPad or iPhone ports and, for now at least, you won't see many high-quality exclusive FireHD apps, if at all.

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The Nook HD+'s app availability definitely lags compared with the others. It's not horrible andyou'll see games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope here, but not so much the N.O.V.A. 3s andNeed for Speeds of the world. Also, there really aren't many 3D games on the Nook HD+. Apity, considering its GPU is just as powerful as the Fire HD 8.9's, which plays host to quite a fewpolygonal games.

Media

The Nook HD+ excels at books, magaz ines, and catalogs. While it does offers movies and TVshows, currently its offerings are disappointing, as the movies and TV shows you'd most want tosee, like many of the latest and greatest ones, just aren't here. There's also no native Nookmusic service, and overall it's simply not on the level as the Fire or iPad when it comes tomedia offerings.

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Amazon and Apple are relatively similar in their respective media offerings, with each providingaccess to the best in movies, TV shows, books, and music. In my anecdotal experience,however, Amazon prices tend to be lower on certain books and music albums.

Where the Fire HD 8.9 really pulls out in front, however, is features. Things like X-Ray for booksand movies; immersion reading; 10-second rewind in Amazon's movie player; its excellentstreaming power; and you can start watching a movie just a few seconds after you begindownloading it really shows that the company has put some real thought into how users accessmedia and what they want out of their experiences.

Price

The Nook HD+ starts at $269 for 16GB. That's a great deal for a 9- inch tablet with a screen thissharp and expandable storage. At $299, the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (16GB) is $30 more expensive.And $329 gets you the 16GB iPad Mini. From strictly a price perspective, the Nook HD+ clearly

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wins, but with its vast media options and Micro-HDMI, the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 seems to hit theprice sweet spot. With the Mini you're paying for access to Apple's superior App Store as wellas its z ippy performance and media ecosystem.

Kindle Fire HD 8.9 iPad MiniBarnes &NobleNook HD+

Dimensions 9.4 inches by 6.4 inches by 0.35 inch (HWD)7.8 inches by 5.3inches by 0.28 inch(HWD)

9.5 inchesby 6.4inches by0.45 inch(HWD)

Weight 1.25 pounds 0.68 pound 1.14 pounds

Operatingsystem

Android 4.0-based custom OS Apple iOSAndroid4.0-basedcustom OS

Processor 1.5GHz OMAP4470 dual- core processor Apple A5

1.5GHzOMAP4470dual- coreprocessor

RAM 1GB 512MB 1GB

Storage 16GB or 32GB 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB16GB or32GB

Frontcamera

Yes Yes No

Rearcamera

No Yes No

Battery 10 hours 10 hours 9-10 hours

Chargetype

Micro-USB Apple proprietaryNookproprietary

4G Yes Yes No

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Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (MIMO) 802.11 a/b/g/n 802.11 a/b/g

Bluetooth Yes Yes Yes

Screensize

8.9 inches 7.9 inches 9 inches

HDMI out Yes No No

Resolution 1,920x1,200 pixels 1,240x768 pixels1,920x1,280pixels

Book store Amazon Apple App StoreNook AppStore

App store Amazon Apple App StoreNook AppStore

GPS No Yes No

Gyroscope Yes Yes No

microSD No No Yes

Microphone Yes Yes No

Price

With ads: $299 (16GB ), $369 (32 GB ads);Without ads: $314 (16GB), $384 (32GB); 4Gwith ads: $499 (32GB), $599 (64GB); 4Gwithout ads: $514 (32GB) $614 (64GB)

$329 (16GB), $429(32GB), $529 (64GB);4G: $459 (16GB), $559(32GB), $659 (64GB)

$269(16GB),$299(32GB)

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