Zinio provides whatever functionality the vendor does for their magazine. I get National Geographic through Zinio and it’s the same functionality that you get if you order it directly. I was sent a sample issue of O that had the same sort of embedded functions. I like Zinio because it corrals all my magazines in one place. The new Apple Newstand appears to do the same but at vastly inflated prices compared to what I pay through Zinio.
When the iPad2 burns, it releases toxic smoke.
Thanks for an informative review 
No problem. I find myself getting frustrated reading reviews of it, because it’s a pretty damn good reader, and a pretty mediocre tablet. Everyone reviews it as if it was a tablet, so gives it crappy reviews. And then everyone assumes it’s a crappy reader, too. But it’s not; it’s a good reader, with some handy tablety stuff built in.
I fear that Amazon screwed up with the marketing of it, and it will fail because of that. Maybe they should have never advertised it as anything but a reader and video-player.
I just hate reading that backlit screen - the regular Kindle (I have a Touch now, had a 2nd gen for ages) is so much easier on my eyes. I look at a computer all day at work and I have less than no desire to read books on one.
Y’know, I do too, and I resisted backlit readers for the same reason. But I gotta say… it’s been fine. Not sure why, but it works for me.
I bought both the Fire and the Touch, fully expecting that I’d keep the Touch and send the Fire back. But I’m doing the opposite, and it’s hardly even been a decision, I like it that much better. The speed of the page turns, the speed of the lookups, and seeing the cover made all the difference to me.
Well, he’s right and he’s wrong. There’s very little difference between the Fire and what most folks actually use their ipads for, aside from size, price, and itunes compatibility. Seriously, most folks seem to use the ipad predominantly to surf the kitteh tubes, watch videos, and play games. You can do all that on a Fire, it’s just going to be on a smaller screen and with less in -device storage.
One thing to think about is that the security on the Fire is nonexistent. Not necessarily a problem, but we were thinking of going in on one for my SIL, who consistently leaves her keys, phone, and/or wallet behind in cabs, friend’s apartments, etc. Given that anyone who picks up your Kindle Fire has full access to your Amazon account, one-click ordering included, we decided it’s not a great idea.
I think I’ve posted this review in another thread but it perfectly answers a lot of questions about how Kindle Fire differs from the iPad2 and also how they are similar.