I had a Kindel with 3G and now have the Fire.

Fire Pros:
Quick internet access for things like Facebook, the Weather Channel, etc., which is all I really need. I think of it as an iPad lite, which is totally fine. I may someday do the movies, especially since I am already a prime member.
Color screen.

Fire Cons:
Hate the new home screen. I don't want to have to leave through a bunch of stuff that isn't even loaded onto my Kindle before I get to what I want. Three people in my family have them, all on the same account, and I don't want to have to leaf through Magic Treehouse #2,364 to 4,000 to get to my stuff.
Hate, hate, hate the backlight. I read myself to sleep every night, and the strength of the light is way too bright. I need to figure out if I can adjust it. I may end up giving my 6 year old my Fire and taking back my original Kindle.

I got my kindle fire last week and I haven't been able to put it down. I am listening to Pandora while reading DCUM. Actually, I have been listening to Pandora all day and carried the fire with me everywhere while I listened the house. I hate headphones and earbuds (I like my hearing) and I can't. Carry the steroids with me up and down the stairs.

Customer service with Amazon has been great. My other kindle's screen cracked and they sent me a brand new one.

I spoke to my brother yesterday about Kindle and Nook. I am trying to decide between the Nook and Kindle Fire and my brother has the Kindle 3G and my SIL has the Nook.

FWIW - my brother commented that while he loves his 3G, that moving around on the internet is pretty slow.

Anonymous wrote:i got a fire and my speakers on the fritz after a few days. anyone else? there is a static sound coming out of them whenever any audio plays. sigh.

How frustrating! My concern about the speakers is that turned all the way up, the sound still isn't very loud. I had hoped to use it to watch TV online while on the treadmill, but I doubt I'll be able to hear it with out head phones.

i got a fire and my speakers on the fritz after a few days. anyone else? there is a static sound coming out of them whenever any audio plays. sigh.

I got a Fire when it came out last week. I did not have an earlier Kindle. I was actually reading the free samples of books on my iPhone (no iPad), but the screen was just too little. The backlighting doesn't bother me.

So far I love everything about the Fire, except it's heavier than I expected for holding in one hand and reading for a long time. If all you want to do is read, this probably isn't the right product. But for a smallish device that lets you also access the Web and watch videos it's a great deal at 60% less than the cost of the iPad.

I was the OP of this post almost two months ago. I ended up ordering the Touch and then going out to Best Buy just to see what the Fire was like. I bought it, and am sending back the Touch. The Fire was just VERY cool in my opinion and I personally love the backlight. I wake up a bit earlier than my DH on weekends and like to stay in bed and read, which was hard before with no lighting. On Sunday I read, made dinner reservations on opentable, and did all kinds of stuff without getting out of bed at all I'm very happy with it!