>>What did you get in the mail today?
Yesterday night got the wife's Kindle Fire 8.9 (We'll be travelling for the holidays so she just opened it now)
It's neat, but I don't much see what is so unique about it. If I wanted to watch a show, I own a TV. If I wanted to read a book, I own a bookshelf full of em and a nook e-reader on top of that. If I want to play a game, I own a 360 and a gaming PC. There's nothing it does that something else doesn't do better.
However, the screen is REALLY nice on it and the speakers are acceptable too. Watching Tintin on it looked amazing despite the small screen (I'm comparing to a 23 inch desktop monitor.) I wish they were more open on the Amazon account ecosystem (I have a ton of music on MY account but since it's registered to her, I can't access it unless I download my songs, and upload them on her account, or buy them all again.)
Either way she likes it. Spent $250 (got it on deal) on the thing and she's using it to play Diner Dash.
Sigh.