Where the Fire HD 8.9 really pulls out in front, however, is features. In my anecdotal experience, however, Amazon prices tend to be lower on certain books and music albums. There's also no native Nook music service, and overall it's simply not on the level as the Fire or iPad when it comes to media offerings.Īmazon and Apple are relatively similar in their respective media offerings, with each providing access to the best in movies, TV shows, books, and music. While it does offers movies and TV shows, currently its offerings are disappointing, as the movies and TV shows you'd most want to see, like many of the latest and greatest ones, just aren't here. The Nook HD+ excels at books, magazines, and catalogs. A pity, considering its GPU is just as powerful as the Fire HD 8.9's, which plays host to quite a few polygonal games. Also, there really aren't many 3D games on the Nook HD+. It's not horrible and you'll see games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope here, but not so much the N.O.V.A. The Nook HD+'s app availability definitely lags compared with the others. Many of the Fire HD 8.9's best apps are iPad or iPhone ports and, for now at least, you won't see many high-quality exclusive Fire HD apps, if at all. Not necessarily because it offers more apps, but because it offers more high-quality and useful apps, most of which were made specifically for the iPad platform and aren't simply stretched iPhone apps. Surprise, surprise, the iPad Mini wins on apps. ![]() While the Nook HD+ feels light when held in one hand, I can't say the same about the Fire HD 8.9. At 1.22 pounds, the Fire HD 8.9 is the heaviest of the bunch, and while it's only 0.08 pound heavier than the Nook HD+, the weight difference feels even greater than that. The Nook HD+ is obviously heavier, but at 1.14 pounds, it feels surprisingly light for a tablet with a 9-inch screen. That's incredibly light for a tablet of any size, and you can clearly feel the difference when holding it in one hand. As long as you keep things dry, however, you won't notice it. Honestly, it can sometimes ruin the effect that having more pixels offers. However, the Nook HD+'s screen is much more susceptible to moisture, so oily fingerprints tend to create a moire effect on the screen, blurring certain assets, especially text. Text, pictures, and videos look incredibly sharp - maybe slightly sharper than on the Fire HD 8.9, but it's really difficult to tell. The Nook HD+ has the highest resolution of the group with 1,920x1,280 pixels on a 9-inch screen. Apps, text, and videos look extremely sharp. The Fire HD 8.9's 1,920x1,200-pixel screen looks bright, vibrant, and the dark background and white text of the tablet's interface produces a highly contrasted look. By comparison, text and pictures can appear blurry and videos display with a noticeably dithered look. The iPad Mini's 7.9-inch, 1,024x768-pixel screen has wide viewing angles and good color reproduction, but when it comes to resolution, it can't hold a candle to either the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 nor the Barnes & Noble Nook HD+. ![]() This year however, Apple, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble have successfully muddied the once-clear waters by respectfully releasing 7.9-inch, 8.9-inch, and 9-inch tablets. There were 7-inchers and 10-inchers and comparisons only occurred within each tablet's size category. ![]() Life in the tablet category used to be simple.
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