Amazon Kindle Fire
I haven't looked at Amazon's Kindle series of e-readers for a while, but when the YP editor, Susan, asked me for advice on e-readers, I decided it was time I got up to speed with the latest Kindle Fire.
To say the Fire is simply an e-reader is an understatement, like calling Victoria Harbour just a channel of water or The Peak just some mountain.
With an extra-durable, 7-inch high-resolution display resistant to most scratches, a dual-core processor and platform that bridges the gap between Kindle and Android, the Fire is much, much more than something you use to read electronic books.
You can access magazines in their full-coloured glory, more than 100,000 movies and TV shows, and 18 million songs - and that's in addition to the millions of books already available.
And although there is only 8GB of memory - 6GB of which can be used to store content - the Fire comes with free online storage via the Amazon cloud, so you'll never have to worry about space, or delete anything you download from Amazon ever again.
The Fire also supports a select list of Android apps, all of which have been tested by Amazon to ensure they run properly - and perhaps more importantly, safely.
One thing the Fire doesn't have is 3G, so you'll have to rely on Wi-fi to go online. Then again, at US$199 - available at Expansys.com.hk for HK$1,980 - the Fire costs half the price of other popular tablets.
Pros: scratch-resistant colour display, free cloud storage, runs Android apps
Cons: no 3G, screen is too small for movies
