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  • Fly Or Die: The Kindle Fire

    John Biggs

    Biggs is the East Coast Editor of TechCrunch. Biggs has written for the New York Times, InSync, USA Weekend, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Money and a number of other outlets on technology and wristwatches. He is the former editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.com and lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. You can Tweet him here and G+ him here. Email him directly at... → Learn More

    Friday, November 18th, 2011

    Erick and I were pretty much of the same mind when it came to the Kindle Fire: it’s pretty darn nice. But will it Fly or Die? Find out in this exciting, Fruit-Ninja-infused episode.

    We’re working on our Kindle Fire review as we speak – we took a bit of time to do the Nook Tablet review first – but thus far it’s been an interesting device.

    Like the Kindle, it’s Amazon incarnate, a device that’s aimed at Amazon customers, dealing up Amazon content. It is compact, well-made, and, dare I say it, sexy as an ereader and, although a bit less interesting as a media device, it’s one of the most promising devices I’ve seen.

    That said, there are lots of ereaders out there and this is one of many. Will it survive – fly or die, if you will? We shall see.