Fire vs. iPad: Pick Your Garden

Starting at a mind-warping US$199, the new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet has nailed a price point that the $249 Barnes & Noble Nook Color was only able to flirt with. Put it this way: As a consumer-oriented device ready to deliver e-books, movies, TV shows, apps, Web browsing and email, two Kindle Fire tablets can be purchased for $100 less than the $499 Apple iPad 2.

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