Comparison Review of the Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire

I haven't used either devices very long. I picked up the Nook Tablet on Tuesday and the Kindle Fire on Wednesday. After using both for this short time, I long for a 7″ iPad but the iPads are twice as expensive as the Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire and to compare the 7″ models to the 10″ iPads is comparing apples to oranges. They are simply not the same thing.

The Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire are essentially media consumption devices. This means that creating documents or writing long emails are...