Theinitial reviewsfor the newKindle Firehave been fairly lukewarm, manytech punditspronouncing that the new Amazon tablet will be no iPad killer. That may well be true, although there is already speculation about which device will behotter this holiday season.
But just how hot will the Kindle Fire be in education?
Read my initial thoughts on my hands-on experience with the Kindle Fire over at Inside Higher Ed Is The Amazon Kindle Fire the Hot, New Educational Tablet? (Um, No)
by Audrey Watters on 17 Nov, 2011
Theinitial reviewsfor the newKindle Firehave been fairly lukewarm, manytech punditspronouncing that the new Amazon tablet will be no iPad killer. That may well be true, although there is already speculation about which device will behotter this holiday season.
But just how hot will the Kindle Fire be in education?
Read my initial thoughts on my hands-on experience with the Kindle Fire over at Inside Higher Ed |
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Audrey Watters is a technology journalist, freelance writer, ed-tech advocate, recovering academic, rabble-rouser, and single mom.
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