The Kindle Fire is a tablet computer version of Amazon.com's Kindle e-book reader. Announced on 28 September 2011, the Kindle Fire will have a color 7" multi-touch display with IPS technology and run on a forked version of Google's operating system (OS) Android. It includes access to the Amazon Appstore, streaming movies and TV shows, and Kindle's e-books. (from Wikipedia.org)

The iPad 2 is the second generation of the iPad, a tablet computer designed, developed and marketed by Apple. It serves primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, presentations and web content, and is available in black or white.

However, many tablet computer fans want to know the different between iPad 2 and Kindle fire, or what to choose an appropriate one as a Christmas Gifts as below.

Q1: What do you think is going to be better? Kindle Fire or iPad?
The iPad or the Kindle Fire?
Of course price plays a big role here. iPad for $500 and the Fire for $200.
Whats best for the money?
The fire can pretty much do similar things as the iPad right?

Q2: What's the difference between a Kindle Fire and a IPad 2?
I hear that they are basically the same but that the Pad is a computer. Otherwise, what's the difference?

Q3: Kindle Fire or IPad 2?
I keep going back and forth and back and forth.
I like the kindle fire for the Amazon prime, books, cheaper then the ipad and the size
I dislike that it doesn't have a lot of apps only ones that are good for the kindle and that it doesn't have a camera

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