Yeah, I think the only reason that Amazon has sold any Kindle Fires since the Nexus 7 came out is due to how much they advertise it on their site and because most consumers are poorly informed. Google needs to do a much better job of advertising the Nexus line.
There is absolutely no justification for an informed customer to pick the Kindle Fire over the Nexus 7. The latter is cheaper, has a much better and more updated OS, a lot better app selection, and can still access all the content the Kindle Fire can, except Prime Videos (which can still be sideloaded using an APK from XDA-Devs, the site linked here).
And of course part of the reason is that many people are buying these tablets as gifts. You don't put as much thought into a gift as you would into a purchase for yourself. Not only because people are selfish, but also because during Christmastime you have to buy gifts for a lot of people, and you know yourself better than you know anyone else.
Not having access to Amazon Video (note that you don't have access to any Amazon Videos, not just Prime). I wasn't able to get the app to work side loaded on the Galaxy Nexus. Not saying it doesn't work on the Nexus 7 but it would make me hesitate.
> I wasn't able to get the app to work side loaded on the Galaxy Nexus. Not saying it doesn't work on the Nexus 7 but it would make me hesitate.
This was probably because of the difference in form factor. The app was not developed with phone users in mind, since Amazon doesn't have a smartphone (yet).
And either way, not having access to Amazon Video is an insignificant inconvenience compared to all the advantages the Nexus 7 has.
Not having Amazon Video is a pretty big deal for me. It's the only cross platform way to buy new movies and TV shows. I have a lot of purchased content on Amazon and not being able to watch that in bed would be unfortunate. But then again, it might very well work on the Nexus 7.
Am I the only one, or the article is missing any advice (if not tutorials) on backing up, before trying this? common, you don't want to spend your christmas/newyear along a kindle you just ..err.. technically suicided?