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Xeno-canto :: Sharing bird sounds from around the world. Birds of North America - Whatbird.com. WhatBird | identify birds | bird identification guide | north america. iBird | the world's best selling field guide app. Blog | iBird | the world's best selling field guide app. Updated Dec 12, 2011 The Kindle Fire is for the birds. Click to see at Amazon I mean that in a good way. Yesterday my Kindle Fire appeared in the mailbox. I immediately unpacked and set it up to see how it compared to other tablets as a field guide for birding.

I downloaded iBird Pro from the Amazon app store and this is a review of what I found. I’m going to keep this short. Caveat: I believe I can write intelligently about the Kindle Fire because as an app developer I’ve tested our Android product on about 20 different tablets to date. Overall Kindle Fire Pros and Cons for Anyone Buying a Tablet Today After using the Kindle Fire for a day I am extremely impressed and 100% convinced it will turn the entire tablet market upside down. In doing so it will grab a lot of share from Apple (and help Google in the process to dominate the mobile market). iSuppli pegs the Fire’s build cost at $209.31 while Piper Jaffray puts it at $250. Pros for Everyone Cons for Everyone Pros for Birders. Community Board. <div class='message error'><strong>Javascript Disabled Detected</strong><p>You currently have javascript disabled. Several functions may not work. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality.

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