Wired's Comparison of iPad and Kindle2 as eReaders - Page 2

fugazied · 04-07-2010, 07:12 PM

I have both the Kindle DX and iPad.

For me the iPad is the CLEAR winner for magazines, comics, newspapers. Some of the media created especially for the iPad is incredible. If you are a newspaper/media junky, the iPad is worth getting.

However for books, the Kindle is still a great device and the iPad 'enhancements' are mostly unnecessary shiny UI things (color covers and bookshelf graphics, page turns). I'd have to say the iPad dictionary is well integrated though. The IPS screen on the iPad looks great, but the Kindle screen also looks great for plain text. If you read JUST books, then the Kindle is still a solid device and has the advantage of a longer battery life. However at the current Kindle DX pricepoint I think you'd be mad not to get an iPad because of the other things it can do besides e-books.

DX needs to be priced around $350 at the most to compete with iPad, or updated asap to include color and few other features. I use my Kindle still, but it sits next to my bed, the iPad is the device I carry with me.

jgaiser · 04-07-2010, 11:20 PM

I do own an iPhone and love it. I'm also tend to be drawn to geek toys. But, I'm going to pass the iPad up for the time being.

I don't see it doing much more than my laptop, K2 and iPhone combined and I have no intention of getting rid of any of them.

BobLenx · 04-15-2010, 10:11 PM

Have a Sony-505 and a Kindle-2 and enjoy them both - got each of them when they first hit the market. Wouldn't give them up for anything - at least for now!

In terms of computers, I have gone from desktops to laptops and most recently to a netbook when my last laptop had problems and had aged into near oblivion. With the growth of what is available on the Internet, the need for a big laptop with lots of memory and hard drive storage has pretty much gone by the way - at least for me. Obviously not the case for an office worker perhaps.

The next step is a no-brainer - the IPad-2, not the current one but the second version in a year or so - surely with printing made easie, USB ports and webcam and the improved operating system coming out. At that point I could easily see an IPad-2 replacing everything.

I tried the current WiFi IPad at Best Buy and I was impressed. The size and backlighting seem fine for casual reading of an hour or so at a stretch once or twice a day. And to have the 3G version to have virtually everything in an all in one device makes sense - touchscreen reading Internet email lots of apps and eventually cloud computing so you don't need word processors and spreadsheets installed on your device but simply use it off the Web. With Skype and an eventual webcam you have basic free video phone. The world at your fingertips all for $829 - and maybe the additonal $69 fopr the stand-charger wireless keyboard. And a monthly access fee of only $30 with no contract required - and free WiFi if available.

I could get used to that easily - one device to own carry around maintain and upgrade - ONE!!! And maybe a basic cellphone - a cheapie that runs 20 bucks every three months with minutes that roll over - other than my current $40 a month phone where the minutes go bye bye at the end of the month.

detayls · 04-16-2010, 10:51 AM

The iPad has a killer feature: in landscape mode it shows the book as two side-by-side pages.

I suggested this idea on this forum a year or so ago for the DX and was met with silence.

Apple gets these small details right. The backlight can be dimmed all the way to virtually off and the app store has the Kindle App so your Kindle library is available.

The iPad is the clear winner and Amazon still gets revenue. My Kindle was sold about two months ago.

dmaul1114 · 04-16-2010, 12:24 PM

The Kindle app doesn't do the 2 page side by side thing though does it? Last time I played around with my girlfriend's it was only iBooks that did that of the two apps.

drofgnal · 04-19-2010, 08:13 AM

I'm torn about the Ipad. I have the Kindle2 and an iphone. I have central serous retinapathy which causes some problems with reading. Nothing major but I've had to krank up the font size a notch lately. The condtion is reversible so hopefully my eyesight will return to normal. This is where the ipad comes into play. The backlit screen would be easier to read (light helps with the reading problems with CSR) and the larger screen would allow me to have an even larger font size. I hate having the kindle font kranked up too much and have a page be a paragraph. I like buying my books from amazaon so the kindle app is nice.

The one thing holding me back is the lack of a dictionary to use with the kindle app while I'm reading a kindle book on the ipad. Same problem when I use my iphone. If it had this feature, I'd buy one today. My wife wants to have my kindle, so she's actually pushing me to the ipad. I'd holding back becasue of the lack of dictionary support with the kindle app.

Perhaps the Kindle Dx will come down in price (it should given I can have an ipad at 499, the Dx should be 300 something.) The Dx would solve my font size problem and retain the dictionary.

pboss · 04-20-2010, 01:47 PM

I understand your pain. Here's a pretty good comparison of the ipad vs KDX:
http://www.troyangrignon.com/2010/01...kindle-for-pc/

eboyhan · 04-24-2010, 05:00 AM

Isn't competition wonderful?

drofgnal · 04-24-2010, 04:40 PM

I went to my local apple store and reserved an ipad. With my eye problem, I really like reading on the device. I'm currently straining or standing under a search light with the Kindle. My wife also pushed me over the edge and ordered a book on my kindle and started reading it, so I was reduced to the iphone reading. This morning I found the iphone reading a pleasant experience, more so than my kindle, so I took the plunge (drank the koolaid) and ordered a 16gb. ipad. I'll be limiting myself to amazon books however and using the Kindle app. I do not like a bookstore (ibooks) that can only be browsed from inside the device and my wife and I can share books between the devices.

JSWolf · 04-27-2010, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by detayls

The iPad has a killer feature: in landscape mode it shows the book as two side-by-side pages.

I suggested this idea on this forum a year or so ago for the DX and was met with silence.

Apple gets these small details right. The backlight can be dimmed all the way to virtually off and the app store has the Kindle App so your Kindle library is available.

The iPad is the clear winner and Amazon still gets revenue. My Kindle was sold about two months ago.

The Sony Reader PRS-900 did that two page landscape thing before the iPad was announced. It's nothing new since Sony did it first.

04-16-2010, 10:51 AM	#19
detayls Addict Posts: 235 Karma: 1355374 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: iPad, iPhone, Kindle Voyage	Two Page Landscape Mode... The iPad has a killer feature: in landscape mode it shows the book as two side-by-side pages. I suggested this idea on this forum a year or so ago for the DX and was met with silence. Apple gets these small details right. The backlight can be dimmed all the way to virtually off and the app store has the Kindle App so your Kindle library is available. The iPad is the clear winner and Amazon still gets revenue. My Kindle was sold about two months ago.

04-19-2010, 08:13 AM	#21
drofgnal Wizard Posts: 1,227 Karma: 7838248 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Ipad Pro/Kindle Oasis 3/iPhone 13 Pro Max	Torn I'm torn about the Ipad. I have the Kindle2 and an iphone. I have central serous retinapathy which causes some problems with reading. Nothing major but I've had to krank up the font size a notch lately. The condtion is reversible so hopefully my eyesight will return to normal. This is where the ipad comes into play. The backlit screen would be easier to read (light helps with the reading problems with CSR) and the larger screen would allow me to have an even larger font size. I hate having the kindle font kranked up too much and have a page be a paragraph. I like buying my books from amazaon so the kindle app is nice. The one thing holding me back is the lack of a dictionary to use with the kindle app while I'm reading a kindle book on the ipad. Same problem when I use my iphone. If it had this feature, I'd buy one today. My wife wants to have my kindle, so she's actually pushing me to the ipad. I'd holding back becasue of the lack of dictionary support with the kindle app. Perhaps the Kindle Dx will come down in price (it should given I can have an ipad at 499, the Dx should be 300 something.) The Dx would solve my font size problem and retain the dictionary.

04-24-2010, 04:40 PM	#24
drofgnal Wizard Posts: 1,227 Karma: 7838248 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Ipad Pro/Kindle Oasis 3/iPhone 13 Pro Max	Ordered Ipad I went to my local apple store and reserved an ipad. With my eye problem, I really like reading on the device. I'm currently straining or standing under a search light with the Kindle. My wife also pushed me over the edge and ordered a book on my kindle and started reading it, so I was reduced to the iphone reading. This morning I found the iphone reading a pleasant experience, more so than my kindle, so I took the plunge (drank the koolaid) and ordered a 16gb. ipad. I'll be limiting myself to amazon books however and using the Kindle app. I do not like a bookstore (ibooks) that can only be browsed from inside the device and my wife and I can share books between the devices.

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04-07-2010, 07:12 PM	#16
fugazied Wizard Posts: 1,305 Karma: 1958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: iPod Touch	I have both the Kindle DX and iPad. For me the iPad is the CLEAR winner for magazines, comics, newspapers. Some of the media created especially for the iPad is incredible. If you are a newspaper/media junky, the iPad is worth getting. However for books, the Kindle is still a great device and the iPad 'enhancements' are mostly unnecessary shiny UI things (color covers and bookshelf graphics, page turns). I'd have to say the iPad dictionary is well integrated though. The IPS screen on the iPad looks great, but the Kindle screen also looks great for plain text. If you read JUST books, then the Kindle is still a solid device and has the advantage of a longer battery life. However at the current Kindle DX pricepoint I think you'd be mad not to get an iPad because of the other things it can do besides e-books. DX needs to be priced around $350 at the most to compete with iPad, or updated asap to include color and few other features. I use my Kindle still, but it sits next to my bed, the iPad is the device I carry with me.

04-07-2010, 11:20 PM	#17
jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 3,281 Karma: 27978909 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1	I do own an iPhone and love it. I'm also tend to be drawn to geek toys. But, I'm going to pass the iPad up for the time being. I don't see it doing much more than my laptop, K2 and iPhone combined and I have no intention of getting rid of any of them.

04-15-2010, 10:11 PM	#18
BobLenx Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 308 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Sony505 K2 K3	Have a Sony-505 and a Kindle-2 and enjoy them both - got each of them when they first hit the market. Wouldn't give them up for anything - at least for now! In terms of computers, I have gone from desktops to laptops and most recently to a netbook when my last laptop had problems and had aged into near oblivion. With the growth of what is available on the Internet, the need for a big laptop with lots of memory and hard drive storage has pretty much gone by the way - at least for me. Obviously not the case for an office worker perhaps. The next step is a no-brainer - the IPad-2, not the current one but the second version in a year or so - surely with printing made easie, USB ports and webcam and the improved operating system coming out. At that point I could easily see an IPad-2 replacing everything. I tried the current WiFi IPad at Best Buy and I was impressed. The size and backlighting seem fine for casual reading of an hour or so at a stretch once or twice a day. And to have the 3G version to have virtually everything in an all in one device makes sense - touchscreen reading Internet email lots of apps and eventually cloud computing so you don't need word processors and spreadsheets installed on your device but simply use it off the Web. With Skype and an eventual webcam you have basic free video phone. The world at your fingertips all for $829 - and maybe the additonal $69 fopr the stand-charger wireless keyboard. And a monthly access fee of only $30 with no contract required - and free WiFi if available. I could get used to that easily - one device to own carry around maintain and upgrade - ONE!!! And maybe a basic cellphone - a cheapie that runs 20 bucks every three months with minutes that roll over - other than my current $40 a month phone where the minutes go bye bye at the end of the month.

04-16-2010, 12:24 PM	#20
dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	The Kindle app doesn't do the 2 page side by side thing though does it? Last time I played around with my girlfriend's it was only iBooks that did that of the two apps.

04-20-2010, 01:47 PM	#22
pboss Evangelist Posts: 408 Karma: 646 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: none	I understand your pain. Here's a pretty good comparison of the ipad vs KDX: http://www.troyangrignon.com/2010/01...kindle-for-pc/

04-24-2010, 05:00 AM	#23
eboyhan PandaMuse Posts: 104 Karma: 104 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Device: kindle dx, kindle touch SO, kindle fire, kindle fire hd8.9	Isn't competition wonderful?