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Originally Posted by vxf
I do, by the way, own an iPad. For how cool it is, it just isn't a reading device. I know it's somewhat subjective, but I, for one, just cannot read on LCD. And it's too heavy. And battery life is too short. The big screen is nice - but if I wanted to read on LCD, I would just stick to my laptop.
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I appreciate your viewpoint is based on your own experience, but I really couldn't disagree with you more - just goes to show that different things really do appeal to different people.
The iPad is roughly the same weight as a typical hardback book. I read with it resting on my lap. Perfectly comfortable that way. Battery life is >10h - a LOT more than 10h if you turn WiFi and 3G off. I read for typically a couple of hours a day, and recharge my iPad once a week. I honestly don't see how that can be regarded as "too short" a battery life, but again, we all have different requirements. Finally, there's a world of different between reading on an iPad and on a laptop. The laptop is heavy and bulky, it gets hot, the screen is the wrong shape, and the keyboard gets in the way. Reading from the iPad is (for me) just like reading a hardback book.