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Originally Posted by rmeister0
In the real world I am a software developer and have been a network admin with nearly two decades of experience. The truth about this is more nuanced that this paragraph implies.
Where eBooks are concerned the iPad is as universal a device as you can get without running a full OS stack. I haven't bought a single book from Apple - their selection just isn't there. But the Kindle application works just fine. So does GoodReader. So does Stanza.
That's to say nothing of all the O'Reilly epubs and Apress PDFs I've bought over the last year or two.
Still, buying an iPad for the sole purpose of reading books is overkill when baseline Kindle will do just as well for less money.
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The point about the iPad is that it will do an awful lot more than read books, but the Kindle is a better dedicated reader. That's why I (and many other people) have both an iPad and a Kindle.