[jocampo]

Hi Caleb,

I bought my iPad 2 for my Magazines, PDFs and computer books. I do also have couple of calculus book there as well. For those kind of titles, there is nothing better. The Kindle DXG is the closest experience but honestly, the iPad 2 is faster and jumping between chapters is way easier. Wish Amazon can improve the firmware though, it is not so good with PDFs. If you bought your computer books from Amazon is a great reading experience, you can use chapters and annotations on default azw books.

However, I prefer eink. With enough ambient light, the same for reading a pbook, you can read using an eink device with the advantage that you can go out and use it outside as well, like on your backyard or balcony.

Regarding battery life, while using heavily, it maybe needs a charge after 3 days or so.

I think that if you don't read novels, fiction or similar, you will be totally fine with your iPad as a dedicated ereader. I don't use mine for hours, the LCD bothers me a bit after an hour or more but maybe that won't be the case for you.