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Originally Posted by Ron.
I don't think comparing a kobo reader or kindle etc to a iPad is a fair comparison. They are ebook readers and it is all they are, they do not run apps. A better comparison would be comparing a kobo to a iPod, both dedicated devices that do one thing and neither run third party apps. A iPad is more in line with a Laptop or netbook, both run third party apps, how far do you think microsoft would get if it demanded 30% of all in app purchases, 30% of all music bought from within iTunes running on windows ? everyone would be screaming and the lawyers would be lining up. Yet it's exactly what apple has done.
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Well, according to the techie gurus, an Ipad is just a big Ipod touch and an Ipod touch is well, an Ipod.
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The Ios platform developed out of the original Ipod, with the line being:
Ipod-Iphone-Ipod Touch-Ipad.
The Ios platform, like the Android platform , is really something between a game console and a computer operating system, so you can't quite compare them . I might add both the original Kindles and Nooks run third party apps, so there isn't really a hard line between the Ios and ereader OSes.