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Originally Posted by leebase
I think you are overselling this feature as it relates to reading. It would be really hard to cast a device that could hold tens of thousands of ebooks as deficient because it couldn't be expanded to hold more.
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I'm not intentionally doing so. I mean to say: If there are two tablets, equal in all other regards and one offers expandable storage and the other does not, expandable storage would be a plus.
To be fair, my main use for reading on a tablet is comics that I sideload. Comics can be fairly large files, so for me 64GB is just not enough.
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I'm not sure what you are suggesting in "The Apple way of buying books". I have a Kindle app, could load any app from any of the makers. Calibre is supported.
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When I said 'the Apple way of buying books', I meant: you can't buy books directly from Amazon's apps and have to use a workaround of signing in to Amazon via Safari, buy the books and then read them in the app. I believe other book seller apps work the same?
It may not be a pain to you. But you have to admit it is not in any way more user friendly than being able to buy directly in the app.
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It's a LOT easier to add other book apps and buy from other book stores via their websites than jumping through hoops to load Google Play store on an Amazon tablet to allow the same.
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I'm no fan of the Fire tablets myself. I had one, wouldn't buy another.
Again, maybe iPads are the best tablet to read on. But when I hear that claimed, I don't hear solid, concrete reasons this is so.
The 4:3 screen ratio is a good reason. I know there are Android tablets that are 4:3, but not sure if they have the same resolution as the iPad.
You said the reading apps for iOS are just way better than those on Android. That could be true. I haven't used them.
I can say in a couple of posts, you and hollowpoint have offered more concrete reasons than I have ever read in any review where they say iPad is the best.
When I hear such a claim made with little to no backup, I just think of the downsides I've already mentioned.