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Originally Posted by fugazied
I wouldn't say Apple has botched iPod Touch/iPhone. The usability is great on both devices, the app store has some incredible stuff. Those devices basically do everything and they fit in your pocket. Web/Email, audiobooks, applications, pdfs, text, music, movies.
Rumors abound that Apple will be releasing a 9.5" touch device in June, if that comes out, suddenly reading just got a lot easier on their devices. THEN you might see the app store adding ebooks.
Apple already has the infrastructure, they already work with so many music/movie/tv companies, so adding ebooks would be pretty simple I imagine.
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Doesn't matter how good the iPhone/iPod Touch are if you can't get more than 3 hours on it with the screen on. I can charge my 505, take it with me on my trip to Scotland, and not have to worry about the battery then entire trip. The iPod Touch would have been dead and buried long before the plane first landed. That is why Apple botched things big time. So it can do a lot. But it can only do a lot for a little amount of time. Having to carry a spare battery pack can be done and there are a lot of them for Apple products. Why? Because the battery life is poor. an iPod makes a poor reader.
I have a book I am reading now that is 414 pages in ePub which means it's actually about 550 actual screen pages. If I started reading that on an iPod Touch using Stanza, the battery would be dead before I finished it. I can read this on a full charge on an eink device. Sure, you may think the screen on the iPod is wonderful. But that wonderful screen is eating the battery. So while you have a page of text sitting there for reading, you are using more battery then I am on my 505.
Cowon has the O2 which has a nice color screen and plays more formats of music. It gets about 10 hours just with video. And I think up to 52 hours playing music. So as you see, better battery life is possible. But Apple botched the battery and that makes the iPhone/Touch botched big time. And if Apple comes out with a tablet, chances are it'll be botched as well.