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JBNY · 01-27-2010, 04:01 PM

I don't know. I don't see how this is going to hurt the e-books business at all. No one who bought an e-ink based product because of less eye strain is going to switch to this.

Things I see that would make me think twice about buying the iPad

No e-ink, so not fun for long time reading.
Poor battery life, not even one day without recharging. So you can't take it on a two a three day trip even if you just want to read an ebook.
Can't read it in direct sunlight. Uses an LCD screen so has the same issues as my laptop.
No wma or flac support for audio, not a big deal if you only have apple products in your life already but many people have other audio formats to work with.
poor video codac support, H.264 container for HD only, and 640x480 max for a few others MPEG-4, m4v, mp4, and mov. Nobody like transcoding to play their videos.
too big to use a virtual keyboard, not portable like an iphone, so I would have to hold it with one and and type with the other on the screen.
No flash support
No USB ports
No multitasking

I was hoping maybe it would be a good device to have in the living room for casual web browsing while watching TV, but even for that I think I would be better off with a netbook, much cheaper, faster and easier to type on and use.

01-27-2010, 04:01 PM	#251
JBNY Member Posts: 21 Karma: 12 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindel, iPad	I don't know. I don't see how this is going to hurt the e-books business at all. No one who bought an e-ink based product because of less eye strain is going to switch to this. Things I see that would make me think twice about buying the iPad No e-ink, so not fun for long time reading. Poor battery life, not even one day without recharging. So you can't take it on a two a three day trip even if you just want to read an ebook. Can't read it in direct sunlight. Uses an LCD screen so has the same issues as my laptop. No wma or flac support for audio, not a big deal if you only have apple products in your life already but many people have other audio formats to work with. poor video codac support, H.264 container for HD only, and 640x480 max for a few others MPEG-4, m4v, mp4, and mov. Nobody like transcoding to play their videos. too big to use a virtual keyboard, not portable like an iphone, so I would have to hold it with one and and type with the other on the screen. No flash support No USB ports No multitasking I was hoping maybe it would be a good device to have in the living room for casual web browsing while watching TV, but even for that I think I would be better off with a netbook, much cheaper, faster and easier to type on and use.