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Originally Posted by jaxx6166
WPTV-4 here in SFL just had a news piece on the iPad. They interviewed the EIC from Wired. He called the Kindle a "relic" now that the iPad is soon to be in the wild.
I laughed.
This, to me, seems like a toy. A good thing to play with at work. It would beat me lugging around my 13" laptop to work every day.
They mention 3G as well. But I wonder what aspect of 3G it will be...Will it be a free linkup like with a Kindle or a Nook?
Or will it be a subscription based plan, like my Verizon aircard
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i've used a kindle and i've only seen the iPad on the web, but i'd have to agree with him. the kindle is in big trouble unless they slash the kindle's price by $100 on the kindle 2 and about 50% on the kindle dx. its just not close.
as for 3G (which i think a lot of people will probably skip to be honest and just use the fast wi-fi instead), you can pay $15 for 250MB of 3G data a month or pay $30 for unlimited data per month. for the price, its crazy cheap for that kind of data compared to what most cell companies offer for any computer based device.
sure, the kindle and nook offer free linkup, but its not actually free. you're paying for it in the things you buy with it. can you surf the web and do half the things you can on a nook and a kindle? do they have wifi?
some folks have said the iPad is too big for them, and that's understandable for someone wanting a super portable eReader, but my guess is if you showed the average Joe or Jane both an iPad and a Kindle as an eReader, they would also consider the Kindle a relic as a conclusion. the differences are going to be that big.