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Originally Posted by johndoesecond
Generally, I'd say it's always flawed to compare devices generally, without asking the question what's the PURPOSE one needs it for, so to me - without THAT - many of the Ipad vs. Kindle (or e-ink ereaders in general) debate looks like comparing apples vs. pears (pun intended).
I'll might write a bit more on that sometime, but I'd start with this interesting link
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/i...allets-decide/
The essence of it is in this table:
So, talking about purposes, this comparison IS reading-wise. |
to me it would look better done like this
reading novels
1st kindle, PRS505 etc
2nd Kindle DX etc
3rd iPad
Magazines
1st iPad
2nd Kindle DX etc
3rd kindle etc
Newspapers
1st iPad
2nd Kindle DX etc
3rd kindle etc
Web sites
1st iPad
2nd Kindle DX etc
3rd kindle etc
Comics
1st iPad
2nd Kindle DX etc
3rd kindle etc
That puts iPad way ahead for ereading. but a big mention to the smaller eink screens for reading novels.