Thread: Are you still going to buy Kindle DX global wireless ?
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Old 02-01-2010, 06:50 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by fugazied View Post
I have friends who were waiting for the Kindle DX 2 to be launched in Australia, but all of them are getting iPads instead...

At that price point, the iPad is hard to beat for people who also want to read color magazines/newspapers/comics.
It is unfortunate that the iBook (that is the name of the Apple E-Books??) is only available to the US atm. I guess in time that will change.

I am surprised your Aussie friends are going for the iPad. Not sure on the Australian price (not released yet) but going off the US price it comes in around $570AUS (based model). Compare that with $295AUS for the Kindle2 and suddenly there becomes quite a reasonable difference. Is the difference small enough to justify a colour screen for reading?
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