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Originally Posted by Pardoz
Also form factor, for me at least. 10" (for my taste) is 'portable', in the sense that a laptop is portable - it's something I carry around and hold in both hands. 6" is right at the large end of 'mobile' - something I can stick in a pocket or bag and use one-handed. I routinely read my on my Kindle on the bus to work, I can't really imagine doing the same thing with a 10" tablet.
In a reading analogy, one's a paperback, one's a hardcover. I can read both, but one's much more likely to travel with me anywhere I go and be read when I have a moment to spare.
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Yep, in terms of portability, there's a gap in the Apple Universe, between the Pad & the Touch (or iPhone.) And the 6 inch dedicated ereaders fill that gap. So those of us who already have ereaders that size might continue to use them - especially the Kindle, which syncs to the Kindle app. I think that the Pad is going to damage KDX sales unless the price is substantially reduced, but at the same time, if the price of the 6 inch Kindle were to go down to $200, the Pad might lead to increased sales because of the sync factor.
OTOH, anyone who does not already have a dedicated ereader might decide that the portable version of the Pad, i.e., the Touch, is the way to go. (As it happens, my current read* is one I got from Amazon, & I'm reading it on my iPhone. My guess is that it would sync with the Pad version, if I had it now.) An 8 gig Touch is $200. I wonder if we might see a 50 buck price reduction on that sometime soon.
So I'd offer a friendly amendment to your analogy: the Pad is a hardback, the Kindle is a trade paperback, and the Touch is a pocketbook paperback.
* The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece, by Eric Siblin