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Originally Posted by Graham
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From what I've seen and read those fall well short of the iPad in terms of battery life, slickness of the touch screen and UI etc. which was more my point.
I know tablet PCs are out and coming out. I just don't see them matching the battery life and intuitiveness of the Ipad and think the Android tablets have the best chance of doing that.
I don't need or want a full PC OS on my tablet as it's mostly a reader, net surfing and video watching machine for me. I want something that's as fast as the iPad and gets at least the 10 hour battery life it does over having more features, but in a slower OS with less battery life.
But to each their own.
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But with regard to formats we'll agree to differ. Surely access to more stores is more important than access to one more format?
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Depends on the needs of the individual. I'm a pretty casual reader, and stick with mainstream stuff. So I've yet to come across something I wanted to read and wasn't available in the Kindle store. Well, some academic books (research findings etc., not text books), but I prefer paper books for those anyway.
I've had my Kindle for over a year, and only bought books from Amazon, and got free ones from Feedbooks. So I don't care much about either formats or store access personally. Was just pointing out that the iPad is more flexible than dedicated readers (though of course anything with a full windows OS will be the most flexible).
Others read more, obsess about finding the best price etc. and need access to multiple stores. So yeah a tablet PC may be their best option, as neither the iPad nor any dedicated reader will offer that much flexibility.
Though it's all moot if one has no issues with stripping DRM and converting the file to their reader's format in Calibre.