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Originally Posted by kennyc
You never know do you.  The things I've brought up are reality, whether I experienced them or not:
The Overheating
The Wi-fi problems
The "must be approved by the mother-ship" apps
The missing Flash for fully-capable operation.
The changes in book pricing due to Apple's involvement
The inability to use the iPAD (I'm told I can't use the other description or it's trolling) in bright sunlight.
The Big-Brother nature of Apple. |
There are definitely drawbacks to the iPad. I'd add lack of a true file management system to your list.
But what you have to realize is most drawbacks are subjective and won't bother some people, or are problems that only some people have.
I couldn't care less about reading in direct sunlight as I NEVER do anything outdoors (much less something I can do indoors like read), don't have windows I read by etc. (lighting is pretty poor in my place). That also kills the worry of overheating.
I don't care about Apple's App process. Only apps I'd use are things like news, weather, PDF readers, e-book apps, productivity software. And there's already a good selection of that even with just being out a week. I don't care if some indie devs are getting screwed by having their game or random app rejected. Not my problem. I only care whether I have the apps I need.
No Flash is a drawback, but less so than I expected. The Netflix and ABC apps covered most of my flash usage, when the Hulu App is out I'll be pretty much all set. Add in that sites like ESPN.com have already adapted to using Flash AND HTML5 so their videos still play on the iPad and it's not something I miss.
WiFi would be annoying if you were getting the reported dropouts. But that seems to vary by router. Had some dropouts at my girlfriends, no problems at my place.
Book pricing isn't ideal, but I'd mainly buy Kindle books. And I think the pricing will work itself out if people don't buy the higher priced books.
In short, it's fine you don't like the iPad. But again, if you have no interest in the device, you really can't add much to the conversation rather than generic bashing and re-iterating the negatives of the device that have been discussed to death already in more detail by people who own the device or have at least played around with it.
In the meantime, I'll just throw you on ignore as I think I've seen all you have to contribute to iPad conversations. And that's all I have any interest on in mobile read (well that and Android and Windows tablets when those start coming out) since I won't buy another dedicated reader.
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The point is that the answer to the topic at hand is not only NO! but HELL NO! There's no way that the iPad will replace ebook readers. They are not even the same thing.
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I agree 100%. As I've said repeatedly on this site, it's not some zero sum end game where only tablets or e-readers can survive.
They are different devices, that just have being able to display e-books in common.
The tablet lovers need to quit talking about the end of e-readers. And e-ink lovers need to quit worrying about it and being so antagonistic about tablets on here.
Dedicated readers with e-ink or future reflective screen tech are here to stay as there is a sizable niche (at the least) of people who want them. People who read a ton and want the screen tech, battery life and want a device that does nothing but read.
At the same time, there's a market for tablets for people like me who read a bit, but spend a lot more time on movies, tv, sports, video games, net surfing, music etc. and want something that we can do all that as well as read on.
There's absolutely no reason that both markets can't co-exist and thrive.