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I have a Kindle2 and an iPad and love them both. As many people said, if you want the best ebook reading experience buy a Kindle, if you are willing to trade a small drop in e-reading for more functionality get an iPad.
- Since the weight is similar on the DX and iPad the key thing is it's effect on ergonomics while reading. It's easy to hold either when you've got both hands free and are sitting down. Lying in bed is more problematic - you tend to try to hold the device in one hand and given the weight it's awfully easy on an iPad to accidentally slip and turn the page if holding on the side or hit the close button if holding on the bottom.
- Battery life on a Kindle is measured in days, on an iPad in hours. Remember you will be using the iPad for lots of other things so that 10 hours will go faster than you think. Recharging the iPad 100% is an overnight experience (use the charger or even consider getting a faster third party charger and forget charging it while connected to your PC)
- The biggest difference is purchasing on Amazon vs iBook. I wind up going to Amazon to find more information about a book (or simply find a book) before purchasing it on iBook because it's so much better than Apple's store. I would hope the gap will narrow over time as Apple tweaks the store and more reviews show up there.
- The iPad Kindle app only works with books purchased on Amazon. Keeping track of two separate libraries of books on the iPad is workable but a pain.
- I personally like the brighter, sharper iPad screen for reading if there is at least an medium amount of ambient light. If you want to read in the dark or near dark the contrast gives me eye strain in a hour. At the other extreme when they say sunlight makes the iPad hard to see that means even daylight while you are sitting in the car can affect it's readability somewhat.
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