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					Originally Posted by Sheikspeare  BobLenx, one advantage (for me) of the eReader is the opportunity to get away from a laptop/PC/Internet. Instead what tablets ala iPad do is to help further feed addiction. As I see it, eReaders are about creating opportunities to read. In contrast, the iPad is basically a portable device for keeping you amused -- not wanting to be sniffy here, but just identifying the different (for me) focuses. | 
	
 As the satisfied owner of an iPad, I agree with you, so long as "read" means "reading ebooks" & "amused" means "reading things other than ebooks."