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Originally Posted by leebase
Do you have an iPad -- do you know what you are talking about? I can't stand reading long form on my laptop or any computer monitor. I can read for hours and hours on my iPad with no eyestrain whatsoever. I've finished 11 books so far -- reading with the iBooks app (my favorite), the kindle app and Stanza.
We have all this testimony now -- not theory -- of people quite happily reading away on their iPad.
Do some folks not like it? Yes. Just like SOME folks don't like eInk screens.
So "for you and others like you" -- you need to actually TRY it to know. You do not know based only on your experience reading on a computer monitor.
Lee
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I have the iPad and i just feel sorry for all the people out there using it for long reading sessions cause they just have one reading device. If you have to look on your budget well then its ok and nice but if you can afford several reading options/devices it its way better to read on my iPad news, websites and magazines or sometimes books with Kindle App when i would need a reading light on my Kindle.
And then again switch to my Kindle DX or K2 for eink reading, give my iPad battery a rest and enjoy the clear eink screen of my Kindles. And i can just start reading at the location where i stopped reading on my iPad and vice versa cause of the great Kindle app.
If I have the choice (and good light conditions
) I would always choose one of my kindles for reading a book and never my iPad. But if i just could keep one device i would maybe choose the iPad cause i "can" read on it. Just not the best experience you can get out there.
But in the end i am not that kind of person who cheers like a little cheerleader about features like fancy page turning or flashing books like Alice in wonderland
So i don't fit into Steve Jobs target group thinking i got something magical in my hands. I just got a very nice and steady multimedia machine with it and could never think about something stupid like throwing away my other ereaders now
