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Originally Posted by Sischa
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.
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Heh, it seems like
Arstechnica feels exactly like you do - except that the author there (bizarrely) just went back to pbooks:
"
... After all, doesn't E-Ink still make for a more comfortable reading experience than the iPad's LCD screen?
The answer, in at least my own case, is yes, E-Ink is easier on the eyes, but I've found that carrying only one device is easier on the shoulders.
Now that I've gotten used to reading on the iPad, I've ditched my Kindle entirely. I've now gone back to buying my books in dead-tree format for at-home reading, both because print is more relaxing and because it comes without DRM. I also have a few Kindle copies of some of my books on my iPad for when I travel. So in some cases I'm paying twice for the same book, but the print copy is mine—I honest-to-God own it—while the electronic copy is more of a fee that I pay to be able to read the book on my iPad when I go on a long trip."