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Originally Posted by murraypaul
People read with it.
It has dedicated apps for reading, and not just plain text which most people seem to restrict reading to, but magazines, newspapers and comics too.
It has access to a wider variety of reading sources than any other handheld device.
Any unlike a netbook, it is no more bulky than another reader with a similar sized screen, it can be held like a book to read from, and it has a long battery life.
It is a reader, and it does so much more.
It has downsides: cost, bulk/weight, LCD vs eInk and Apple's smugness. But that doesn't stop it being a reader, or worthy of discussion.
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My point is, people who considered the Que never were in the market for an iPad. And there are netbooks lighter than the iPad, with 14 hours battery life, costing less and can do a lot more than the iPad. And people can and do read on them, even though they, too have their drawbacks (form factor as you pointed out -- which is a big drawback of the iPad compared to dedicated readers). I was just pointing out that while the IPad can do much more, it also does a lot less in other ways -- fair is fair. The iPad can be used as a reader, just as a netbook can.