ipad Mini (retina) or regular iPad?

[Quexos]

Which is why I decided to get the Mini Retina and considering I never had any Apple device before which makes it my first Apple product ever, I believe that speaks books about how nice a piece of hardware the Mini Retina is.

It gets to the point that after having spent a couple days fumbling with my Ipad and after that going back to my Kobo reader, it feels so dull, so black and white, so static in page turns and animations that I am not sure I can go on reading full books on my e-reader anymore and so, henceforward I will probably read on my Ipad only.

Originally Posted by neil74

It is still a tough call for me. IMO the mini is more desirable and maybe the nicest looking device Apple have ever made and that has an influence for sure even if it shouldn't.
YMMV

[Faterson]

Yeah... I also ended up giving away all my Kindle e-ink devices... although their screens are undoubtedly better suited for daytime-reading, the handling of e-books (particularly if you annotate a lot) is so unwieldy on e-ink devices that there was no holding me back on e-ink any longer.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Faterson

Yeah... I also ended up giving away all my Kindle e-ink devices... although their screens are undoubtedly better suited for daytime-reading, the handling of e-books (particularly if you annotate a lot) is so unwieldy on e-ink devices that there was no holding me back on e-ink any longer.

Interesting. I annotate a lot and one of my chief complaints—outside of the fact that eInk screens function better under more diverse lighting conditions—has always been that it's impossible to export my notes and highlights from an iPad. Am I missing something?

[GRiker]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Interesting. I annotate a lot and one of my chief complaints—outside of the fact that eInk screens function better under more diverse lighting conditions—has always been that it's impossible to export my notes and highlights from an iPad. Am I missing something?

There are two calibre plugins supporting Annotations export from a connected iDevice.

The Annotations plugin supports GoodReader and Marvin.

Marvin XD includes the Marvin annotations support from the Annotations plugin.

Additionally, Marvin offers several other alternatives to export Annotations and Highlights.

G

[neil74]

I still have a dedicated reader (kobo aura) for serious reading I still use that and will continue to, I spend too much time looking at LCD/led screens so I just prefer e-ink, the battery life is better too. The only issue really is taking an extra device when I travel but I can live with that.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by GRiker

There are two calibre plugins supporting Annotations export from a connected iDevice.

The Annotations plugin supports GoodReader and Marvin.

Marvin XD includes the Marvin annotations support from the Annotations plugin.

Additionally, Marvin offers several other alternatives to export Annotations and Highlights.

G

Thanks for those. Are there plug-ins to export highlights and annotations from iBooks? I have one or two Apple ebooks that weren't available at the time of purchase for Kindle.

[Faterson]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I annotate a lot and one of my chief complaint [...] has always been that it's impossible to export my notes and highlights from an iPad. Am I missing something?

Yes. You missed that almost exactly a year ago today, Marvin was released for the first time, allowing you to export your highlights and annotations from e-books with a single touch of a button, in standard HTML and XLS (spreadsheet) formats, or also in Marvin's internal MRV format, allowing you to back up your annotations and later restore them on any other device running Marvin, share them with other Marvin users, etc.

It's exactly Marvin's annotations functionality that gave me the last push and made me abandon the Kindle platform. No plugins are necessary; annotations export is part of Marvin's default functionality.

[WT Sharpe]

Thanks, Faterson. Marvin now resides on my iPad, and I'll be putting him to the test.

[kguil]

@WT Sharpe - let me know if I can help with any questions you have.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by kguil

@WT Sharpe - let me know if I can help with any questions you have.

Thanks, Kris. I will.

[Faterson]

Important to consider when deciding between iPad Air or iPad mini Retina (from another thread):

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...48#post2688648
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...87#post2689987

[jocampo]

Originally Posted by Faterson

Important to consider when deciding between iPad Air or iPad mini Retina (from another thread):

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...48#post2688648
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...87#post2689987

When posting those two links directly to one section of the review, you are actually taking the whole stuff out of context.

Here's the final comment, same review:

As much as I prefer the iPad Air’s display and as much as I love having more performance, I’d probably lean towards the mini personally.

Even the reviewer still prefers the Retina Mini. It's not only about display, but the overall performance and experience.

In my opinion, that review is too technical. It touches interesting topics but most of them are irrelevant for the regular "John Doe" that just want to browse Internet or play some games.

[afv011]

Originally Posted by jocampo

In my opinion, that review is too technical. It touches interesting topics but most of them are irrelevant for the regular "John Doe" that just want to browse Internet or play some games.

The point I think is, how can it be justified to sell at a premium what is a substandard screen? When you charge twice what others charge, it is no longer irrelevant to offer a poorer experience.

[jocampo]

Originally Posted by afv011

The point I think is, how can it be justified to sell at a premium what is a substandard screen? When you charge twice what others charge, it is no longer irrelevant to offer a poorer experience.

Still you have not answered my question, which I think I made on a different thread. Do you currently own a Retina Mini and iPad air?

Apple products are expensive, no question about it. But the people keep buying them because the overall experience and hardware support. But we are not discussing about prices here and I won't engage on something that is well known dead-horse, like Apple prices and why they are expensive, etc.

What I am trying to say is that in general terms , regardless of what you may consider a sub product (subjective statement, I would day), the device has a good performance and most people are satisfied with it.

[afv011]

Originally Posted by jocampo

Still you have not answered my question, which I think I made on a different thread. Do you currently own a Retina Mini and iPad air?

Apple products are expensive, no question about it. But the people keep buying them because the overall experience and hardware support. But we are not discussing about prices here and I won't engage on something that is well known dead-horse, like Apple prices and why they are expensive, etc.

What I am trying to say is that in general terms , regardless of what you may consider a sub product (subjective statement, I would day), the device has a good performance and most people are satisfied with it.

I don't see what I have or don't have is relevant to offer my opinion - when you charge premium, people expect top notch quality, not subpar. But anyway, I had an ipad2 for a while, long story short, it fell on my lap - but even free, it was dreadful so I no longer have it, got rid of it.