04-16-2010, 12:11 PM | #31 | |
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Otherwise they are very different. Only need to read text, ,want e-ink, want super long battery life and free 3G (that you can't do much with other than get books)? The Kindle 2 or other e-ink device is for you. Want a color screen, multi function device that can do all kinds of stuff, and you don't mind reading on LCD and are fine with 10-11 hours of battery life? The the iPad (and other tablets down the road) is for you. I don't see why so many here, so many journalists etc. treat this like some zero sum end game where either tablets or e-ink readers has to win and kill the other. There's plenty of room in the market for both. |
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04-16-2010, 02:13 PM | #32 | |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...845670844.html However, GS is merely the latest whipping boy in the CDO scandal. These Wall Street boys, banks and GSE's took a big slice out of my pie. Laughingly, some of you probably think I was already too fat, and should go on a diet. Bottom line- the net worth of families is starting to increase again, mortgage rates are still low, and the job market is stabilizing. Since this increases the amount of discretionary income, we move out of a zero sum game, and into a game with more (perceived) cash in the hands of consumers. Steve Jobs may not be the smartest man on the planet, but he is one of the luckiest and most opportunistic. The iPad came along in 2010 and not late 2008. Apple will sell many units, limited only by what I call the "boredom" or novelty factor. Kindle has to compete on price and features, and Bezos is probably aware of this, and planning accordingly. Both Amazon and Apple should listen to consumers NOW, and start to design in features that many on this board have loudly complained about in countless threads. If you treat your customers with indifference, you wind up like GM. Give us a compelling reason to buy your product, as well as the next product. |
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04-16-2010, 06:59 PM | #33 |
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Played with an iPad today. It was fun but didn't really seem to have a point. And having a backlit screen certainly isn't going to make me go out and replace my e-reader with it. E-ink is what makes e-readers better.
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04-16-2010, 07:39 PM | #34 | |
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If you're fine with doing all your net browsing, video watching, magazine/comic reading, large (A4) PDF reading etc. on PC or paper and reading on an e-ink reader than it definitely has little point for you. For me I don't like the laptop/desktop form factor for any kind of reading beyond working with word documents, and I'm not that enamoured with e-ink with my Kindle as I seldom read for more than an hour (and never in direct sunlight) so I don't really reap the benefits of the screen tech. So for me tablets like the iPad have point as they give me a device that has a form factor I prefer to laptops/pcs for reading PDFs, magazines/comics, web sites (news, blogs etc.), watching streaming video in bed (less heavy, no heat output etc.) as well as being fine for my novel reading needs. |
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The iPad will only have a marginal effect on the sales of the kindle. The kindle is already expensive. I think people stretch to get the kindle....and the iPad is twice as expensive.
What the iPad will do is negate the desire for a kindle for _most_ people who buy the iPad. That will surely only represent a small part of the market. Then you have those who really want the eInk. And who want a lighter, smaller device. I have an iPad, love it for reading. But I was never going to pay $250 for just a dedicated ereader. I read books on my iPhone before I bought my iPad. What the iPad WILL do, is widen the audience for ebooks. More awareness and acceptance of ebooks will result in more sales of kindles. The iPad might end up having a net positive effect on sales of the K2 sized ereaders. The Dx -- now THAT device, I have little hope for. Lee |
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