Since I bought a nook, I'll use that instead of "Kindle" but they're mostly interchangeable. The feature-set is very similar.
The iPad is heavy and large. If I'm going to carry around something that big, I might as well carry my 13" Macbook around (or the rumored forthcoming 11.6" Macbook Air). I can comfortably hold my nook in one hand while reading--you can't do that with an iPad.
The iPad is 150% more expensive than the nook (almost 200% more expensive than the nook Wifi only or the Kindle Wifi only). The iPad keyboard is not "laptop-replacement" good. It's barely useable for web-browsing.
And, lastly, the biggest reason I chose the nook is that e-ink is much easier on the eyes than staring at a backlit LCD screen. The iPad sucks for reading long-term on it.
The iPad is heavy and large. If I'm going to carry around something that big, I might as well carry my 13" Macbook around (or the rumored forthcoming 11.6" Macbook Air). I can comfortably hold my nook in one hand while reading--you can't do that with an iPad.
The iPad is 150% more expensive than the nook (almost 200% more expensive than the nook Wifi only or the Kindle Wifi only). The iPad keyboard is not "laptop-replacement" good. It's barely useable for web-browsing.
And, lastly, the biggest reason I chose the nook is that e-ink is much easier on the eyes than staring at a backlit LCD screen. The iPad sucks for reading long-term on it.
$140.00 Kindle
- 29/07/2010 04:02:42 AM
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They're not striking at the iPad...the two are in a different league
- 29/07/2010 04:51:23 AM
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Why would anyone buy a Kindle instead of an iPad?
- 29/07/2010 04:22:17 PM
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I bought a nook instead of an iPad
- 29/07/2010 06:55:23 PM
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Ok, so, my question about all these readers...
- 29/07/2010 09:10:38 AM
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well.
- 29/07/2010 10:00:55 AM
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On converting: depends on what you're converting from and to.
- 29/07/2010 10:11:50 AM
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I am trying to make the same decison
- 29/07/2010 01:27:44 PM
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Some answers (Now with NOOK info)
- 29/07/2010 04:15:53 PM
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Some information about more than the Kindle:
- 29/07/2010 06:47:14 PM
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Kindle books don't convert to ePUB well
- 29/07/2010 06:59:16 PM
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Some good links for you: (And why I'm going to get a NOOK)
- 29/07/2010 06:48:54 PM
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e-books from the library. I had forgotten about that
- 30/07/2010 05:12:05 PM
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I believe they're mostly ePub, but probably some PDF-type files too *NM*
- 31/07/2010 01:49:04 AM
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The main question I ask myself is Where am I going to get ebooks from?
- 30/07/2010 01:06:41 PM
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Have you checked out google books and other similar non-bookstore sites? *NM*
- 30/07/2010 01:40:36 PM
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Thanks