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Ask HN: Four months since launch: how are you finding the iPad?

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Re: Ask HN: Four months since launch: how are you finding the iPad?

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Post by ghshephard »

jackowayed wrote: post #31
ghshephard wrote: post #26

I have read five novels ( Carpe Jugulum, Blackout, The Graveyard Book, Never Let me Go, and the Accidental Time Machine) and and find it far more convenient than my Kindle1/K2 for indoor reading - Ironically the battery is always charged on my iPad (I tend to let the kindle run down) and until the graphite kindle comes out, the ability to read at night is the deal breaker. When I go on vacation though, I expect the K…

> until the graphite kindle comes out, the ability to read at night is the deal breaker. Could you explain this? The only thing that's been holding me up from preordering a K3 is that I'm not sure if I want white or graphite.

I said Graphite, but I really meant "K3" - the K3 has a $60 cover has support for night reading. http://www.amazon.com/Lighted-Leather-Chocolate-Display-Gene...

I went through three (3) night lights on my Kindle(s), and was never happy with any of them. Glare was really annoying, which is tragic if you think about how well the Kindle normally handles (sunlight) Glare.

Here's hoping the Amazon Night Light solves it. Kindle + iPad have really inspired me to start reading again.

Re: Ask HN: Four months since launch: how are you finding the iPad?

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Post by gaius »

I love it. So much so that I think the next time I upgrade, I'll get a desktop not a laptop as my main machine; the iPad meets all my on-the-move needs.

I use it for media access (movies/tv shows), documents (books/PDFs) and a little web browsing. Email stays on the BlackBerry tho'. Actually even at work I'm using it, as a third screen for reading documentation on.

Re: Ask HN: Four months since launch: how are you finding the iPad?

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Post by staunch »

AlexMuir wrote: post #18
staunch wrote: post #11

Netflix streaming is awesome. It even works okay over 3G, which shocked me (and my data usage). I really wish there was a VLC client that could stream all video/audio I have on my LAN.

You tried Air Video? It's good but you need to have Air Video Server running on your PC (free and painless enough).

Awesome. Thank you. If only it had a Linux server version!

Re: Ask HN: Four months since launch: how are you finding the iPad?

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Post by jm4 »

johnswamps wrote: post #42

Can someone with both the iphone 4 and an ipad comment on how the screens compare? The iphone 4 screen is so great that I'm worried the ipad screen will seem disappointing by comparison.

The iPhone 4 screen is, without question, vastly superior to the iPad screen. The difference is so plainly obvious that there is no comparing the two. That said, the iPad screen is still beautiful and is perfectly suitable for reading. My Kindle has been all but abandoned in favor of the iPad so I can read in the dark.

Re: Ask HN: Four months since launch: how are you finding the iPad?

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Post by jackowayed »

ghshephard wrote: post #41
jackowayed wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> until the graphite kindle comes out, the ability to read at night is the deal breaker. Could you explain this? The only thing that's been holding me up from preordering a K3 is that I'm not sure if I want white or graphite.

I said Graphite, but I really meant "K3" - the K3 has a $60 cover has support for night reading. http://www.amazon.com/Lighted-Leather-Chocolate-Display-Gene... I went through three (3) night lights on my Kindle(s), and was never happy with any of them. Glare was really annoying, which is tragic if you think about how well the Kindle normally handles (sunlight) Glare. Here's hoping the Amazon Night Light solves it. K…

So you would strongly suggest that I get that case? (At least after waiting a little while and seeing positive reviews)

Re: Ask HN: Four months since launch: how are you finding the iPad?

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Post by chrisbolt »

ghshephard wrote: post #41
jackowayed wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> until the graphite kindle comes out, the ability to read at night is the deal breaker. Could you explain this? The only thing that's been holding me up from preordering a K3 is that I'm not sure if I want white or graphite.

I said Graphite, but I really meant "K3" - the K3 has a $60 cover has support for night reading. http://www.amazon.com/Lighted-Leather-Chocolate-Display-Gene... I went through three (3) night lights on my Kindle(s), and was never happy with any of them. Glare was really annoying, which is tragic if you think about how well the Kindle normally handles (sunlight) Glare. Here's hoping the Amazon Night Light solves it. K…

It's kind of crazy that the cover for a $140 kindle costs $60.

Re: Ask HN: Four months since launch: how are you finding the iPad?

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Post by commieneko »

I don't love it anymore. I don't thrill every time I pick it up. It is no longer an idee fixe. It's ... simply there. I use the hell out of it; like my laptop and cel phone (and my bathtub and car.) A part of life.

And no, you can't have mine.

I'm sure Steve will be along in another few months to sprinkle a little magic dust on the product and start up the waka waka machine...

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