I've only got one question for apple: What's next?
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Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days
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Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days
#12Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days
#13What's interesting is that they have only sold 1.5M books, or 1.5 books per device. Amazon Kindle should be safe.
If you ever tried to actually read on an iPad you would understand why. The glossy screen means you can't read in natural light, and the backlit screen causes eye strain. For long stretches of reading, iPad can't replace books the same way the Kindle can.
Although I'm personally not surprised that books aren't that popular on iPad, but I was curious if people would overcome the above deficiencies with the form factor. Early reports seem to indicate not yet.
Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days
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#15Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days
#16What's interesting is that they have only sold 1.5M books, or 1.5 books per device. Amazon Kindle should be safe.
They're not even comparable as e-readers--backlit iPad is not easy on the eyes.
The kindle has room to improve on usability but it's far more practical.
Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days
#17I've only got one question for apple: What's next?
I imagine whatever they do next will have to do with fixing their users' biggest problem at the moment: AT&T's horrendous network service. An interesting (possibly related?) observation is that Apple has saved up about ~$40B in cash.
Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days
#18What's interesting is that they have only sold 1.5M books, or 1.5 books per device. Amazon Kindle should be safe.
Apple does not have a big selection yet. And let's not forget there are other means to get books on iPad. I have Stanza, Classics, Eucalyptus and Kindle on my iPhone…
Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days
#19I've only got one question for apple: What's next?
I imagine whatever they do next will have to do with fixing their users' biggest problem at the moment: AT&T's horrendous network service. An interesting (possibly related?) observation is that Apple has saved up about ~$40B in cash.
I can understand why they won't, but it seems like it would be a good investment for them if they were going to stick with AT&T long-term to invest a couple bil in AT&T's network. Unfortunately since this would benefit other non-Apple devices as well, it will never happen. One can dream though.
Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days
#20What's interesting is that they have only sold 1.5M books, or 1.5 books per device. Amazon Kindle should be safe.
If you ever tried to actually read on an iPad you would understand why. The glossy screen means you can't read in natural light, and the backlit screen causes eye strain. For long stretches of reading, iPad can't replace books the same way the Kindle can. Although I'm personally not surprised that books aren't that popular on iPad, but I was curious if people would overcome the above deficiencies with the form factor…
For students, the eye strain might be worth it just to get a decent PDF reader. The eInk readers available are universally horrible at rendering PDFs.