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Interesting that there's only a $50 premium for the 3G Kindle, whereas the 3G iPad is an additional $130 over the Wifi model. Different licensing agreements? Amazon taking a loss? Typical Apple markup?
I'd imagine the web usage is probably a LOT heavier on an iPad than a Kindle (at least, I use it a lot more on my iPad than I do my Kindle... :)).
When you are done reading a book on the Kindle can you loan it to a friend? (the book, not the whole Kindle!)
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I have both. I've had iPads for about a month, and a Kindle for about 2 weeks. I assume you are asking why it is better specifically for reading since comparing the two generally is like comparing a notebook and an MP3 player. They're just not analogous in general, but for reading purposes the Kindle is vastly superior to the iPad. I actually read the same book on both this past weekend flipping back and forth. The i…
>smudges Just use a shirt to wipe it down. Works for me.
I have the nook and I cannot see myself without it. eBooks are great for people who want a device to read books on.
When you are done reading a book on the Kindle can you loan it to a friend? (the book, not the whole Kindle!)
Then again, I bought a paperback book yesterday specifically because I knew I would be reading it and passing it on. This really is the biggest sore point for e-readers.
A Nook can read any epub from any store supporting the Adobe Digital Editions DRM. To my knowledge, this is all of them, including Sony. Of course, if the epub is DRM-free it will work as well.
epub is an open format. It is mostly HTML/CSS, with support for embedded fonts and a normalized system for storing images, meta-data, etc. It is widely being supported by various open source tools. Google is making their public domain books available as ePubs (quality varies).
Topaz and Mobi are proprietary formats. Kindle is the only reader of note using them. They can be converted to epub if the DRM is broken (possible, but YMMV), but it is often a time-consuming process, and thus not worth it.
If the new Kindle would support epub, it would be a hands-down winner. But, of course, that would mean that people are able to purchase books from sources other than Amazon.
Since the Nook runs Android, I am hoping some clever person figures out a way to hack the Kindle for Android app to run on the Nook. Best of both worlds.
I love my Kindle and this is awesome news. For all of you on the fence, here's why I recommend everyone buy a Kindle (haven't used a Nook, but I think most of these points apply): 1. You will read more. 2. The reading experience will be better than you think--there was a 1-2 day adjustment period for me. After that, I didn't even notice I wasn't reading paper and ink. 3. You can highlight and make notes in books that…
Why is a Kindle better than an iPad?
Does anybody have any good/killer reasons to recommend the 3G over the wifi-only?
Completely free of charge, in the middle of the Egyptian desert. That was definitely worth it.
If you don't travel so much, save $50 and get the wifi-only version.
I want an e-reader, but I want to read technical (coding) PDFs etc. I'm told this will be inconvenient at a screen this size and that I should get the Kindle DX. Hopefully they announce a massive price drop on the DX as well (preferably before I visit the USA in December)
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E-ink is still a much better screen for reading text than the iPad's LCD. Not only does it perform much better in sunlight, but the lack of a backlight reduces eyestrain substantially (the Kindle iPad app has an option to use white text on a black background, which helps a little but nto completely). Back when I wasn't working on a startup I would often spend several hours at a time reading books on my Kindle, but th…
red or green letters on a black screen would be even less of an eyestrain.
I love my Kindle and this is awesome news. For all of you on the fence, here's why I recommend everyone buy a Kindle (haven't used a Nook, but I think most of these points apply): 1. You will read more. 2. The reading experience will be better than you think--there was a 1-2 day adjustment period for me. After that, I didn't even notice I wasn't reading paper and ink. 3. You can highlight and make notes in books that…
Why is a Kindle better than an iPad?