[JohnHowell]

Why I like Kindle on my iPhone/iPad more than a kindle appliance:
1: They can be bought outside of the USA.
2. Active screen means I can read in bed without the lights keeping my wife awake.
3. I can listen to 10 hrs of music while reading.
4. If I need to browse the internet while reading I can use my iPhone to either browse or pick up the book where I left off on the iPad.
5. Browsing the net on a kindle sux.
6. Playing games on a Kindle sux.
7: Kindle has no wifi - even if availbale her ein NZ, the cell connection would be too costly.
8: iPad is bigger than Kindle, I can place it on my excercycle and still read clearly with the text enlarged.
9: iPhone cna be given to the kids to play games while I use the iPad.
10: Use a case to cover the iPad, and it looks just like a black book.
11:Multiple readers available on iPhone and iPad, not just kindle - again good here in NZ, because the Asia Pacific Kindle store is fairly lame.
12: Audio books on the iPad and iPhone are much higher quality than having THEM-READ-TO-YOU-BY-A-COMPUTERIZED-VOICE.
13: If Amazon goes bust, I'll still be able to browse the web on my iPad. Kindle will be NZ$800 of plastic junk.

[MrMojo1]

Guess there are some "serious" book readers out there with lots of money to spend if you spend that much to obtain ebooks and epublications on a daily basis!

Or maybe they just have WAY TOO MUCH TIME!

I'll just stick with my paperbacks since it's more convenient and less costly!

I barely have time to read books due to WORK!

Try audiobooks and get out to exercise!
You should work on the physical aspect of your body too, not just your mind!

[RalphMartin]

k88dad, on 17 May 2010 - 02:16 PM, said:

My thoughts on why I WON'T buy both:

1. Skin cancer
2. Skin cancer
3. Skin Cancer
4. You need to read a more boring book = zzz
5. I have never read for 12 straight hours, ever (away from power? you need real books)
6. You are correct; this is not a strong argument
7. Even when I'm reading the Economist, I want color
8. Less reading, more exercise
9. Repeat after me: get a job and buy your own
10. You're making my argument for me (K-k-kindle = boring)
11. You pick: iPhone OS 4.0 -or- when I read, I read
12. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that there's an app for that (did I mention apps... Kindle = boring)
13. Nope, I can't think of any other reason to have mobile broadband. Nope, none at all. Curse you, you made me resort to sarcasm.

Like this stuff, I have a real laugh...

[bastion]

doglesby, on 18 May 2010 - 12:58 PM, said:

So no one wants to steal it or ask questions about it. Sounds like reasons the Kindle isn't long for this world.

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Traveling executives, for example, don’t need to download TV shows while on business trips, but they do need to grab reading material in the taxi on the way to the airport.

What a bizarre statement. "Executives" read. The proletariat watch TV.

It is an odd sort of statement. I wonder if what the writer was trying to indicate is that if a well-behaved exec has the device for business purposes they are much more likely to have need of written material than video content.

[BrentPatterson]

This was a good article, and was very useful to me.

Quit bagging on the author, if you don't care for the article, fine! Go do something else, and quit complaining. It's not like you paid to read this.

[NateBear]

Sounds more like a case for having an iPhone and a Kindle.

Tho i think in the future i think owning both will be pretty common as paper books become more obsolete.

how long you think til color+touchscreen e-ink devices? That woudl prob end the debate right there.

[ErinO'HaraDavis]

I am considering an ipad or a NOOK color. I already have a NOOK and love it. But my concern is the 3G or wifi choices....What exactly does that mean? Does that mean that if I have the wifi only version I can only read my books if I am on wifi? Or does it mean I can only "download" when I am on wifi? I understand I cannot surf unless Im on wifi, but it is the reading part that concerns me. If I am traveling and want to read a book, I dont want to have to be in a hotspot to be able to read my book.

[MelissaBoone]

I agree with this. I got an iPad for my birthday and promptly gave my Kindle away to my mother, thinking I would never need it again. After a few weeks, I started to miss my Kindle, and I actually think that I am going to get the entry-level Kindle that Amazon just released to replace it. The Kindle is especially useful for reading in bed, as the iPad is heavy to hold and like the author mentioned, reading on an LCD screen before bed is not good for you.

[thewindsong]

Thanks, this article helped quite a bit. I have a Kindle now, but am planning on buying the new ipad. I wasn't sure whether the ipad would render my kindle obsolete or not. I suppose for now I'll hold onto it instead of trying to sell it.

[Bazooka]

I got and iPad and a Kindle.
Even if it's tempting to compare, we are not speaking at all about the same kind of tool.
Let take an exemple. Knifes.
A Knife could be used for several purpose, still , we got several knifes in our Kitchen.

Kindle :
I got a kindle to read anywhere without stress (on beach for exemple).
It's a cheap device I can afford to loose or break as it got no sensitive data.
On it I read Amazon books , but also free ebooks from different sources like from Jungle-search.com + newspapers and magazines from http://Webtoread.com.

iPad :
I use it manly home for easy browsing, gaming for the kids and Video play.
I take it with me when I go away for few days, to avoid taking the laptop with me. This is a great tool for browsing not really usefull for work

I got also a laptop & desktop - I believe that there is no debate here about why both -

+ on top of this I also have books.
Time to time I prefer real paper...

For me technology is not a question of discriminant choice. We can use them all because each of them bring a little something different that is adapted to our need.



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[Skartreuse]

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Point 1 Reading in the sun, I guess with the skin cancer rate rising not many people will read in direct sunlight these days anyway. Point 5 Battery life, how many people read for 12 hours straight? I certainly not.

Do you even know how nice it is to not have to worry about having to charge something every single day or about whether it'll last until you get home? And certainly, while on a long plane ride (perhaps a 14 hour ride to the Philippines) you would want the security of knowing that the battery will last. Whether you read for hours in a row or not.