Re: iPad is Coming

[John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx>]

" This is better than the Kindle in that you can do more than just read
books and, the bottom end, the iPad is about the same price as the Kindle DX
(if memory serves correctly)."

OTOH it's a lot worse than the Kindle as the iPad screen is harsher on the
eyes and will lead to eye strain sooner. This isn't my opinion; plenty of
tech reviewers have said so.  Also, Kindle's battery life is a week with
WiFi on; 2 weeks with it off.  iPad is what, 10 hours?  Marginally good for
a lazy day at the beach.

Personally, I'm neutral on whether it will fail or succeed.  I don't see
anything of value in it for me personally yet I've seem plenty of people
going gaga over it so perhaps they're seeing something I don't.

And lest you think I'm singling out the iPad v. Kindle, I don't see much
value in Kindle for me either.  I like books.  I like holding them in my
hands.  I stare at screens all the time and welcome time away from them.
Books never need to be recharged.  If I lose a book I'm out $8-20; not
hundreds.  I rarely need to travel with more than one; two tops so there's
no weight/bulk advantage.  And for portable web browsing, my phone can
handle that just fine and will in fact shortly be one of the few
Flash-enabled phones, surpassing the iPad/Touch/Phone's browsing
capabilities.

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Fanboi! :-)
>
> To hold off 90% of the comments:
> * The iPad is NOT a computer, it is an appliance.
> * Yes, it IS a big iPod Touch, ever try to read a lot of text (or book) on
> an iPod Touch? I have, it gets hard on the eyes.
> * This is better than the Kindle in that you can do more than just read
> books and, the bottom end, the iPad is about the same price as the Kindle
> DX
> (if memory serves correctly).
> * I put this in the same class as netbooks. Not really useful for all of
> the
> time use, but good for quick internet-based tasks.
> * There is enough "apps for that" that you can do most things you can do on
> a computer
> * Yes, I know I can't watch Hulu on it... yet. I want that too... :-)
> * It will succeed because everyone will think it will fail. Look at
> the original iPod, iMac, and iPhone.
>
> --
> Mike Wills
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>
>
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Woo hoo! Got my "reserve for April 3" iPad email.
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