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I think it's more than likely that the Apple Ipad's entry level will kill market shares for Kindle and it's higher priced models will appeal more to laptop users looking for streamlined platforms or as alternative to users whose budgets can't afford the cheapest MAC starting at $1000. The demographic for Kindle is the same type of demographic for the IPAD. Apple products are uniquely intuitive in user friendly applications so even older customers will find it more than accessible. Why wouldn't a potential Kindle customer (who has $250 to blow on a device that's primarily an e-book) spend a few hundred more instead on a device that will also replace their laptop?

Worst case scenario, it's the cheapest Apple laptop.

With no keyboard. The only appeal the iPad holds for me personally is that I'm a genealogist, and if it has adequate handwriting recognition software it would be useful for taking notes while standing. (For instance, making cemetery surveys.) And I can do that with a handheld that's cheaper and easier to carry. In most circumstances, I greatly prefer a computer with a keyboard.

Given that I'm always going to want a laptop or netbook with a keyboard for everyday use, am I going to want a more expensive, heavier, harder to read iPad with a much shorter battery life to use as a reader? No. It's not an adequate replacement for my laptop or for the Kindle.

meh, i still like buying books in print. Having a book I can read when the power goes out, or while at the beach is something you cant ever replace electronically, LoL.

I agree, and I just like reading books better. It's what I'm used to. But the ability to conveniently carry a lot of books and a battery life of up to a week hold significant appeal.

 

[Circle_One]

lol! It's giant. Steve Jobs knows what attracts men: bigger toys. He also knows what attracts women: a giant $500 black screen they can use to check their make-up all the time.

Hey, I resent that! I'm a woman and I'm attracted by bigger and neater geek toys... not the make-up checking

 

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[angellous_evangellous]

I dunno.

I received my Kindle two days ago, and I'm not willing to send it in for a refund AND pay an extra $200 to get the iPAD, despite its coolness.

Besides, I have an iPOD touch that I can read all my Kindle books on and it can do all the stuff that the iPAD can do, but its smaller.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

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Now that's hilarious.

 

[enchanted_one1975]

Who wants to read a book on an electronic device anyway? As it is I get tired reading through half of the long posts here on RF. You want me to read full books now but on a smaller display! HA! Paper works fine for me. :yes:

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Who wants to read a book on an electronic device anyway? As it is I get tired reading through half of the long posts here on RF. You want me to read full books now but on a smaller display! HA! Paper works fine for me. :yes:

That's the appeal for the Kindle. It's very much like reading paper - it's not anything like reading a computer screen. No eye fatigue. Just a tiny glare sometimes that is easily cleared up by slightly moving it.

I've read about 1000 pages on it, and there's no substantial difference between paper and the Kindle as far as the reading experience goes. Not so with the iPAD, which is just a computer screen.

 

[dust1n]

Who wants to read a book on an electronic device anyway? As it is I get tired reading through half of the long posts here on RF. You want me to read full books now but on a smaller display! HA! Paper works fine for me. :yes:

Agreed. Not only is paper easier, but everyone knows that each book increases a man's chance of intercourse by .3%.

I'll save myself the money, and either steal the books (the best!),
or purchase the book for the respected publisher, a legit third party distributor, or our own little book store here in town.