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Now that the price of the Amazon Kindle has been reduced to $139 - $189 why should I buy an Apple iPad instead? I know there a lot of differences between these two devices, but specifically what are the differences and situations where one is better than the other?
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rogercamel | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Basically these two devices are very different. One is designed first and foremost as a device to read books on, and it's features reflect this. The Kindle has a greyscale e-paper display. While this means you won't be able to see colours, you will be able to see it in direct sunlight. The technology used on the screen means that its no longer backlit, and requires an external light source to view it. This makes reading it outside as easy as reading a book.

It also has a keyboard rather than a touch screen. This may be easier for some than others, and really comes down to a matter of preference.

The iPad on the other hand has a full colour touch screen display. It also has a beefier processor and more storage space with the Kindle at 4GB and less and the iPad at 16GB and greater. But this also reflects what you can do on the iPad as it is also capable of playing movies. The iPad also has an accelerometer and 3D graphics capability making it much more of a rounded device. If you want to browse the internet, play games, watch movies, etc. then you need an iPad-like device. If you primarily just watch to read books, especially if you are out and about then the Kindle or other e-book readers are ideal.

They both cover very different markets with a small amount of overlap, although expect in the future that these will slowly converge.
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msmuffintop | 1 year, 9 months ago
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The kindle is really just for books. On an iPad you can store your own docs, watch movies, read books or magazines or newspapers and download any new app that is created for the device

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bovandy | 1 year, 9 months ago
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There isn’t really a comparison between the Kindle and the iPad. The Kindle has certainly become more affordable and if you are looking for something just to use as an Ebook, then you can’t really go wrong with the Kindle. However, the iPad isn’t just an E-Reader, it can also basically double as a portable video player as well as a laptop once you’ve used it for a while.

When talking just about the ability to read ebooks, the iPad probably still wins out because of its ability to not only show the text in the story, but it can also show full color illustrations if you’re talking about graphic novels or comic books. The iPad also has its own backlighting, which is actually harder on the eyes in the long run but easier to read in low light.
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