iPad defeats Kindle in reader poll

ipad got so many problems,but still can't stop people buying.
Why?
I guess just outlooking attract many,and some Personalize setting make you more comfortable.
Specially,it never similar with any others,so if you are conditioned to use Apple stuff,you are in.
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Sold my Kindle to subsidize my iPad. Don'tmind getting content from multiple apps, but wish the annotations, bookmarks, and note features of the various apps would become more robust, as review a lot material I want to reference later.

I put the Kindle on a shelf April 3rd and do not expect to use it ever again. Maybe if I spent loads of time at the beach (which I don't) and wasn't worried about ruining my tech equipment with sand and water (which I am), then maybe I would carry the Kindle for those few bright sun moments, but for the places I read the iPad screen is great. Last weekend I did more reading than I have done in months, all with the iPad. My eyes were comfortable the whole time.

One special note to Apple: The last three books I have bought came from Amazon and I read them with the iPad Kindle App. If Apple really expects to get anywhere with the iBooks store, they have a TON of catching up to do. The iBooks App is a step above the Kindle App (especially the ability to adjust screen brightness on the fly), but the size and depth of the store matters much more. Amazon wins that contest by a 1000 miles.

It will be interesting to see how that contest plays out over time.

I sold my Kindle in favor of my iPad. I do most of my reading indoors, usually no more than an hour or two at a time. I prefer the iPad's high contrast to the Kindle's e-ink. Haven't noticed any strain. I do miss the built-in dictionary, though, which is not available in the kindle app on the iPad.

Now my only complaint is that I don't have any e-reader, since I returned my iPad owing to poor wi-fi performance. I'm awaiting a 3G one, hoping it will have better wi-fi reception with its more antenna-friendly case.

In the mean time, I've had to resort to paper books!

I have had my Kindle for over a year. Just recently got an iPad. I wasn't sure if I would keep the Kindle but have decided that the iPad cannot really replace it.

It is more relaxing reading on the Kindle. Yes, I use LCD monitors at work and at home for several hours a day. Reading a book is also a more intense concentrated activity than reading news, blogs, etc. No, the backlight won't make your eyes bleed and I can read on the iPad, but my eyes feel more relaxed when reading from the e-ink screen.

The iPad is too big for some situations. At the gym, the Kindle is small and light and fits just fine on the elliptical or similar devices. The iPad is too big and too flashy. It also seems more fragile.

When reading on the iPad, it is a little too tempting to just check email for a moment or bring up the browser to check some random thought that popped into my head. The Kindle helps keep me focused.

I love the iPad and keep finding things I can do with it. It definitely replaces the netbook I had until recently and does so much more - faster, simpler and more gracefully.

I find both devices useful and feel that their strengths and weaknesses complement each other. I think there is room for both in my life.

I like the lighter weight and longer battery life of the Kindle; with the 3G off, you can go for weeks between recharging, and it's light enough to be able to hold it comfortably with one hand and read.

I am approaching this from a slightly different perspective. I don't have a kindle and never will. Yet, I enjoy reading kindle books through my iPhone... I am definately a digital reader and have been since I first found out that I could put books (and information) on a palm device years and years ago. I have not found any digital platform difficult to read on for extended amount of time. Feom palm to handspring tp winmo devices to my current iPhone 3GS I have spent countless hours reading and enjoying digital books. I'm on the opposite side of the "scattered books" argument. I probably have 200 or more ebooks scatttered across 7 or 8 services, but the way I look at that is having a choice. Just the other day, I was looking for my copy of Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought and I had to look at 3 different services, but it didn't take me more than a few minutes to find it. That was the first time I had to do that on almost a year and I had to re-download it as well. Just a click.

Getting back to choices. Currently, I have the eReader app, Barnes and Noble's eReader app, the Kindle app and a few dedicated book apps like The Sherlock Holmes app or Complete Shakesphere... When I go to buy a book, I see who has the best value for the purchase at that time as opposed to simple being locked into Kindle's bookstore at$9.99 (or $11.99 for the Kindle app based book I bought my wife last night) B&N gives me coupons to use occassionally, Fictionwise gives me a "micropay" rebate when I purchase as credit owards future purchases and a club discount.

What I am getting at here is when I get my iPad 3G (I have been waiting on the 3G release) Apr 30, it will give me that same cost benefit choice my iPhone provides as opposed to a Kindle or Nook. I will also be able to benefit from ALL of the other things that it can do in addition to being a great book reader as well. Hands down the iPad wins out easily for me.

Scott

I had the Kindle 2 for 2 months and sold it on eBay when iPad was announced. Have't regretted my move.

Just out of interest: Have any of you tried the Stanza app on the iPad?
This is my favourite reading app on the iPhone, as far as I know, it can handle most of the usual book formats.

Sadly, here in Europe, the iPad is still not available, but I've been looking for the perfect reading device for a long time, and I think, this will be it.
The one big disadavantage in my view is the battery life, but I think this is outweighed by the advantages - particularly the colour, as I need to read a lot of reports with graphics. And of course, there is all the other cool stuff that you can do with the iPad.
Man, I so wish I could get it now, and I could get iPad 2G straight away!

My iPad is on order, so no first-hand comments yet. I never bought a dedicated ebook reader, but have a large library of both DRM'd and non ebooks that I read first on a PalmOS Clie and then on my iPod Touch. I'm perfectly happy with the backlit Touch and expect similar results on the iPad, but the reader app is the problem. I have 3 or 4 apps on the Touch which access different sources or formats or DRM-ness. I *want* a single reader with a good GUI which will access all of my books. I don't expect to get it soon (iBooks certainly ain't it), but maybe someday.

The romance review site DearAuthor did a good overview of a group of reader apps, and it looks like I'm not going to be happy with any of them at the moment: http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2010/04/18/ipad-ebook-app-review/