so basically they just swapped the "beta" version with the "published" version behind the scenes. I've only had Amazon pull one book in 3 years and that was because the publisher submitted the wrong version. You can even get the entire OED on a Kindle (not much else though), but anyone who's purchased the OED on disk knows that's one HUGE dictionary!! If anything bad ever happens to my Kindle, I can reload all the books I've bought from Amazon onto my replacement, and can still read my entire Kindle library using the PC program while I'm waiting for it. I have several entire series and full author collections and am nowhere near running out of room. Has a long battery life and oodles of storage. I have a Kindle Keyboard for reading books. If I had to travel a lot and spent a lot of time on airplanes, hotels, and airports, there is no question I'd swear by the Kindle. I work 6 blocks from Powells Books though, so I'm pretty spoiled.
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It is a very good casual internet and information device - looking up movie times, directions, information on Wikipedia - but not nearly as good a long-form reading device as the Kindle.Įven having both, I have to admit I still buy most of my books in dead tree format. There are also a ton of cute games for it, like Angry Birds. The New York Times and the Globe and Mail apps I use daily. It is very good for web browsing as long as the sites you hit don't require Flash. It also is a lot cheaper and has much better battery life too, and the lack of multimedia functionality is actually a good thing for serious reading since it means there are a lot fewer distractions.Īs I said, the iPad is great in the kitchen.
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So if what you want to do is just tear through books, the Kindle is the way to go. And the form factor isn't as good, either: it is too heavy to hold with one hand while laying down, and you have to turn pages on the touch screen, whereas the Kindle has perfectly positioned buttons where your thumbs sit and it is very light. The bright backlit screen gives me more eyestrain than the eInk screen on the Kindle. For reading books, I really don't like the iPad.