Comments on: Kindle vs. iPad: You’re Both Winners

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 04:12:56 +0000

Excellent article, helps me understand the strong points of ipad and kindle

By: TheGooch

TheGooch — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:12:48 +0000

Nice post! I like open products, especially if you can read books that you already own on them. ePub is my format of choice..can the nook ready them?

Currently my eReaders are my iPhone(Stanza) and Netbook(PDF reader/Calibre )
Selection isn’t important if you only read free ePub formatted titles.

By: Stewie

Stewie — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:47:42 +0000

Can you say that again? I did not hear you.

By: William

William — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:30:05 +0000

The iPad is not a “Kindle Killer” because the Kindle is, by design, set to self-destruct. For Jeff Bezos and Amazon, “It’s about the economy of electronic content, stupid!” I am convinced he realized all along that Apple and others would inevitably incorporate and dominate the ebook’s physical form factor in ONE ubiquitous device. In any event, both Bezos and Steve Jobs are worthy succesors to Gutenberg.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:44:49 +0000

You can email or copy books on to your Kindle so you are not “stuck” buying from Amazon.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:16:34 +0000

How many books have you seen that have coloured text??

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:12:53 +0000

Can you listen to books on IPAD like you can on Kindle?

By: Leask

Leask — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:26:02 +0000

I’ve already commented above in regards to another poster, but I’ll more or less repeat my reply here: I think it’s important to consider Amazon’s RESPONSE to the issue when making a decision. Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos admitted what the company did was “stupid” and “thoughtless,” and said they’d make efforts to ensure this doesn’t (and can’t) happen again. To this effect, they’ve changed the terms of service to guarantee the user a non-exclusive right to a permanent copy of what they purchase. They’ve added a clause that says they can’t remotely delete or modify purchased content unless the user consents/requests, if they’re legally obligated to by judicial order, or if the material contains malicious code. And they offered to return the deleted material or give owners a $30 gift certificate or cheque for $30.

It’s that kind of response that DOES make me trust Amazon more, however slightly, than any other large corporation. Only time will tell if they repeat their crass mistake again. I hope they don’t, but anything can happen.

By: Leask

Leask — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:59:47 +0000

Amazon’s actions re: the recall of “1984″ were certainly a boneheaded mistake, but their CEO also gave one of the most forthright apologies for it I’ve seen from a major corporation, admitting fault and calling their actions “stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles.” They changed their customer terms of service to guarantee a non-exclusive right to a permanent copy and to protect the user against any remote content deletion unless they consent to it, request it (i.e. as part of a refund) or if the book has harmful or malicious code.

I held off on getting a Kindle until this happened, at which point I felt comfortable enough with my ownership rights to proceed. Then again, I also buy things from Apple’s App Store even though they still retain the ability to remotely delete apps, so I guess I’m not being entirely consistent…

By: jick

jick — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:57:12 +0000

well i think that some people want a device that reads like a book: black and white. That is the whole point of the Kindle and Nook. They are electronic readers. Pure and simple. They aren’t even trying to compete directly with the iPad.

Most real readers, don’t buy a book for the covers or in most cases for the illustrations. (there are some exceptions if it is done for art or childrens books) The e readers are for people who want to do ONE thing well, read.
The iPad is for browsing the web. Ask most people what they get an ereader for and they will tell you it is for reading. Ask most people what they get an ipad for and it is not for reading, but other things like browsing the web and watching movies…