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	Books And Chat :: Publishing News :: e-Books and Audio Books :: Kindle not ready to surrender to iPad Author Topic: Kindle not ready to surrender to iPad (Read 151 times) booklover Full Moderator member is offline Joined: Sept 2006 Gender: Female Posts: 1,594 Location: Out of my mind Karma: 72 Kindle not ready to surrender to iPad « Thread Started on Jan 29, 2010, 11:08am » When Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs showed off the new iPad -- complete with built-in bookstore -- on Wednesday he praised Amazon.com Inc. for pioneering the electronic book business with its popular Kindle reading device. But moments later, the compliment took on an ominous tone when Jobs added, "We're going to stand on their shoulders and go a little further." At first glance, the multimedia iPad -- with its fast, colorful touch screen and built-in Web browser and video player -- would seem to outshine the slower Amazon device. "It's like comparing Kansas and Oz," Stacey Higginbotham wrote on the GigaOm blog in a post titled "Will the iPad kill the Kindle? In a word, Yes." But not everyone is ready to let the Kindle burn. The Kindle "is optimized to do one thing and do it very well, and that is reading," said Jagdish Rebello, an analyst with market research firm iSuppli. "If the user is interested in buying a device for books, the Kindle is a no-brainer." Amazon's blockbuster product didn't become the world's most popular e-reader for nothing, analysts said. It boasts a relatively long battery life, a free wireless connection to Amazon's extensive online bookstore, a screen that's supposedly easy on the eyes -- and a relatively palatable price. The Kindle costs $259, while the entry-level iPad will retail for $499. Although Apple wouldn't comment on the price of books in its new store, some screen shots the company displayed at its introductory news conference showed prices ranging upward of $14.99, a detail Amazon pounced on. "Kindle editions of New York Times bestsellers and most new releases are only $9.99," said Drew Herdener, spokesman for the Seattle online retailer. It also remains to be seen whether Apple will be able to offer the range of titles its more established competitors now do. Amazon's bookstore features more than 400,000 Kindle-ready books. To compete, Apple announced its online iBookstore, with titles supplied by Penguin Group, Simon & Schuster Inc., Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers and Macmillan. But other major names such as Random House Inc., publisher of Dan Brown's bestselling "The Lost Symbol," were not in the mix. Since the Kindle was launched in late 2007 its advocates, including Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, have said that to reproduce the quiet, solitary experience of reading a book, e-readers should not tempt users with a panoply of digital distractions. The iPad, on the other hand, is by design a multimedia device, equipped with dozens of entertainment features and primed to offer thousands more in the form of add-on applications. Critics say that's not going to help anyone get to the end of the chapter. "If you like your kids, get them an iPad so they can play games," said Russ Wilcox, the head of E Ink Corp., which created the digital paper technology used by the Kindle and many other e-ink-based readers. "If you love them, get them an e-reader so they can actually read." Wilcox also pointed to the iPad's weight: At 1 1/2 pounds, it's more than twice as heavy as the standard 10-ounce Kindle. "It's going to be noticeably too heavy to use for extended reading," he said. The Kindle and other low-power e-ink readers also retain a distinct advantage in the battery department. A single charge will allow one week of continuous reading on the Kindle, while the iPad's glowing screen and powerful internal computer will deplete its battery in closer to 10 hours. A perhaps more dubious strike against the iPad is that the light from its screen could put strain on users' eyes after prolonged periods of use. Electronic ink, which was created to mimic the visual properties of a printed page, has been praised by critics and consumers as being more eye-friendly. But the science does not yet support the idea that backlit digital displays are bad for your eyes, said Ivan Schwab, a professor of ophthalmology at UC Davis. The idea that computer screens cause eyestrain "is more hearsay and anecdotal," he said. "I don't think the screen is any more toxic to the eye." And, Schwab noted, whereas many people have no choice but to stare at a computer monitor for hours a day at their jobs, readers can rest their eyes at any time by putting their book down. But even if the iPad turns out to be the "Kindle-killer" that some are predicting, Amazon has a backup plan: The online merchant, which already has a free application that lets its customers read books bought from its Kindle store on the iPhone, says it will have a version for the iPad shortly. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Cathy T darkmatron Full Member member is offline Joined: Oct 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 195 Karma: 16 Re: Kindle not ready to surrender to iPad « Reply #1 on Jan 29, 2010, 2:25pm » The IPad didn't impress me much, especially as an EReader. It's just like I always tell people wanting different features added into the Kindle- It's for reading books. It's not for listening to music or playing games or date planning. I love my Kindle for what it does- it reads books, and it does it well. The IPad seems to me to be too many gadgets at once. Plus, I just can't see reading for an extended period of time on it. It seems heavy and unwieldy, and I imagine it would strain my eyes much like my computer screen does after a while. I never get that on my Kindle. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged booklover Full Moderator member is offline Joined: Sept 2006 Gender: Female Posts: 1,594 Location: Out of my mind Karma: 72 Re: Kindle not ready to surrender to iPad « Reply #2 on Jan 30, 2010, 9:00am » I'm kind of stuck in the stone age when it comes to electronics. Well maybe not quite that bad. But I want my cell phone to just be a phone and not a camera, game, internet connection, or a way for people to send me a text message. So I'm happy that my Kindle is limited to just reading. An improvement I'd like to see on the Kindle is a way to create folders to store my books. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Cathy T Dianne Administrator Forum Founder member is offline "Never Judge A Book By Its Movie" Joined: Sept 2006 Gender: Female Posts: 4,789 Location: Your house reading your books. Karma: 98 Re: Kindle not ready to surrender to iPad « Reply #3 on Feb 15, 2010, 4:59pm » I had seriously thought about the iPad for about 5 minutes until I went to the AT&T store and learned more about it. Yes it is in color and has really nifty books covers for you to puruse (like Shelfari but for iPad) But it looks as if it will weigh more than the Kindle and not be something that you can use with either hand. If I go by my iPhone (which I down-loaded all my Kindle books on to) is any indication, the screen will become hard to read very fast and you will spend a bunch of time keeping it clean and scratch free. I'm not going to dismiss it out of hand, but I want to wait until the price comes down. If I remember correctly, (I could be wrong since the same day I was getting info o the iPad I was also looking into the mini-laptops) the iPad would have had to have upgrades to use it for what we all want it for and would jack the price up. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged molesworth New Member member is offline Joined: May 2010 Gender: Female Posts: 3 Location: Smithfield VA Karma: 0 Re: Kindle not ready to surrender to iPad « Reply #4 on May 7, 2010, 8:25am » I know I am late to this party but I want to thow my 2 cents in. Not everything Apple creates is the best new thing. Kindle was created for Readers, and the iPad was created for multimedia people. I own a Kindle and I LOVE it. It saves time and money, gives me instant gratification for my thirst for books, and saves tons of space in my house. iPad can do all that but the price of books is not less than the stores, it does not have the selections that Amazon has and is twice the weight. That does not seem appealing to me. I do a lot of things with my Kindle, including PDF sharing. But to lable themselves the Kindle Killer is not giving the Kindle enough credit. Anyhoo, thats my two cents Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Jen aka "Book Junkie" I read to live and live to read. Books are mana from Heaven! Dianne Administrator Forum Founder member is offline "Never Judge A Book By Its Movie" Joined: Sept 2006 Gender: Female Posts: 4,789 Location: Your house reading your books. Karma: 98 Re: Kindle not ready to surrender to iPad « Reply #5 on May 7, 2010, 9:46am » You aqren't5 late to the party by any means...as much as I DO thirst for the newest and shiniest playtoy---the more I think about it the more I believe that the iPad is not for me unless I find that I'm going to do a lot more traveling. It can replace my laptop for when I go away, but to use it for reading??? Nope - I tried using my iPhone for it and I HATE having to 'flick' the pages to turn them. I adore my kindle - it fits in my handbag/purse/carryon...it doesn't reflect my face like the iPad does. The ONLY thing I wish it could do like the iPad---is to show the cover of the book in our table of contents. 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