After spending a couple of months exercising my iPad's only real strength - web browsing - I thought I'd summarize the ways the Kindle is better than the iPad when it comes to the other reason most people buy these devices, namely reading eBooks:
1. The Kindle's eInk display is waaaay better for reading an eBook than the way-too-glossy iPad. The iPad's display might be crisp, but it's like the available gold color trim for a Camry or Lexus, or spinners on ANY wheel ... almost grotesquely over the top.
2. Weight. When reading an eBook entails holding the device at eye level for hours at a time, only weight lifters need apply when it comes to the iPad.
3. Cost. 'nuff said.
4. Idol factor. Who wants to be part of Steve Jobs' brown-nosing entourage? It's much more agreeable using a device that does the job perfectly, rather than a device that glitters in the hand but fails in its duty.
5. Advancing or navigating the pages on the Kindle doesn't require that you slather the display with suntan oil or anything else you happen to have got on your fingers.
Call me Mr. Grumpy, but using an iPad to read an eBook is like donning a black tie and morning suit to eat breakfast - unnecessary and uncomfortable.
The smart choice is shorts and a Kindle.
The smart choice is shorts and a Kindle.
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