eReader Pros and Cons – Comparison
Apple iPad:
Pros: Cons:
• Portable - smaller than a laptop, • Cost and ongoing data plans
with connectivity options that for ebook reading - up to $830
are similar. + $30 a month. (UK price likely
to be £600-700 GBP)
• Can use any existing iPhone
app. (although this is simply • Usability (on screen keyboard
scaled up and can look odd) versus real keyboard) - there’s a
dock with a built in keyboard
• Uses a 1Ghz new Apple chip.
sold separately to negate this.
• 10 hours of battery life. (very
• Heavier than a Kindle.
good versus a laptop, very
bad versus a Kindle)
Plastic Logic Que:
Pros: Cons:
• High resolution, flexible • At $649, it is one of the most
LED screen, allowing hassle expensive eReaders ever.
free navigation and
comfortable reading.
• Online business partner Barnes
& Noble has launched its own
• Screen resistant to physical eReader, the Nook, causing
impacts. a concern over the titles
it will allow to be down-loaded
• Support eBooks, Microsoft Word
through the Que.
documents, Excel workbooks
and PowerPoint presentations. • Other cons will be known once
the device hits the stores in April
2010.
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