eReader Comparison
Apple iPad:
Apple has chosen to release their new device, the iPad, aiming it
at many different potential user markets. This clearly sends out a
message in the publishing world as a Kindle killer. With its’ new built
in iBook store (similar to iTunes store for books), it is signing up with
five partners initially - Penguin, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster,
Macmillan, Hachett book group.
Running on a new
faster processor, it has
a 9.7 inch screen and
weighs 1.5 pounds,
putting it into the
same size level as the
Kindle DX, leading to
a potentially worrying
time for Amazon.
Unlike the Kindle
however, the iPad has
to deal with WiFi-only
internet access on the
basic models, being
priced between $499-699 depending on storage options (16,32 and 64
GB). The Kindle’s built in WhisperNet works anywhere there is a mobile
signal, for free (having been paid for by Amazon).
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