Is Apple's iPad the Ultimate e-Reader?

Apples iPad makes a killer Web browser, gaming platform and virtual map, but it is really a superior way to read a book compared to e-readers like Amazons Kindle and Barnes & Nobles Nook? We stack the two types of book alternatives side by side to see what each offers the digital bookworm.

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• apple
• ipad
• ereader
• readers
• e-reader
• tablet
• computer
• barnes
• noble
• nook
• amazon
• kindle

[grujcyk]

10 hours on iPad, 10 days on Nook,  "You get ten times more battery power"

Thumbs up for basic mathematics fail...

[The5starSTUNNNA]

reading on the iPad causes "iPain"

[sundeathy]

and then we went back to this, cuz it doesnt fuck up ur eyes and its actually made to be an ereader, not to mention weeks of battery life

[impaxxive]

Reading a book/ reading e-ink OR staring at a computer screen, I mean an iPad, for 10 hours?

[impaxxive]

@albert5555 Exactly.

[22286321]

fail

[teganbrianna]

@grujcyk Thought i'd be a buzzkill and let you know he's saying if you do roughly 10 hours of reading every day for 10 days, you will have to charge the ipad every day and with the Nook you don't have to charge it over the entire 10 days. Basically you're getting 'ten times as much from the Nook' because you don't have to charge it over 10 days.

[TheCorrster]

Even though these to objects are completely different things, I'm glad the comparison exists! I think having a lot of apple devices that the iPad is not superior in reading book long periods of time to the e-book, but since the ebook is designed be ONLY for reading and the iPad by all means is not...either way, thanks :)

[albert5555]

if you value your eyes, don't read on screens lit, read books with eBooks with e-ink

[ReddoFreddo]

to be honoust, when i go to hiliday or something and i want to take something i can read with me i never go: oh no!!! now i have to take 2 books with me oh my god it takes so much space in and there are no batteries in it! why?! I HAVE to buy an e-reader!

[sripathyakasrip]

These e-readers suck out part of the joy of reading a physical book. There's something special about nesting a book in your hands, especially if it's a really good one. It's part of the fun!