EBook Readers Vs Tablet PC's the full interview.
Now with the advent of digital signatures, the vision of a paperless world is close to becoming a reality. Many Banks, brokers etc are offering incentives to take documents in electronic form over. Therefore, the time has now come for people to shun paper and save our environment. However, to do this, one has to substitute paper with a viable alternative. Therein comes Ebooks and Tablet PC's. The succeeding paragraphs shall briefly bring out the various factors to consider before buying them. In addition,check out this article to get another perspective on the same.
So, do the ebook readers available today have these characteristics? Simply put , yes, they do. How does the Apple iPad compare with the Kindle? Well, as the world is looking for the ultimate convergence device (a device which can be used as a phone, PC, Reader, Camera, Personal Information Manager, Mapping device, Internet browser, Television etc...Short of being used as weapon too :)), different products would have different functionalities. Sometimes, we get dazzled by the array of choices we have and then go crazy trying to figure out which product has better features, that we loose sight of our requirements. We can buy the ultimate convergence device with a gazillion features, but a sobering thought: Do I really use all the features? The answer in most cases is a big NO. Not because we dont want to use it, but because we dont have the time to figure out how to use it and by the time we do, something better has come out into the market and Human nature being Human Nature..we have got to have it..upgrade...So therefore, the learning curve starts again.
Therefore, if you own a iphone, ipod etc etc..and have no problem with the fact that the iPad cannot play flash and dont mind Steve Jobbs dictating how you upload and sync your data, the the iPad is for you. The iPad can do many things other than being a eBook reader which the Kindle cant. However, the Kindle does the job of letting you "Curl up in Bed" with a book extremely well. It has a lot of content available on the web, it is light, has a lot of juice(lasts really long) and is lightweight and cheap and does not strain your eyes like the colorful iPad.So if you want Style and Bling factor go for iPad and if you want style and functionality for for Kindle. Its a great deal. A funny thing...I actually got a an iPad manual in the Kindle store to be read on Kindle!!! How ironic..
Finally, Buy an eBook reader, if you like to read, dont want to lug heavy books around, dont want to clutter your house with books, save our environment and in general love reading. Dont buy it because it can help you to 100 other things of which 98 you shall never do and still pay for. However, if you want the functionaility and flexibility of a Laptop and an Ebook Reader thrown in..GO for a cheap Tablet PC Nexus 7.