Does the iPad work well as a reading device?

I personally love reading on my iPad. However, I didn’t purchase it just as an e-reader. I wanted it for other uses too that a Kindle or a Nook won’t do.

According to a poll by Cooper Murphy Webb, owners of iPads are now utilizing them as their favorite device to read books, magazines and newspapers. Most of them use the iPad over ten hours a week mostly at their residence. The study also showed that these same people used their laptops more as their primary entertainment device since the iPad does not support Flash.

Additionally, 31% of iPad users preferred using their iPad to their laptop, e-reader, print media or mobile phone for reading magazines and newspapers. Reasoning for this is probably the novel way the iPad brings this information to people with apps like Pulse and Flipboard. Also, 41% of iPad owners would rather use their iPad for reading books because of the iPad apps like Kindle, Barnes and Noble and iBooks.

I guess it just depends on the person. I started reading again after many years not reading because of my iPad. :-).

Although Apple's iPad can be used as a reader device there are five reason why it is not as good as Amazon's Kindle when it comes to it being an eReader device. These are the reasons: 1. First is the price.

IPad is very expensive and it remains a multipurposed device and price. It costs $499 plus $130 extra for 3G modem and $30 a month for unlimited wireless access. While Kindle costs only about $259 with an unlimited wireless plan.

This is very ideal for those people who want simple reading and who already have their music computing needs met by Macbook and iPod touch. 2. Apple has limited book publisher and although it has Harper Collins, Haschett, MacMIllan Penguin and Simon and Schuster but there is one that is noticeably absent and that is Random House which is considered the biggest publisher in the world.

This would mean major titles may be missing from Apple's e-book store. 3. IPad battery last only for 12 hours or less while Kindle's battery lasts as long as a week if its wireless signal is turned off.

This makes this device easy to leave in your bag for days at a time or travel with it. 4. The E-lnk that the Kindle's black and grey screen is greatly inferior compared to color capabilities of the iPad.

But when it comes to reading, it works in some ways better than iPad's LCD screen. The Kindle has passive, reflective screen technology that uses only ambient light and is readable in bright sunlight. Whereas reading on an LCD backlit screen, is like shining a flashlight in your eyes.It is fine for composing e-mail, browsing photos but will not work very well for hours continuous reading.

5. Apple's high profile entrance and Steve Job's statements that no one reads anymore could spark a new age of high-tech bookworms. IPad will be a "sampling tool" for computer user to test e-reading and anyone who spends more than 10 hours of reading will surely yearn for E-Ink that only Kindle provides.

IPad, the portable device made by Apple, has been built not just a reading device but can also be enjoyed by playing 3D Games, watching movies and surf the web. The latest version is enables you to rent, buy entertainment content on this device and sync it with your Mac or PC. Added to its list of new features is multitasking through its coverflow application.

Accordingly, iPad has reported to have gain a foothold of the e reading market with a 43% share when it comes to the preferred way of reading newspapers and magazines. In terms of reading books, it was also reported that 41% choose iPad. Furthermore, it's e-reading features have been enhance by applications such as Flipboard and Pulse.

Now the tables have been turned, can the Kindle or Nook compete with iPad?

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