
I don’t know about you but I still remember the day I ordered Amazon Kindle 1. I was one of many people who ordered the device as soon as it came out. It’s true that it took Amazon weeks to ship out the device and many of us did not know what exactly we were getting with Amazon Kindle. But the chance to play with a decent e-book reader was too much to resist. Fast forward a couple of years, and we are at the same point again, this time with Apple iPad. Apple iPad is not a pure e-book reader. It does not take advantage of E-ink technology and is certainly not as energy efficient as a Sony Reader or Kindle. Nevertheless, it is expected to outsell Amazon Kindle in a fairly short period of time thanks to the power of Apple’s marketing machine.
With Kindle, we knew we were getting an e-book reader. It was a fairly one-dimensional device designed for those who wanted to move away from paper books to e-books. The iPad is a whole other animal. It’s a multi-purpose device that can be used as an e-book reader, a gaming gadget, or a business management tool. While many are expected to pre-0rder the device today, that seems a bit risky to me. For starters, we don’t really know what we are getting with the iPad. Apple has been secretive about the capabilities and restrictions of the device. The fact that you can only order the WiFi model today is not good news either.
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