Originally posted by PalynkaIf I want toast, I buy a toaster. If I want tea as well, I don't buy a kettoaster which gives me soggy toast and bread flavoured tea for 4 times the price. I simply get 2 independant devices which specialise at their jobs.
I guess if you like the chains of single choice, a more versatile device isn't for you. Not sure how you get that quarter of the price, though. Unless you compare the incomparable.
Similarily, if I want an eReader, I buy an eReader which won't burn holes in my eyes when I can't put down a book for 12 straight hours. If I want to do something else bettered served by a colour back-lit screen, then I'll use the laptop, which I (and Sunbunz) already have (has).
Reread the thread and see who suggested an iPad when opinions on the Kindle were sought. That there will be the first comparison of Kindle/iPad in the thread.
If a Kindle is $139, and the iPad is $530, then I'll let you do the maths to see where the quarter came from.
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Originally posted by RagnorakThanks, Rags....you're alive?! 😀 Otherwise, easy on the eyes? I take it saving snippets are like saving those parts or paragraphs/lines you like for reference later if you wish?
Got the wifi and it's tops! At the time I purchased it, I didn't realise that the 3G didn't require monthly subs, and can be used for browsing with, although the browser is only experimental at this stage. If I had that knowledge, I probably would have gone for the 3G version.
The biggest selling point for me is that it supports pdf. Some pdfs have ti the others, I am much more likely to read books on an ebook rather than in paper form.
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Originally posted by Ragnorak139 x 4 = 556 > 530
If I want toast, I buy a toaster. If I want tea as well, I don't buy a kettoaster which gives me soggy toast and bread flavoured tea for 4 times the price. I simply get 2 independant devices which specialise at their jobs.
Similarily, if I want an eReader, I buy an eReader which won't burn holes in my eyes when I can't put down a book for 12 straight ...[text shortened]... d the iPad is $530, then I'll let you do the maths to see where the quarter came from.
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Originally posted by RagnorakThat's not what you said before, you said you didn't want distractions. Of course, you now change the tune in a desperate attempt to do... what? Win? A cookie? Riiiight.
If I want toast, I buy a toaster. If I want tea as well, I don't buy a kettoaster which gives me soggy toast and bread flavoured tea for 4 times the price. I simply get 2 independant devices which specialise at their jobs.
Similarily, if I want an eReader, I buy an eReader which won't burn holes in my eyes when I can't put down a book for 12 straight ...[text shortened]... d the iPad is $530, then I'll let you do the maths to see where the quarter came from.
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Besides, the comment on the price is that you are comparing to the price of a toaster and not on the toaster+kettle. More intellectual honesty, as usual.
Originally posted by SunburntThe kindle is as easy on the eyes as a real book. Like when reading a real book, you do need a high level of ambient light to avoid eye strain.
Thanks, Rags....you're alive?! 😀 Otherwise, easy on the eyes? I take it saving snippets are like saving those parts or paragraphs/lines you like for reference later if you wish?
Re snippets: Exactly. Read a phrase/line/paragraph you like, simply highlight it, and it gets added to your collection of snippets, which is effectively treated like a book.
Annotations can also be added to lines/paragraphs/pages, but I haven't done this.
There is also a built in dictionary, if that's your kind of thang.
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Originally posted by Ragnorak3.8129496402877697841726618705036 * 139 = 529.99999999999999999999999999992 😛
We'll stop arguing when he realises that my ePenis is 4 [EDIT for TumTum] 3.8129496402877697841726618705036 [/EDIT] times greater than his virtual penis.
I know, I know... I shouldn't compare the incomparable, but hey?
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Originally posted by PalynkaAs mentioned before, I(Sunbunz) already have(has) a kettle(laptop), and so I(Sunbunz) only need a toaster(Kindle). I(Sunbunz) could buy a kettoaster(iPad) for 4(3.8129496402877697841726618705036) times the price of a toaster(Kindle) and have duplication of toasting(eReading) and boiling(web browsing/magazine reading) capabilities but with soggy toast(backlit screen burning my eyes while reading) and bread flavoured tea(semi-retarded laptop-like iPad)
Besides, the comment on the price is that you are comparing to the price of a toaster and not on the toaster+kettle. More intellectual honesty, as usual.
Intiende(Understand)?
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Originally posted by RagnorakComparing an iPenis and a Pendle is like comparing apples and oranges.
We'll stop arguing when he realises that my ePenis is 4 [EDIT for TumTum] 3.8129496402877697841726618705036 [/EDIT] times greater than his virtual penis.
I know, I know... I shouldn't compare the incomparable, but hey?
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Originally posted by RagnorakHate to point out the obvious, but iPads are not intended to do what laptops do.
As mentioned before, I(Sunbunz) already have(has) a kettle(laptop), and so I(Sunbunz) only need a toaster(Kindle). I(Sunbunz) could buy a kettoaster(iPad) for 4(3.8129496402877697841726618705036) times the price of a toaster(Kindle) and have duplication of toasting(eReading) and boiling(web browsing/magazine reading) capabilities but with soggy toast(backl ...[text shortened]... e reading) and bread flavoured tea(semi-retarded laptop-like iPad)
Intiende(Understand)?
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Originally posted by PalynkaI wish I could try out the Kindle, then decide.
For reading proper books I think I prefer books to both. A bit ritualistic, but I like the feel of paper for a leisurely read.
Kindle and the iPad are great if you need to consult stuff on textbooks, read papers, magazine articles or other work-related reading.
Will find someone with one and borrow it, maybe.