. I'll be playing around with it, getting google play store & such but even in it's stock configuration this device offers just about everything that normal people want to do with a tablet.
People are extremely insecure to need to pit one against the other or declare one or the other "doomed". The Kindle and the iPad aren't really in the same category, although the Kindle does try to be iPad like. For those who want real ereaders the Kindle will remain king. How the Fire fares, who knows, but if one only wants an ereader with some tablet capabilities, it might do fine. The iPad will always be the epitome of the tablet, and it's foolish to think Amazon doesn't know that by now. There's plenty of room for iPads and Kindles because they have different target audiences. The crossover element isn't enough to kill either one.
Y'all need to step away from the PC and go drive your midlife crisis sports cars and stop worrying about the size of your tablet.![]()
Apple will never doom Amazon when it comes to e-books. They tried with the awful iBooks store. Can't compete.
I love the actual ibooks app but I refuse to consider buying books from them. I did so once and the formatting of the book was atrocious. When I buy from Amazon or B&N, at least there are ways of removing DRM so that I can adjust the format to my liking and read the books on whatever device I choose via calibre. Also wasn't a fan of how the price-fixing mess went down, so it's also a principle thing.
if they make a hybrid IGZO display that could be read in direct sunlight
killer feature, even without retina
Assuming there will be a kindle app for iPad mini, then bam. Problem solved.
That is, unless Amazon chooses not to support the iPad mini with their app, seeing as it might be the only way to save themselves.
Watch this device be called the Ibook or the Ireader
Bump!!
Y'all need to step away from the PC
I think it's safe to say that most of us here have already stepped away from the PC in favor of the Mac!![]()