Kindle or iPad 3?

[GSHamster]

Another consideration might be portability. I have a small Sony eReader, and the thing I like best about it is that it fits inside my jacket pocket. So I can take it wherever, read it at lunch, or on the bus, or in a waiting room, etc.

I believe there are smaller Kindles, but I think you have to treat the iPad like a laptop in terms of portability. I.e. you always have to carry a separate bag for it, etc.

 

[Kzach]

New iPad refunds offered in Aussie 4G furore | CNET UK

Interesting. I would've figured Australia to be the odd one out instead of the US.

I've learned to live without a mobile phone. The plans here I think are outrageously expensive and with my credit rating in the dangerously bright red, I can't get a free phone plan anyway. In fact, I just switched all my contact details over to a netphone which I get as an included feature in my net access for free in order to save $30 a month on an exceptionally crappy prepaid plan.

With the iPad I can easily set-up wi-fi in the house and wherever I go to game I could use wi-fi to access DDI and character sheets, etc.

Crap, I need a better paying job

 

[falcarrion]

I own a Kindle DX, an Ipad gen1 aqnd an Ipad 2.
I would go with the Ipad. There is so much I can do with it.
So many apps! I'm always finding new ones to download.
I also bought an Apple tv. Streaming videos through the Ipad worked great.
I also used an app called "Air Display" . I was running maptools through the Ipad an had it mirrored on the tv.
I also bought a Virgin Mifi. It is a pay as you go. $50.00 gives you unlimited internet for a month. but it is 3g only.
Now if you get a magic jack, you can download an app and turn your ipad into a phone.

 

[TanisFrey]

I own both a kindle 2 and an iPad 2. My experience may not be typical, but I do most of my reading on my iPad. I like having the kindle around for vacations -- longer battery life, easier to read in bright light, easier on the eyes in general. And I can't get to my work email on it.

But at home, in my day-to-day life, it's all about the iPad. I do most of my reading in bed, and because it's backlit I can read in bed without having a light on -- which is a lot easier on my wife. I can do a ton of other things on it as well -- between netflicks and HBO Go and any number of other video sources, the iPad is really hard to beat.

-rg

and I am the opposite. I do most of my reading on my kindle and use the ipad 2 for games

 

[Relique du Madde]

Right now, I'd say wait and see. Next month is e3 which means a new nook, kindle, android tablets, or ms 8 tablet may be announced.

Then after that comes IO which will be the harbenger of Android JellyBean and see the debut of some awesome android device.

Then in July the Samsung's Google Nexus tablet will be released.


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[Felon]

iPad all the way, especially if you can get a deal. The Kindle just ain't much to write home about.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I was skeptical when my wife wanted to buy the original iPad, back in the day. We now own both the iPad and iPad 2 (wifi versions only) and I'm firmly of the belief that most personal computing will move to tablet devices in the next five years.

For the vast majority of stuff that the vast majority of personal computer owners do at home, the iPad 2 is as good or better as a desktop computer, is lighter, easier to use, can be used pretty much anywhere in the house and quickly feels like a more "natural" way to access data.

(Obviously, home users who edit complex video, create layer-heavy Photoshop images or play really beefy videogames -- although all of those are seeping onto the iPad more and more all the time -- will still prefer a desktop. But email? Surfing the web? Social media? Casual gaming? The iPad's better at all of that than my behemoth Alienware gaming rig.)

That doesn't necessarily mean you should buy one now if you're not already inclined to, but keep an eye on the category: Tablets make more sense for everyone but power users than other forms of computers and will just get more powerful and easier to use (since those are the things holding them back in the market still).

 

[Relique du Madde]

Whizbang,

Like it or not, the iPad as we know it will be dead in a few years because Windows 8 will force ipads to enter the realm of having a full OS onto a tablet device. I'm expecting a slimmed version of OS X to be running on iPad in 4 years Max. After all, the best way to make someone use a Mac is if every apple product essentially is a Mac.

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[Mercutio01]

(Obviously, home users who edit complex video, create layer-heavy Photoshop images or play really beefy videogames -- although all of those are seeping onto the iPad more and more all the time -- will still prefer a desktop. But email? Surfing the web? Social media? Casual gaming? The iPad's better at all of that than my behemoth Alienware gaming rig.)

How about simple productivity with Office programs? That's one thing no tablet I've ever tried has been able to do. It's why when my last netbook died I bought another netbook instead of the iPad.

 

[lmbarns]

I develop Android OS games and the Kindle Fire plays whatever I throw at it. Amazon has had 2x 1 day sales in the last month for refurbished kindles at $139. I'd pick one of those up in a heartbeat if I didn't already have one.

They're supposed to be releasing a new one sometime soon, also nook has a new tablet at $199 that does everything the kindle fire does.

They're decent little machines. I don't buy Apple products because I can get comparable hardware for half the price.