Robert Strohmeyer, executive editor for PCWorld, has mixed feelings about the iPad as an e-reader:
"Now that I've spent a few hours with the iPad and test-driven the three e-book apps that were available on launch day, I'm loving my Kindle more than ever."
His gripes? The glare on the iPad screen and its "weighty industrial design."
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On another (iPad) note, I find it hilarious that the Apple website refers to it as a "magical and revolutionary product." Revolutionary, OK. But magical? What is it, a Sorting Hat or something?
The product has made $500 to $900 disappear from the pockets of millions of people in the thick of the worst recession in modern times. That's not magical enough for you?
Posted by: Brett Bayne | April 05, 2010 at 05:04 PM
Hmmm, good point!
Posted by: Connie | April 05, 2010 at 05:05 PM
Kindle Schmindle.
Eudora, Coconut Grove
Posted by: Eudora | April 05, 2010 at 05:13 PM
Apple says it delivered more than 300,000 iPads on Saturday.
Posted by: cs | April 05, 2010 at 06:32 PM
The glare can be controlled. I buy the weight gripe. However, what i have seen blows away the Kindle. This is it for Amazon's e-reader.
Anyone that says otherwise is an Apple hater, holds a lot of Amazon stock or is a relative of Jeff Bezos.
The iPad is as good and revolutionary as advertised.
Posted by: ive seen the future..it starts with an i. | April 06, 2010 at 10:19 AM
I want one!!
Posted by: Amy | April 07, 2010 at 08:04 AM