The race is still on in the e-reader market, and consumers are the winners. Many, many consumers; according to latest reports, Amazon is expecting to sell eight million of its Kindles this year, at around £90 for the Wi-Fi only model and £123 with added 3G support. Apple iPads, however, had already reached 7.5 million in sales at the end of September, so it’s anybody’s guess, and it doesn’t really matter as far as the buyers are concerned.
Amazon’s newest version of the Kindle, launched a few months ago, is an improvement on the already excellent e-reader, the latest being even lighter and highly optimized for comfortable, long-term reading. It’s also even cheaper, and sleeker. However, the iPad offers a lot more ‘extras’ that many people seem to want, so it’s a matter of literally weighing the options, and all those extras make the iPad considerably heavier to hold for reading.
If you want to surf the net or read in colour, the iPad is the better choice, and it does have more versatility. It’s also more expensive, and the batteries don’t last as long, but that may not be a consideration if you’re using it more for surfing than reading.
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