Srayanath Srinath asked:




Three years ago, Amazon came up with the eBook reader known as kindle. It was a great success during that time. It was small and low in weight and the people just loved to carry it with them wherever they go. Three years after, in April 2010, apple came up with one of the most awaited launch and that was iPad. No one had thought that the people would start comparing the kindle and the iPad. However, they are now being compared on behalf of many factors. If you will consider them on behalf of the eBook reader then you will definitely find out that the iPad is better. On many behalf, you will find the iPad to be better but there are some of the features, which make both of the equally good.

Do you know that kindle is quite light? It is just 0.16lb and this is just the half of the iPad, which is 1.5lb in weight. Thus, it is quite easy to carry the kindle from one place to another and this fact make the Amazon kindle a favorite for many people. You can carry them in your big pocket and turn it on when you want to read any eBook. However, do you know why iPad is a better eBook reader as compared to the Amazon kindle? Well, you will definitely find out that the kindle has some complex mechanism. If you want to move from one page to another then you will have to make sure that you press some button. However, if you will look at the iPad then you will find the comfort as it is equipped with the touch screen and thus you can work very fast through various pages of the eBook.

Kindle is an eBook reader and the apple iPad is the tablet PC. You need to know that they both are just awesome but some of the facilities in the apple iPad are just mind blowing and the first thing, which you would site, is the touch screen format. You can get an access to various bookstores quite easily from both of them. If you are using the kindle then you can buy the books from Amazon and if you are using iPad then you can buy books from iTunes, iBookstore and some more stores are there as well.

As far as the rates are concerned, you will definitely find out that the kindle is cheaper as compared to the iPad. The cost of the kindle is just $379 whereas the cost of the iPad is tagged at $499. You cannot access internet and play games on the kindle whereas the iPad is fully equipped with these facilities. That is why you will find that the battery life of the kindle is quite great and more as compared to the battery life of the i Pad.

To balance the equation you should know that at $499, you will not be getting the Wi-Fi connectivity and 3G accesses with IPad and thus you can say that it is very expensive. However, you will take all the facts in your mind then you will certainly realize that both of them are equally good.

Alex