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Do you really think people buy the iPad for reading ebooks? I find it to be not significantly better than reading on a monitor. The iPad is great for some thing
by mattmaroon 16y ago
Do you really think people buy the iPad for reading ebooks? I find it to be not significantly better than reading on a monitor. The iPad is great for some things for sure (Plants vs Zombies being first and foremost in my experience) but I think if I wanted to read books I'd get a Kindle or some eink device.
- stcredzero 16y agoI read books on my iPad all the time.
- masklinn 16y ago> I find it to be not significantly better than reading on a monitor. Nielsen's tests very emphatically disagree http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ipad-kindle-reading.html http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ipad-kindle-reading.html
- mattmaroon 16y agoNeilsen tested only speed. It's eyestrain that bothers me and is why ebook readers typically use e-ink.
- masklinn 16y ago> Neilsen tested only speed. Neilsen tested only speed if you read only the first half of the results. You might want to read the next one as well. It's called "User Satisfaction".
- mattmaroon 16y agoHe doesn't say how long he asked people to read for. My suspicion is that the longer the timeframe, the more results between print and monitor (and Kindle and iPad) will diverge. You don't get eyestrain from even light reading on a monitor. Also, satisfaction can mean a number of things, and he didn't define it, as evidenced by comments about weight. A lot of people could have had higher reading satisfaction on an iPad because it's an iPad. Neilsen's results have no bearing one way or the other on my original statement, which is that people don't buy iPads to read books.
- NyxWulf 16y agoUser satisfaction includes all of the relevant issues for a person, and in this test they were testing reading, so eye strain would matter to people. People absolutely buy the iPad to read books. It may not be the only thing they do with it-since it is a multi function device. However reading books is a very large component of the purchase for everyone that I know that has bought one. My graduate program just bought 65 iPads for the incoming class to read their books and PDFs. They bought those based on user feedback that people hate reading on the tablet and don't like hauling around forty seven pounds of dead trees. The majority user request was to load the reading on an iPad.
- DrJokepu 16y agoYes, I've bought an iPad for reading books. And I'm using it all the time as an e-book reader.
- kristiandupont 16y agoI switched from the Sony eReader to iPad for reading books. And while I prefer looking at eink, I am much happier with the overall iPad experience.
- rbanffy 16y agoThat's what I was trying to say. Maybe, for you, the iPad is a better value than a Sony eReader. A lot of people will agree with you and a lot of people will disagree.
- rbreve 16y agoI also have an iPad and read books on it
- jsz0 16y agoI'm more of an audiobook person myself but I have read 2 books on the iPad with good results. The only drawback is the temptation to hit the home button and do something else which isn't a real problem on current e-ink devices since they don't really do anything else. Which is also the same reason I wouldn't buy one. I don't read enough text to justify a standalone device.
- chris11 16y agoThat is one of the reasons I like my Sony Touch ebook reader. It basically is only good for reading, so I don't end up interrupting my reading to do something else on it.
- pavel_lishin 16y agoBring a monitor to bed with you, or on a bus, or on a plane, and then we'll talk.