I dunno, I think iPads are much more a laptop-lite/smartphone-plus than they are an improved e-reader. The promise of e-readers was a comfortable ebook reading

I dunno, I think iPads are much more a laptop-lite/smartphone-plus than they are an improved e-reader. The promise of e-readers was a comfortable ebook reading experience, and tablets deliver more of a web-browsing and social media experience, like a laptop sans keyboard. E-readers are still the best e-readers, and Kindle is still dominant there.