iPad, kindle, or nook... the choice is really hard. Help me decide which e-book reader to get.
I WANT an e-book reader and I must have one! I am tired of all the books I buy and having to keep up with them. I have broke down my thoughts and would love any comments to help me finally decide.
Kindle
The kindle with its low price has me wanting to go that direction more than any other. I know what type of books I like to read and amazon book store has most of the titles available for the Kindle. The e-ink and battery life of the new generation is very attractive. The big downside, I don't get all the cool features of the iPad. Apps, web surfing and so on.
Nook
In my opinion, I feel like this is a very similar product to the Kindle. Barnes and Nobles saw the success of the Kindle, tweaked and added some features and called in Nook. To me, there just does not seem to be enough originality to make me want to chose one over the other. Additionally, when I searched the BN site for books I like to read, less were available for the nook than the Kindle. I welcome someone to prove me wrong on this one and bring up some points I have missed.
iPad
Total awesomeness. I want it! But wait, reports I have read say two things bad. 1. it's not that great of a platform to read books on. 2. because of the light it emits, the iPad is more like watching TV than reading a book. Meaning that my sure fire way of getting sleepy, reading, now is going to keep me awake. Apple's selection doesn't seem to be that great right now (at least for the books I like to read). But it is Apple, that will change. I can't remember that last time I bought music anywhere but iTunes. We all know Steve Jobs wish is for the same thing to happen with books and media in general. We are now saying, "what's a CD?", but Steve Jobs wants us saying "What's a book" or "What's a Magazine".
Wrapping it up
What's makes this the hardest for me to decide is that I am cheap. I want to be a cool kid and have an iPad. But it's the most expensive option. My other issue in general is that a recent report shows that people read much slower on the "ebooks" than real paper.
