Apple iPad is most wanted e-reader, but it’s not a runaway
Posted on Jun 23, 2010 under iPad | Comments are offIt was touted as the Kindle Killer the death of publishing, the savior of publishing, and the latest and greatest in techno gadgetry known as the iPad. The iPad is basically a large iTouch, with very few little new tweaks and treats to make it any different than any other tablet shown at CES 2010. People have been gossiping and letting the rumors fly as to what this could possibly be, and how it could be used as an e-reader.
For all that customization, B&N reckon there are literally millions of colors to choose from, which can be individually applied to text, pages, highlights and links and there are also eight typefaces and five text sizes, and readers can adjust margins and spacing.
Apple’s iPad makes a killer Web browser, gaming platform and virtual map, but it is really a superior way to read a book compared to e-readers like Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook.
Jobs really revealed that the iPad is a netbook and e-reader heat seeking missile when he outlined the device’s pricing and said that he had very ambitious technical goals and user interface goals, but also aggressive price goals because we wanted to put this in the hands of lots of people. In fact, the pricing probably saved the whole event.
Today, at a special event held in California, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage to once again make a new product announcement and after recapping some recent achievements by the company, including a record-setting Fiscal Quarter 1 of 15.6 Billion dollars, Jobs formally announced Apple's new tablet computer, the iPad.
It’s a great piece of hardware, and will be really good for people who want to play games, watch movies and browse the internet without a computer and as far as e-readers go, it’s still lagging behind in all the important places. That is why Apple iPad is most wanted e-reader, but it's not a runaway.
