ipad vs kindle?

[Bedlam]

I would definetly recommend kindle for novels, and iPad for the kitchen and mags and cookbooks. I have the more expensive kindle( you can purchase new books anywhere without wifi) however have bought many of the cheaper wifi ones for gifts, just as good just buy books before holidays. Do it Kim, sure you won't regret it.

[CreamPuff63]

I love my kindle and leather cover with light  and probably read a book a week. Highly recommend one.
I have a small bright pink Sony notebook for all my computer needs. I chose to get this over the iPad because the keyboard is so much easier to type with and for travel I can still operate my business without any computer capabiity restrictions, and it is very small in relation to a laptop. I'm not really into all the apps, and know that it wouldn't suit my requirements as I already have an iPhone which I only use to make/receive calls and send text. If you have a friend with an iPad I would ask them about it, and get them to show you what it can and cannot do in relation to what your specific requirements are. Even though I have an average understanding of computers, when I go into the retail shops I don't really understand what the salesmen are talking about and just have to nod my head all the time.

[Wonder]

Thanks andiesenji, I'll have to do some Kindle research on the weekend.

Can you confirm it saves the actual book files in a "cloud"? I'm running out of space on my iPad and while I still want the convenience of having books available on my iPad through the Kindle app I won't have room to store a large amount on there, currently I removed them from the iPad as soon as they are read and only ever have one or two available to read without downloading.

[Amanda]

Thanks andiesenji, I'll have to do some Kindle research on the weekend.

Can you confirm it saves the actual book files in a "cloud"? I'm running out of space on my iPad and while I still want the convenience of having books available on my iPad through the Kindle app I won't have room to store a large amount on there, currently I removed them from the iPad as soon as they are read and only ever have one or two available to read without downloading.

You can choose to save your Kindle books on their server, if you don't want to keep them on the Ereader itself. The Kindle model I have will hold up to 3,500 books That is a significant amount by anyone's standards! 

[andiesenji]

Thanks andiesenji, I'll have to do some Kindle research on the weekend.

Can you confirm it saves the actual book files in a "cloud"? I'm running out of space on my iPad and while I still want the convenience of having books available on my iPad through the Kindle app I won't have room to store a large amount on there, currently I removed them from the iPad as soon as they are read and only ever have one or two available to read without downloading.

Once you buy a Kindle book at Amazon, it stays in your Archive.  As soon as I read a book, and I read about one a day, I remove it from the Kindle and if I want to retrieve it I either go to my Amazon account on my computer, select "Manage Your Kindle" and the most recent books are on the first page.  You can search by title or by author.

You can also access "Archived Items" directly from the Kindle.
The archive will show up how you select, by Title or by Author

and you do have to occasionally connect the device to get the up to date archive info downloaded.
My older Kindle hasn't been connected for awhile and only shows 700+  books
The newer one is more up to date with the archive count because it has been connected more recently.


The newer one:

[andiesenji]

Thanks andiesenji, I'll have to do some Kindle research on the weekend.

Can you confirm it saves the actual book files in a "cloud"? I'm running out of space on my iPad and while I still want the convenience of having books available on my iPad through the Kindle app I won't have room to store a large amount on there, currently I removed them from the iPad as soon as they are read and only ever have one or two available to read without downloading.

You can choose to save your Kindle books on their server, if you don't want to keep them on the Ereader itself. The Kindle model I have will hold up to 3,500 books That is a significant amount by anyone's standards! 

The battery life is considerably shortened the more books you have on the device.  You just have to re-charge more often.  And keeping the Wi-Fi or 3G wireless connection open also means you need to re-charge more often. 

[cookie1]

I don't have a Kindle, I have a Sony ereader and just adore it. It is the 6 inch touch version. Turning pages is done with a small movement of the fingers. It is great to carry around  and incrediblyeasy to read from. I also have a light on it and a leather cover. I used the light a lot when we were travelling as DH was asleep and I read.
I hope to eventually read all the books I have and then only use the ereader. At the moment I do both.
I'd love an ipad but I think that may be a while off.

[Wonder]

Thanks so much for the photos and instructions. I've been using the kindle app on my ipad since the first ipad was introduced and have been archiving all the books so it looks like it all operates in a similar way - hopefully not much of a learning curve to go through. andi - 1 book per day, are you an exceptionally fast reader or spend a lot of time reading? Are you able to remember the plot lines for long after you've read them? I find the faster i read the quicker I forget the book!!!

[Cuilidh]

I'm a bit like that too, Wonder.  I just finished Water for Elephants yesterday so can still remember the story line!!

Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned a book title - it might get us all going on a whole different topic.

PS.  Water for Elephants is a really good book 

[judydawn]

I'm going to see the movie next week with my carers' group Marina.

[johnro]

A really lovely movie Judy- hope you think so too!   

[Wonder]

Our book club decided to see the movie instead of reading the book and we all thought it was great.

[jeninwa]

I have just found out that I can download library books onto it for free!

Amanda can you tell me more about this please.

[Frozzie]

Made a snap decision and after some price checking found Amazon was the cheapest so have just ordered a wifi kindle and cover with light, the expected delivery is only next Tuesday so cheaper price and faster delivery than I could get online in australai! We are going away for a few days break and my iPad is no good for reading outside so looking forward to the Kindle. I read that you can also download pdf's to the kindle is that correct? I get some magazines in PDF format so it would be good to have them available.

wonder which amazon did you buy it from as i tried to buy from amazon dot com and it says us only addresses on all kindles?? was it uk amazon??  I ask as France has one kindle on the local amazon website but its alot more expensive than elsewhere for the same item...grrrr

[faffa_70]

Kim I got mine from the US one, you have to select your country so you get the appropriate one. Will see if I can get to a page and then link it for you