ipad kindle compare - what are the similarity and differences between the ipad and kindle

Since the launch of the Apple iPad, it has been gaining quite a bit of attention. In a nutshell, the iPad is a larger version of an iPod touch, with additional new applicaitons such as the iBooks and iWorks. The iBooks is definitely something comparable to the popular Amazon Kindle. However, the Apple iPad also offer theirs users the ability to watch videos, play games, view photos, access social networking sites, browsing the webs, etc.



Our ipad kindle comarison impression is that the Apple iPad is a lot more feature rich and is a computer in itself, where as Amazon's kindle is more of a book reader. In terms of price however, the kindle is significantly cheaper then the apple iPad at $489, so if your main purpose is just for reading books, the Kindle may be a more economical choice. It will be interesting to see how Apple would do in the e-book market the coming months in comparison to the amazon kindle.