Apple iPad and Amazon Kindle : A Conversation
By soumitra, Gaea News NetworkSaturday, January 30, 2010
Amazon Kindle : Hi, newcomer, how are you doing?
Apple iPad : I am doing nothing right now, at least till 27 March when I’ll be available to the public.
ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOWAmazon Kindle : Lot’s of people are talking about you right now. I thought I would also talk to you to clear some matter.
Apple iPad : Tell me ol’ fella.
Amazon Kindle : First of all, tell me how are you feeling right now to be the brainchild of great Steve Jobs.
Apple iPad : I owe him a lot, of course. People wouldn’t have bothered to know that I exist if any other man in this world had been my father. I am a celebrity right from the day I am born and shown to the public. I know that there was scuttlebutt that I was coming even before I came to open sunlight.
But look at you, though you also come from a big house of Amazon, people like you only because you add value to their life and not only because of the hype which is the case with me.
Amazon Kindle : Thank You, but then you should also know that I have limited capability. You can show ebooks from iBooks and also from Amazon Kindle Store. There are many other functionality of you such as web browsing, listening to music, watching videos and many more.
Apple iPad : But then, there are so many things that even a lower priced netbook can do that I can’t; the point is not that. Just ask any people to close his eyes and name an ebook reader. He’ll say Kindle. You excel at being an ebook reader. Your eink display does not cause any strain to the eyes. One can do hours and hours of reading without any problem. Whereas I can show ebooks but I am not obviously the best thing to do this. In fact, I am not best at anything but can make do with some more things than you.
Amazon Kindle : Oh! you are so colorful! And I look so dull with my Black & White Screen. And also my 1980’s style is killing me.
Apple iPad : Don’t panic. You’ll get a color screen very soon. And that too won’t hurt people’s eyes.
Amazon Kindle : I get so nervous hearing from people that I will die very soon for your existence.
Apple iPad : They are so fool. They don’t even realize that I have no real war with you.
Amazon Kindle : You are really giving me back my old confidence.
Apple iPad : Also, think about the price factor. You and I don’t even lie in the same price range. One who needs only ebook reading capability, will obviously opt for you because the price is about half of mine. And one who needs to do many other things should opt for a full sized laptop.
Amazon Kindle : Oh! don’t feel bad. You’re so gorgeous. People are running after you like crazy. Do you also want to tell that they are also fools. No, my dear. The Apple App Store is great and you are the best platform to run them. Yes, you heard it right; you are better than any iPod touch or iPhone.
Apple iPad : But you have a battery life more than a week. I can’t match that! I can barely manage to run for 10 hours.
Amazon Kindle : Have you heard anybody to read books more than 10 hours?
Apple iPad : But what about the books? The iBooks are currently priced $5 more than the Kindle books.
Amazon Kindle : They’ll come down very soon.
Apple iPad : But actually what are my uses? I am neither a full featured tablet like HP Slate nor have a pocketable form factor like a smartphone and having said that I perform just like my little brother iPhone.
Amazon Kindle : Trust Me, you’ll fill a specific need for a device that was vacant for quite sometime.
Apple iPad : What are you trying to say?
Amazon Kindle : iPhone came at a stage when the smartphones like BlackBerry and Palm were used by only some people who we call the geeks. People who were not tech savvy were satisfied with the mobile phones that could only make calls. iPhone changed the scenario with its simplistic interface design that even Oprah can use. Obviously, there were some drawbacks of the first iPhone but you have to agree with me that iPhone had some interface that made the whole story different.
Apple iPad : But what’s the connection with me?
Amazon Kindle : Your fate will also lead you to the same consequences. There are many people who don’t use computer but want to enjoy movie on a handheld device like you and also want to do some web surfing on the go. They won’t touch a netbook but would surely like you. You are made for them.
Apple iPad : It was nice talking with you but I have to go now. Lot’s of people are craving to catch a glimpse of mine. I have to be ready for a photo-shoot too. Bye.
Amazon Kindle : Bye. See you soon!
Tags: Amazon, Apple iPad, Ipad, Kindle
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February 24, 2010: 6:23 am
I still love my Kindles. I have a K2i and my wife has a KDXi. The iPad is just an overblown iPod Touch by the look of it. I already have one of those and it fits in my shirt pocket which the iPad can’t do. The K2i can slip into my trousers pocket if I want my hands free. I travel a lot. My next trip will be from Sydney to Beijing, about 19 hours total travel time. I’ll be happily reading my Kindle all the way on a single charge, while the iPad users will be reduced to reading airline magazines and playing tiddlywinks in the aisles. Unless they have an airline power plug (more $$) and their seat happens to have airline power available. I’ve been on a number of flights where they had the seat power socket, but there was no power because the breaker had tripped or the crew simply hadn’t bothered to turn it on. And that was in business class. Not my problem any more with the Kindle! As for ePub (like in the million or so free Google books), I can read those on my Kindles too, by converting them to mobi format on my laptop. It would be nice, though, if the Kindles had native ePub support in the future, as that would save me a couple of small conversion steps. Nearly forgot to mention. Apple doesn’t allow me to copy files to my iPod Touch using the USB cable, even though Apple uses it to sync other iPod stuff (Calendars, notes and contact lists) to the PC via the USB. So the technology’s there but they’ve locked it out. App developers other than Apple have to use the wireless network connection, which really sucks if you have your laptop and iPod handy but are not in a WiFi zone, like all day when I’m in the office. What other things will be locked out of the iPad to suit Apple’s convenience? |
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January 30, 2010: 9:59 pm
Even though it’s not something new, the product will probably sell like a firestorm since Steve Jobs has his hands on it. Personally I think I’ll get one for the substitute of a newspaper. Each morning its up early out in minus 15 degrees to get one, I could really do without! |
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January 30, 2010: 7:54 pm
Nice sketch. On the first day of the iPad launch, I thought maybe it would have an iPhone-like effect on the market. But now having gone through the spec, it seems like the lack of a built in USB port is a major drawback. Business people who were thinking that this would be cool to have so they can work on the go, will then find it hard to transfer work from their iPad to their PC’s (and vice versa). Yes, you can buy an additional dongle with the port on it - but it’s hassle. |
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