Comments on: KINDLE VS IPAD http://oncomp.com/2010/05/kindle-vs-ipad/ A syndicated newspaper column On Computers by Bob and Joy Schwabach Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:05:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bob and Joy Schwabach http://oncomp.com/2010/05/kindle-vs-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-17752 Bob and Joy Schwabach Fri, 07 May 2010 00:49:32 +0000 http://oncomp.com/?p=2837#comment-17752 Check out the "Vook," video-book, at vook.com. I've been reading the free Sherlock Holmes Vook on my iPad but you can also read them on a computer. Videos accompany the stories, telling us something about the author and the setting. I agree that the iPad has huge potential in interactivity. Thanks for your comment! -Joy Schwabach Check out the “Vook,” video-book, at vook.com. I’ve been reading the free Sherlock Holmes Vook on my iPad but you can also read them on a computer. Videos accompany the stories, telling us something about the author and the setting.

I agree that the iPad has huge potential in interactivity.
Thanks for your comment!

-Joy Schwabach

]]> By: Paul Bamberger http://oncomp.com/2010/05/kindle-vs-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-17746 Paul Bamberger Thu, 06 May 2010 08:24:06 +0000 http://oncomp.com/?p=2837#comment-17746 A really interesting comparison. Isn't the big question "Is the iPad an e-Reader?" and, fundamentally, the answer is "No". Item 10 on the iPad list tells us that it is something else entirely - more of an Media-Reader. When it comes to reading a novel the iPad is going to be very hard work. However, I don't see why a new form of literature couldn't be created by the iPad. Including interactive maps, photos & video in a crime novel or thriller would be very exciting and the Kindle (and it's like) are never going to be doing that. Paul A really interesting comparison. Isn’t the big question “Is the iPad an e-Reader?” and, fundamentally, the answer is “No”. Item 10 on the iPad list tells us that it is something else entirely – more of an Media-Reader.
When it comes to reading a novel the iPad is going to be very hard work. However, I don’t see why a new form of literature couldn’t be created by the iPad. Including interactive maps, photos & video in a crime novel or thriller would be very exciting and the Kindle (and it’s like) are never going to be doing that.
Paul

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