Comments on: Kindle v. iPad – my thoughts http://kenzoid.com/2010/01/28/kindle-v-ipad-my-thoughts/ Welcome to my world... Tue, 01 May 2012 14:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ken Kennedy http://kenzoid.com/2010/01/28/kindle-v-ipad-my-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 Ken Kennedy Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:57:00 +0000 http://kenzoid.com/?p=1908#comment-1239 Great point, Deb. I've used text-to-speech many times (several novels "read" while driving in car, for example), and I always check to ensure that it's enabled when I purchase a book. When I got the notification on your comment, I also went back and re-read my post...interesting to see how much has changed in just a little over a year! Kindles have gotten cheaper, and even more capable of standing alone (with the addition of the wifi connection). IPads...well, they are faster (???) at the same price, and now have 2 cameras. *shrug* Whatever. Still no interest. I do actually have a cheap Android tablet now (a recent purchase, to experiment with some Android development on the tablet format), but still no interest at all in replacing a Kindle with an iPad. In fact, I'm interested in getting ANOTHER Kindle instead! I've still got my v.2, and while I love it, the Kindle 3's are REALLY nice...I got my girlfriend one for Christmas, and she loves it. It's really an impressive piece of hardware. I can't wait to see what Amazon has up it's sleeve next! And thanks for the comment! Great point, Deb. I’ve used text-to-speech many times (several novels “read” while driving in car, for example), and I always check to ensure that it’s enabled when I purchase a book.

When I got the notification on your comment, I also went back and re-read my post…interesting to see how much has changed in just a little over a year! Kindles have gotten cheaper, and even more capable of standing alone (with the addition of the wifi connection). IPads…well, they are faster (???) at the same price, and now have 2 cameras. *shrug* Whatever. Still no interest. I do actually have a cheap Android tablet now (a recent purchase, to experiment with some Android development on the tablet format), but still no interest at all in replacing a Kindle with an iPad.

In fact, I’m interested in getting ANOTHER Kindle instead! I’ve still got my v.2, and while I love it, the Kindle 3′s are REALLY nice…I got my girlfriend one for Christmas, and she loves it. It’s really an impressive piece of hardware. I can’t wait to see what Amazon has up it’s sleeve next!

And thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Deb Haralson http://kenzoid.com/2010/01/28/kindle-v-ipad-my-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 Deb Haralson Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:53:00 +0000 http://kenzoid.com/?p=1908#comment-1238 I agree with you. The one HUGE thing for me - and this applies to all other kindle apps and ereaders - The ONLY way you can get audio text to speech is on the Kindle device itself. Other kindle apps? Nope. Nook? Nope. Sony? Nope. Anybody? Sorry. Personally, I use my ipad Kindle app for non-fiction books, and my Kindle 3 for everything else. I agree with you.

The one HUGE thing for me – and this applies to all other kindle apps and ereaders –

The ONLY way you can get audio text to speech is on the Kindle device itself. Other kindle apps? Nope. Nook? Nope. Sony? Nope. Anybody? Sorry.

Personally, I use my ipad Kindle app for non-fiction books, and my Kindle 3 for everything else.

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