Winnie's perspective

I have to admit that I was pretty interested when I read those articles about the iPad. At first, I thought it is just another new e-reader. After doing some research on it, I will say that the iPad has more than that!

I'll say, the most different characteristic between the e-reader and the iPad is the touchscreen. (here's the link of a article which is give a great point of view for the Ipad: http://www.technobuffalo.com/blog/comparisons/will-the-e-reader-market-change-with-the-ipad) I believe that reading eBooks on the Apple iPad 's big screen will probably be more enjoyable than reading on the Amazon Kindle.

With Apple iPad, users can now not just reading book but also browse, read reviews, watch video, show pictures, compose emails, take notes, look at the map, or just buy books(let's say download books). Apple iPad already has the support of five of the largest publishers, including Penguin, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Hachette.

Will it replace eBook readers?

As my perspective, I believe it will gradually replace other eBook readers.

There's couple reasons that why I believe so:

Most of the eBook readers has no other features but eBooks only. However, Apple iPad can do tons of things that other eBooks reader can't.

Secondly, the price of Apple iPad is not that expensive as many predicted mentions before. It just start at $499! It is to say, there's only $10 more than Amazon's eBook reader(Kindle DX). And you can get much more cool features then you can get by the other eBook readers.

Furthermore, most of the eBook readers(ex: Kindle) are lacks of color and Video.

However, as my research, I do find there's still some drawback that Kindle won't be replaced!

Kindle has very long battery life. According to Steve Jobs says, iPad's battery life can last for 10 hours. But, as I'm a Apple fans, I have so many Apple products, we all know that if you want to get the full battery life, you have to sacrifice something else! For example, you have to turn off WiFi, couldn't play video or pictures, or even lower screen's bright, etc. On the other hand, with Kindle, you can have a full week of reading time with wireless on, and two weeks with wireless off. As this situation, if user's only use eBook reader as a tool for read a book, I believe other eBook readers(ex: Kindle) might be the better choice.

The other perspective of mine is that even though Apple already have five publishers to support their service, I will still put a question mark on it! Because we don't know whether it can beats Kindle's huge selection right away or not.

Other to that, Apple iPad is not support flash and USB, it's some kind of issue that if someone would like use iPad as a netbook.

Will I buy it?

Yes, I will. I will like to buy two for my parents! Because of the big screen! It become a little bit difficult for them to read things in books or on iPod touch.

Gaming on iPad?

I have no idea what it would be like. However, I think I can imaging it might be like a much bigger iPod touch! It seems to be very cool to gaming on iPad!

Apple iPad ! Way to go!