Apple Tablet combines qualities of major competitors, as well as some differences. Device is not available in an official way in Brazil.
When the Kindle was released, readers realized that the years of false starts and empty promises had finished, the digital reading revolution was real and finally arrived. And then, a kind of “Cold War” was introduced between the two types of readers: the bibliophiles who insist that the role (need that smell, say) is the best way, and the rest of the people, who like the increasingly convenience of e-books.
And both are right.
For the first time in history when we sat down to read a book, we have more than simply a choice about what to read – we also need to decide HOW to read. Perhaps you’ve discovered your favorite method of reading, and go to be with him. But the truth is that different media offer different strengths, which in turn are linked to different types of reading. If you close on a corner with just one device for all types of reading may deprive you of the pleasures and advantages of the other.
the past two years, read books in different ways: on a computer desktop, a netbook, on my iPhone, iPad, on a Kindle (with e-ink), and – believe it or not – the good old paper – even tested the audio books. The strength of those three options, in most cases, they were available: If you need to read something at that time, they solve the problem.
But most of the time I get the iPad Mini, a Kindle Basic (available in Brazil for $ 300), or paper books. The iPad is the closest to what I call “my standard device for reading”, for reasons that I will explain below. But it’s never an automatic choice. Why? Because each method has its advantages.
To study reading, I prefer the iPad. Yeah, I got out of college a few good years, but in my other “side” of journalism present a podcast bringing interviews with authors of books about politics. That means lots of reading, lots of text markup, and many notes. The iPad is clearly the best device for these last two tasks, especially for taking notes. And Apple’s tablet continues to improve in this aspect: Amazon recently updated its Kindle app for iOS offers several different colors of highlighter virtual, which makes life much easier for those who frequently use the feature. This is a feature shared by the iBooks app, Apple, since the two companies work to have appeal in markets for education and textbooks.
This is not necessarily a deep reading: the iPad makes it easy to take notes and organize them – the kind of reading done by students. But at the end of a book, it is so much easier to go back, find your notes, and give a general in what you just read. If you are in this mode “information processing”, the iPad is usually the way to go. Create and browse through these types of notes on a Kindle e-ink is painful.
For a more “lightweight”, the Kindle is chosen: it is the least expensive phone that is always with you. If you do not care much for taking notes, but just want to enjoy a good story, the Amazon e-reader makes sense.
The Kindle is also great for reading with “less light”: studies show that backlit screens, such as those present in the iPad and other tablets, reduce melatonin production and may disrupt your sleep – making the Apple tablet and other devices with this display a poor choice for reading in bed. If you like to read before bed, as many people do, the Kindle may be the best alternative.
And it is obvious that “light” (light) also carries another meaning – the Kindle also usually bring more ergonomically friendly version of a book. When he left the new book by Robert Caro, about former U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, with 736 pages, or thought about buying the hardcover version. My fists would have suffered without reason, as my column to carry it around in your backpack. The iPad would have been a significant reduction in the book, but I was reading a book for pleasure, rather than study. The Kindle, which is even lighter, proved to be the ideal platform for a “monster” of these.
course the Kindle has lost some of this advantage ergonomic with the arrival of the iPad Mini. Moreover, the device Amazon does not offer easy access to Facebook and Twitter – and when I feel like reading, the absence of electronic distractions offered by Kindle is welcome.
Paper books also offer no distracting electronics, obviously. And that is why they are usually the best “device” for the good old immersive reading. The benefits here are admittedly less substantial, more theoretical and romantic, but I believe in them anyway. Paper books do not require a battery, do not vie for your attention with social networking, videos and games. They are simply books. And with older books, which have passed through other hands, you can feel through being part of a line of readers. This is not the case with e-books.
But there is a “best of the best”?
Currently, yes: the iPad Mini. He has all the power of the iPad and its best reading apps, including the Kindle and various other bookstores. Brings the ergonomic benefit of the Kindle, and, well, if you want an immersive reading free of distractions can always put your tablet in Airplane Mode (something few users should do, I recognize).
Otherwise, it is Ok to accept any mess in your “reading life”. Not only download the next book in your reading list, consider how you want your experience to be with him, and let that decision be your guide.
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