Apple iPad - Is it the End of the Road For eReaders?

Apple has finally revealed their version of eReaders.service whenever you wish.
The Apple iPad is not as simple as most of theThe Apple iPad is $499 for the 16 gigs version and
electronic readers on the market. In fact it is more of$830 for the 64 gigs version. With the iPad
a mini tablet computer than anything else. There hasconsumers will be able to surf the net, read emails,
been a lot of speculation about Apple's release, alongsend emails, and read eBooks. You could also use
with a great deal of hype. For months we have beenSkype via the iPad for cell phone calls, though that
unable to say the iPad even existed, until January 28,might look a little strange.
2010 when it was revealed.As an electronic reader, which is the more important
At the moment the iPad is not on sale. It has justfactor here, the iPad certainly delivers. It has a good
been unmasked and will not be for sale until April. Itsized screen like the Kindle. It also offers color and
cannot even be used by the general public as thedoes not need external illumination. Unfortunately, the
device has yet to enter stores in a sample capacity.price of eBooks at $10 each for bestsellers is not
The question is the iPad the end of the road forpossible, but you still have quite a few inexpensive
eReaders may seem a bit premature, but we haveeBooks to download. Battery life is 10 hours unless
to examine what we already know.you do more than read books with the eReader
What we know is that the iPad looks like a verysoftware provided on the iPad.
large version of the iPod Touch. It has an aluminumThe one thing you must consider regarding the Apple
back, half inch thick design, and 10 inch screen. TheiPad as an eReader and good investment is the
screen is surrounded by a black border. It has thememory. Most eReaders currently work with 16 to
standard iPod/ iPhone connector with a single home64 gigs of memory. The iPad offers the same with
button at the bottom. Apple is introducing the iPadmore options, so can the memory really support
with two levels of memory. There are the 16 gigs,eBooks? If you can download only 3500 eBooks on
and 64 gigs memory. The 64 gigs of memory offerKindle with 64 gigs it doesn't seem the multi-use of
Wi-Fi and 3G cellular. AT&T will provide the 3GiPad offers enough memory for all the tasks you
connection for $15 a month per 250MB or $30 forwould want it to fulfill, plus the cost is quite high. So
unlimited data transfer. There is no contract withit's not yet the end of eReaders.
AT&T for this. You just have to cancel the