When a better gadget comes along and you are stuck with the old and less flashy version, do you feel ashamed? Richard Stephenson over at Folio recently wrote about how magazine publishers are getting their content onto the iPad, and shared an interesting anecdote about how the shiny, sexy iPad has made some Kindle owners feel ashamed of their “relic.”
I can see that. Feeling frustrated at least. You want the sexy model, but there you are stuck with this old has-been. The iPad is a sleek, full-color touchscreen device where e-reading as just one of its abilities. But to really be ashamed of your Kindle? It’s just a device.
What do you think?
[Dvice]
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ashamed, iPad, kindle
E-reading on the iPad is great if you like to be dazzled by the screen, the Nook, Kindle, and other readers using eInk are far easier on the eyes, and you don’t have to pay the ridiculous Apple purchase premium. So ashamed seems a strong word to choose, if you want a reader you bought a reader, if you want a tablet you buy a tablet, and if you’re a fanboy you buy an ipad.