If not the ipad then what instead?

[Ail]

It all depends what you are going to do with your tablet.

There is no denying that the Ipad is the superior tablet but the truth is a lot of people won't be using all those fancy apps you see in Ipad commercials...

There is no denying either than the Ipad is a rip-off in term of price compared to cost to make..

 

Personnaly I do the following with my tablet :

- Read magazine and newspapers ( Wired/ Wall Street Journal, I have digital subscriptions to both, sometime a french newspaper..)

- Read novels ( a lot) and comics

- Listen to music

- Watch some videos

- Use a few apps like ESPN one to follow sports.

- Surf the web.

 

I have a Kindle fire and I do all of those on the Fire and the only thing where I am not 100% satisfied would be surfing the web ( the screen is a little small for comics too although they have  technology that enlarges part of the screen and reduce this issue).

The tablet is fine to surf as long as you are not on web sites with hundreds of tiny links like CNN or VGChartz, in that case navigating the site is a bit of a pain.

But otherwise I am very happy with my Fire. I would even argue that for my useage the Fire is superior to an Ipad as it's size and integration with Amazon makes it a better tool to read and purchase novels.( I know you're supposed to read on a regular Kindle and I have that too but since I got my Fire I have been doing all my reading on the Fire, the font seems sharper, and it is a lot more convenient to purchase new books or even watch your collection, the only reason I keept my old kindle keyboard is for travelling ( battery), and free 3G support when in areas with no free WI-Fi )

 

Of course if gaming or using complex apps is more your thing, an IPad might be a better device ( but the size/weight makes an Ipad not such a convenient tool to read, it's fine for 30 minutes, not so much if you're reading a novel for 4 hours).