iPad Apple vs Amazon Kindle: Which One is the Best For You? – During the conference, Steve Jobs mentioned of Amazon for doing a great job with Kindle. Apple plans to “stand on their shoulders” with its iPad’s e-reader.

Apple’s much-awaited iPad tablet is a good looking, multipurpose e-reader but it is no Kindle slayer, say publishing executives and electronic-book enthusiasts. Instead, the iPad is likely to raise the stakes and help traditional e-readers evolve into more sophisticated devices.

“The iPad is for casual readers and people who favor an all-in-one type of device, while dedicated E Ink-based e-readers are for avid readers,” says Wiebe de Jager, executive director with Eburon Academic Publishers, a Netherlands-based publishing service.

Apple on Wednesday launched the iPad, a lightweight tablet with a 9.7-inch touchscreen display that brings together web surfing, books, movies and music in an easy-to-carry device. The iPad, which will start shipping in about two months, ranges from $500 to $830 depending on storage and connectivity.

Soon after iPad was announced, bloggers quickly started speculating that which device is better between Apple iPad and Amazon Kindle. While many pro-Kindle reviewers starting calling iPad the reader less distracting and at the same time Apple points that iPad multi-purpose is a real difference between two devices

“The iPad is a great device for casual reading, especially magazine-like articles and textbooks, and to a lesser extent for e-books, but there is no way you can compare the iPad’s backlit LCD screen to low-power e-readers’ screens today,” he says.

Beside the look and multitasking, Price is also main selling point for iPad which was un-expectably offered at $499 over $10 its low end version to Amazon’s Kindle which is selling at $489. “While $489 might be too much for just an e-book reader, $10 more for a device that does a whole lot more may be worth it to a lot of people” said Mashable’s Josh Catone.

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