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[revolutiongrl]

I'm trying to decide if I should buy an Ipad or Kindle Fire HD... or both. I have done a lot of research and the consensus seems to be

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[revolutiongrl]

Have you read any books on it?

[deevee45]

Reading books is amazing on the ipad. My friend has a kindle fire. I've tried it and its ok but not nearly the experience of reading books or watching videos on the ipad. She hates the kindle because the battery is terrible.

[bkmichele]

Same here and yes I also read books on it. I use both iBooks and the Kindle app on it.

It syncs with my iPhone as well, and you can text people who have iMessage on it.

[chinchiller]

I have an iPad and you wouldn't even be able to pry it out of my cold dead hands. I use it every day, for everything (seriously, in addition to the normal online stuff, I also use it for list-making, music, blog updating (both LJ and Wordpress), diet tracking, simple photo editing, baby tracking, channel changing, and tv volume adjusting, among other obscure things). I've only used my laptop maybe half a dozen times in the six months I've had my iPad. I read on it a ton too. I use the Kindle app and set the background to Sepia so it's a little less harsh on my eyes (I'd have to do that with the Fire too; it's not liquid paper).

I've played with my mother-in-law's Fire a lot (she and technology don't mix so I have to help her with everything) and I hate it. I don't like its organization and I especially don't like how small the screen is. If you can afford an iPad and don't mind its larger size, I would suggest it over the Fire a million times over.

[missusmoonlight]

Haha, I feel the same way. I take mine to work every day and use it during lunch and breaks and when I'm home, it goes from room to room with me. It charges next to my bed and it's the first thing I grab in the morning.

[ionicaq]

Google Nexus 7? My bf has one and he LOVES it.

http://www.google.com/nexus/#/7

[gindaisy]

What's the problem with reading books on the iPad? I haven't had any issues with it.

[revolutiongrl]

They "look" better on the Kindle. Also, with a Kindle you can rent books from Amazon and its cheaper to buy books from what I understand.

[deevee45]

There is a kindle app on the ipad. You can buy the same books for the same price. From what I've seen (I have an ipad and my friend has a kindle fire) the reading experience is vastly superior on the ipad due to the retina screen

[gindaisy]

Mmm, I would disagree with that. Any difference is negligible. I'm a librarian and do a lot of ebook support and I've noticed little difference in how they appear. I have an iPad personally, but about 85% of the support I provide is for the Fire and the Fire HD. As someone else noted, you can get the Kindle app for iPad, as well as the nook app, and if your library uses Overdrive you can check books out that way. Of course, you can also do that with a Kindle as well, but borrowing books is not exclusive to Kindle.

[raze__the_rose]

I have an iPad 2; my husband has an original iPad. We both do a LOT of reading on them and love them. You can get Kindle and Nook apps as well as the iBooks app if you're wanting different "looks" but I find the iPad perfectly readable.