[geeks] iPad - NOT a 'Miss' for me I'm afraid

[hike]

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 7:22 AM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Jan 31, 2010, at 7:14 AM, hike <mh1272 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  The Nook is black-and-white with all the issues of e-ink.
>> The Nook is a one-trick-pony.
>> The Nook has a 3.5" screen
>>
>
> No, the Nook screen IS NOT 3.5", it's color toolbar/ad screen is 3.5", and
> the b&w e-ink screen looks to be about 4x6":
>
> http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/techspecs/
>
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Your right, Lionel.  The color bar is 3.5".  After digging a little, I found
that the Nook has an 6" diagonal screen for the black and white reading/text
area.  The iPad has a 9.7" diagonal screen for the color
reading/text/display area.

Another concern for me is internal travel.  Apart from Custom's notebook
policy, a laptop is too big and bulky for me to travel with.  On the other
hand, the iPad is the size of the books that I generally take with me.  With
the iPad, I can carry 50 of the books that I own in paper and pdf versions
in the space of one paper book.  Since this is the iPhone OS, I can also
leave the iPad overseas (a gift, etc.) without the concerns that I am
breaking USA weapons law (encryption programs, etc.).  The base iPad has
enough space for my needs and is cheap enough to leave with a friend.  Being
a "simpler" OS, it takes less training than a PC OS.