Kindle vs iPad 2
I recently bought an iPad 2. I already had a latest generation Kindle, which I really liked. However, reading PDFs (which are quite common for technical books) is a major pain in the Kindle. It is slow (and slows down more the further I get into the book), and highlighting is pretty slow too. The screen for the regular Kindle is nowhere big enough for a regular A4 formatted PDF. I had the option of getting a Kindle DX or a tablet. I kept hearing good things about the iPad 2, and it can do a lot more than just reading books, so I decided to try it out. (This is a Kindle vs iPad 2 comparison - I posted my iPad 2 review separately). One thing I really like about the iPad 2 is reading PDFs. It is pretty fast and works great. iBooks is not perfect - it seems I can't set a zoom level for a PDF and keep it there. Nor can I highlight text and add notes, only bookmark pages. I also read any Kindle technical books mostly in the iPad now. The bigger screen and faster highlighting ...