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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Apple iPad vs. Amazon Kindle

Since the Apple iPad was announced, there has been a lot of discussion about whether or not the iPad can put the Kindle out of business. Below is a listing with some of the links.

  • The Bits Blog has postings from each perspective. Here is a posting with three reasons why the iPad WILL kill the Amazon Kindle and here is one with three reasons why it WON'T.
  • CNET created a side-by-side comparison
  • TechCrunch lists 10 Reasons why the iPad will put the Kindle out of business
  • Forbes lists five reasons why it won’t
  • TechFlash argues both sides

What do you think?