ipad vs Kindel
iPad vs Kindle
Over past few semesters there is an increase in number of student’s willingness to use e textbooks instead of traditional textbooks .According to the study conducted by Sawyer Business school of Suffolk University in Bost reported that 45.80% use e-textbook as a choice for college classes when there are made available and 71% of students said that they use e-textbooks as there secondary source .The researchers also demonstrated that there is no impact on the students learning through digital text books versus traditional textbooks and also eText books are cost effective and easy to carry.
There are various different sources for e-text book Sony eReader, Amazon Kindle, iPad, Laptop... Etc. But the popular among them are Amazon kindle and iPad.
Both iPad and Kindle has its own advantages and disadvantages
Advantages of iPad:
• iPad has a larger screen of 9.7 inches diagonally while kindle fire has 8.9 inch diagonally
• iPad has are retina display and a total of 3.1 million pixel which is critical factor for textbook market and global magazines
• Apple iPad has 225,000 apps
Disadvantages of iPad:
• iPad is costly when compared to kindle 499$(16GB,WiFi only)
• We cannot read textbook in day light
• Battery life is much shorter than Kindle
• If an e-books is unavailable through iTunes it is difficult to find the book
• iPad cannot handle pdf
Advantages of Kindle
• Kindle is cost effective 32GB Fire HD with 4G LITE for 499$ 16GB for 299$
• Battery life of Kindle is more compared to iPad
• We can read eBooks in day light
• Kindle’s biggest asset is that it can bundle e-books with actual books. If a book is unavailable it can be shipped in a couple of days .
Disadvantages of Kindle
• Kindle Fire runs a modified version of Google's Android operating system, it only runs apps available from Amazon this the main reason why there are only 1.5
Over past few semesters there is an increase in number of student’s willingness to use e textbooks instead of traditional textbooks .According to the study conducted by Sawyer Business school of Suffolk University in Bost reported that 45.80% use e-textbook as a choice for college classes when there are made available and 71% of students said that they use e-textbooks as there secondary source .The researchers also demonstrated that there is no impact on the students learning through digital text books versus traditional textbooks and also eText books are cost effective and easy to carry.
There are various different sources for e-text book Sony eReader, Amazon Kindle, iPad, Laptop... Etc. But the popular among them are Amazon kindle and iPad.
Both iPad and Kindle has its own advantages and disadvantages
Advantages of iPad:
• iPad has a larger screen of 9.7 inches diagonally while kindle fire has 8.9 inch diagonally
• iPad has are retina display and a total of 3.1 million pixel which is critical factor for textbook market and global magazines
• Apple iPad has 225,000 apps
Disadvantages of iPad:
• iPad is costly when compared to kindle 499$(16GB,WiFi only)
• We cannot read textbook in day light
• Battery life is much shorter than Kindle
• If an e-books is unavailable through iTunes it is difficult to find the book
• iPad cannot handle pdf
Advantages of Kindle
• Kindle is cost effective 32GB Fire HD with 4G LITE for 499$ 16GB for 299$
• Battery life of Kindle is more compared to iPad
• We can read eBooks in day light
• Kindle’s biggest asset is that it can bundle e-books with actual books. If a book is unavailable it can be shipped in a couple of days .
Disadvantages of Kindle
• Kindle Fire runs a modified version of Google's Android operating system, it only runs apps available from Amazon this the main reason why there are only 1.5