Apple's iPad Ready to Challenge the Kindle

The Amazon Kindle goes for almost half the price of the iPad and comes with free wireless and a full keyboard. The iPad starts at $499, but brings in loads more storage, a larger color touchscreen, Wi-Fi, and a familiar interface to those who ever used an iPod touch or an iPhone.

Battery life on the Kindle is superior though, up to two weeks. Yet the Kindle is a single-purpose device with a grayscale screen. Perhaps it would be best to compare the iPad with the Kindle DX , which incidentally also has 9.7-inch display, and it's only $10 cheaper than an iPad. Here's where the comparison gets tough on Amazon.

The iPad won't probably kill the small Kindle: it's cheaper and performs well at letting your read for an extended period of time without tiring your eyes. But the Kindle DX should prepare for a battering from the iPad if Amazon doesn't drop the price significantly. For only $10 more, the iPad delivers three times the storage of the DX, a color touch screen, and an all-round multipurpose device.

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