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iPad vs. netbook
As Apple CEO Steve Jobs said Wednesday, smaller laptops known as netbooks are "not better than a laptop at anything -- they're just cheaper." They use less-powerful chips than regular laptops, and as a result they don't handle video or other processing-intensive tasks well. The iPad uses a new chip that is custom designed by Apple. Jobs says the chip is extremely fast.
The iPad models that come with the ability to go online with AT&T's wireless network are more expensive than netbooks that can do that, as those netbooks are subsidized by carriers. But unlike netbooks, the iPad doesn't require users to enter a long-term service contract with a carrier.
iPad vs. smart phones
Browsing the Web, watching video and reading books are more comfortable on a big iPad screen, which measures 9.7 inches diagonally, than a tiny smart phone screen -- the iPhone's display, for instance, is 3.5 inches diagonally. However, while the iPad has a built-in microphone and could work with Internet-based phone services such as Skype, it's not a telephone. And it definitely doesn't fit in your pocket.
iPad vs. e-readers
Using the iPad's touch screen to buy books and start reading seems fast compared with the navigation required on Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle, which you navigate by pushing physical buttons on the device because it has no touch screen. Book covers are displayed on a "shelf" on the screen, and the reader software emulates the look of a paper book.
But the iPad has a glossy screen, so it might not be as easy on the eyes as the Kindle and other e-readers, which generally sport electronic-ink technology. And it probably won't be as easy to read outdoors on the iPad.
http://www.allbusiness.com/electronics/computer-equipment-laptop-computers/13849609-1.html
iPad vs. netbook
As Apple CEO Steve Jobs said Wednesday, smaller laptops known as netbooks are "not better than a laptop at anything -- they're just cheaper." They use less-powerful chips than regular laptops, and as a result they don't handle video or other processing-intensive tasks well. The iPad uses a new chip that is custom designed by Apple. Jobs says the chip is extremely fast.
The iPad models that come with the ability to go online with AT&T's wireless network are more expensive than netbooks that can do that, as those netbooks are subsidized by carriers. But unlike netbooks, the iPad doesn't require users to enter a long-term service contract with a carrier.
iPad vs. smart phones
Browsing the Web, watching video and reading books are more comfortable on a big iPad screen, which measures 9.7 inches diagonally, than a tiny smart phone screen -- the iPhone's display, for instance, is 3.5 inches diagonally. However, while the iPad has a built-in microphone and could work with Internet-based phone services such as Skype, it's not a telephone. And it definitely doesn't fit in your pocket.
iPad vs. e-readers
Using the iPad's touch screen to buy books and start reading seems fast compared with the navigation required on Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle, which you navigate by pushing physical buttons on the device because it has no touch screen. Book covers are displayed on a "shelf" on the screen, and the reader software emulates the look of a paper book.
But the iPad has a glossy screen, so it might not be as easy on the eyes as the Kindle and other e-readers, which generally sport electronic-ink technology. And it probably won't be as easy to read outdoors on the iPad.
http://www.allbusiness.com/electronics/computer-equipment-laptop-computers/13849609-1.html
