Comments on: Will the iPad disrupt the Kindle? http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/2010/02/04/will-the-ipad-disrupt-the-kindle/ "Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." - Japanese Proverb Sun, 16 May 2010 07:19:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: mbeckford http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/2010/02/04/will-the-ipad-disrupt-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-16460 mbeckford Sun, 16 May 2010 07:19:03 +0000 http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/?p=635#comment-16460 Thanks for the insightful comment, Caleb. What do you mean when you say \"Apple\" is disruptive, beyond the fact that they have disrupted industries multiple times (e.g. PC's with the Mac, music with iTunes/iPod, etc.). Thanks for the insightful comment, Caleb. What do you mean when you say \”Apple\” is disruptive, beyond the fact that they have disrupted industries multiple times (e.g. PC's with the Mac, music with iTunes/iPod, etc.).

]]> By: Paul Beckford http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/2010/02/04/will-the-ipad-disrupt-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-13299 Paul Beckford Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:37:08 +0000 http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/?p=635#comment-13299 Just like the Nano has its niche, so will the iPad but it is obviously not as a business productivity tool. Neither is the Kindle for that matter but at least the iPad is a multifunction device. I predict the next Generation Kindle will look and feel "a lot" like an iPad. In fact, it seems Amazon just purchased Touchco to that end. On another note, I don't have an iPhone but I do have an iPod touch which I am very happy with and therefore have no incentive to go either iPad or Kindle. So... as a consumer, I'm going to wait and see what happens as Apple and Amazon battle this out. In the end, I'll go with the best "multifunction" device on the market... After all, you can get Amazon eBooks from either company and that is only a small portion of what I would want the device for anyway. Just like the Nano has its niche, so will the iPad but it is obviously not as a business productivity tool. Neither is the Kindle for that matter but at least the iPad is a multifunction device. I predict the next Generation Kindle will look and feel "a lot" like an iPad. In fact, it seems Amazon just purchased Touchco to that end.

On another note, I don't have an iPhone but I do have an iPod touch which I am very happy with and therefore have no incentive to go either iPad or Kindle. So… as a consumer, I'm going to wait and see what happens as Apple and Amazon battle this out. In the end, I'll go with the best "multifunction" device on the market… After all, you can get Amazon eBooks from either company and that is only a small portion of what I would want the device for anyway.

]]> By: roland http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/2010/02/04/will-the-ipad-disrupt-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-13263 roland Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:28:00 +0000 http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/?p=635#comment-13263 I sat through the entire launch of the ipad in front of my PC. At the end of it, I am certain that ipad will change a lot of usage behavior at home. One of which is e-reading. Here is why: 1) Richer content: with ipad, you get more then just book. you will have full color plus potential to insert video or sound clips in books. This will definitely disrupt how children book will look like in the future. Once young children see how colors, video and audio can excite them, they will never go back to B&W e-readers. 2) All-in-one: I am a big fan of all-in-one devices. Just from the economics point of view, it makes so much more sense then getting a single function device. Take a page from the printer history and one will quickly realized it doesn't take long for the market to switch from 100% single function printer share to now only 25% share. 3) Cool factor: you got to hand it to apple. They really know how to make a device cool and ultra easy to use. iphone was initially designed the general mass market, but because it is so cool and easy to use, even senior corp executives are also now ditching their RIM/windows/nokia phone and getting an iphone....and forcing their CTO to support it! Don't get me wrong, like the idea of ebook and kindle business model. I told by wife about it last year and she is actually very excited to buy one and try. But I don't think we will have the opportunity to try as Kindle is not sold in my country. Instead most likely I will get the ipad as it will be be available by 2nd half this year. I sat through the entire launch of the ipad in front of my PC. At the end of it, I am certain that ipad will change a lot of usage behavior at home. One of which is e-reading. Here is why:

1) Richer content: with ipad, you get more then just book. you will have full color plus potential to insert video or sound clips in books. This will definitely disrupt how children book will look like in the future. Once young children see how colors, video and audio can excite them, they will never go back to B&W e-readers.

2) All-in-one: I am a big fan of all-in-one devices. Just from the economics point of view, it makes so much more sense then getting a single function device. Take a page from the printer history and one will quickly realized it doesn't take long for the market to switch from 100% single function printer share to now only 25% share.

3) Cool factor: you got to hand it to apple. They really know how to make a device cool and ultra easy to use. iphone was initially designed the general mass market, but because it is so cool and easy to use, even senior corp executives are also now ditching their RIM/windows/nokia phone and getting an iphone….and forcing their CTO to support it!

Don't get me wrong, like the idea of ebook and kindle business model. I told by wife about it last year and she is actually very excited to buy one and try. But I don't think we will have the opportunity to try as Kindle is not sold in my country. Instead most likely I will get the ipad as it will be be available by 2nd half this year.

]]> By: mbeckford http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/2010/02/04/will-the-ipad-disrupt-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-13133 mbeckford Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:59:16 +0000 http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/?p=635#comment-13133 Businessweek recently posted a very similar article to this, entitled "Apple's Hard iPad Sell" (<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2010/tc2010024_830227.htm)." target="_blank">http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/fe...</a> The author's conclusions are similar to mine. Businessweek recently posted a very similar article to this, entitled "Apple's Hard iPad Sell" (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/fe... The author's conclusions are similar to mine.

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