Many saw the arrival of the iPad as meaning the end of Kindle. The iPad just seemed to not only provide a better eBook experience but it also had so many other things going for it as well. Many people predicted that the Kindle would remain popular for a while as a cheaper eBook reader but that it would eventually fade away. Well it seems that Kindle is not willing to go down without a fight and a lot of effort has been put into making the Kindle a contender again. The latest development is that in the future we can expect Kindle games.
The Kindle has become popular as an eBook reader; this is the only function we really associate with it. Until the iPad came along it was considered the best eBook reader on the planet, but then the new Apple device came along and blew it out of the water. The idea of adding games seems like a good one on the surface, but it is hard to imagine how the Kindle could possibly compete with the games available on the iPad. The fact that the Kindle has a paper face type of screen would seem to rule out the possibility of most of the popular games appearing on that platform. If there idea of games is adding something like Tetris then they might as well save their time. On the other hand the news is that they are considering things like word puzzles and that could work well with the average Kindle user.
I must admit that there is a warm spot in my heart for the Kindle. I actually thing that it offers something a lot different from the iPad; that it is this that will keep it popular in the future. It is more of a reader’s device than the iPad.
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