Walt Mossberg was able to get a moment with Steve Jobs immediately after Wednesday’s iPad event, and was able to get some great unscripted commentary from the Apple honcho on the iPad and its competition.
The interview portion starts at 1:55. Most impressive to me is how dismissive Jobs is of the only clear advantages Kindle has right now. Ten hours of battery life versus a week on Kindle? Ptttthhhhpppt. “You’re not going to read for 10 hours.” And yes, he is talking to you, specifically. Kindle books currently priced five dollars less than iBooks? HA! “The prices will be the same”, although what that price will be and how that gap will be closed remain a mystery. But it’s been decreed, so there you go.
My other favourite part is Jobs encouraging Mossberg to write his review on a tablet, which is something we knew would happen, and which would also likely take months to accomplish. [All Things D]
matt
Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 3:02 AMi dono, I’d still say kindel > ipad, if people wanted flashy stuff and bright colours in their books, they’s watch a movie. when the power goes out, the one thing you can do is just sit down and read a book. and almost EVERY ONE IN THE WORLD when fronted with the idea of reading a book electronically goes ” i don’t like reading on a screen” my mum still prints everything out before she proof reads it.
Jen
Monday, February 1, 2010 at 9:20 AMI have had a Bebook (Hanlin V3 clone) for about 18months. The number of people who have told me that they don’t like reading from the screen before they have tried one is very high, after looking at it only a very small proportion have the same view.