Have Amazon beaten Apple? Kindle vs iPad

OK, so initially, like most people, I was green-eyed over anyone that I saw with an iPad. Built only the way Apple know how: smooth, elegant and slick.

I wanted one... and was close to forking out some cash on a cheap ipad auction.

But then Amazon bought out the kindle, and whilst ugly compared to it's glamourous rival, it gradually won me over. So now my auction of choice is a brand new Wifi Kindle. 

Here's my top 5 list of reasons to buy a Kindle instead of an iPad

1. You won't be worried about the overgrown slippery bar of soap that's the iPad slipping out of your hands and smashing on the floor! The Kindle is very robust
   
2. Battery life - with a month of charge you can backpack round Europe and still have enough juice left to read war and peace (if you can be bothered). The iPad would bearly do a day's commute on the tube
   
3. A book any time you want from the world's biggest book seller - Amazon. Even iTunes can't compete with that! Not to mention the many freebies they're sending out!
   
4. Free 3G in most countries you go to... blinder, take that Mr. Jobs! Even a bit of basic internet surfing thrown in!
   
5. Finally, price - at just over £100 vs £429 for the iPad (unless you win your iPad on a lowest unique bid auction), it's well worth the beer money!
   
   That's my two-penneth, but maybe you don't have to decide - you could get a cheap iPad and a cheap Kindle on a penny auction right now at flutteroo and still have change from £10. The best of both worlds ;-)