Yes, Amazon has a Kindle app for the iPad and it works just like your Kindle...I love it. We often get free books from the library for the kids the same way you described.

I would wait a few weeks before buying an iPad though. They're announcing the new phones and likely new iPads on Sept 9th. The phones will be available around the Sept 18 but the iPad could be available that same day. For the same price you might as well get the latest and greatest. I LOVE my iPad and use it as much as my laptop.

 

As Tonka said - the kindle app for iPad is great, you will log onto your Amazon account and register the iPad and any books you have access to on your kindle will magically be there on your iPad.

Depending on how you stored your boat pdf's on the kindle you should also be able to get them on the Ipad. I use a storage tool called Evernote to store all my important pdf's so that allows me to log into Evernote from my iPad, work Plc, home plc or anywhere that has an Internet connection and always have access to exactly the same library of odd files. There are lots of other ways but Evernote is the one I chose to use.

 

As Tonka said - the kindle app for iPad is great, you will log onto your Amazon account and register the iPad and any books you have access to on your kindle will magically be there on your iPad.

Depending on how you stored your boat pdf's on the kindle you should also be able to get them on the Ipad. I use a storage tool called Evernote to store all my important pdf's so that allows me to log into Evernote from my iPad, work Plc, home plc or anywhere that has an Internet connection and always have access to exactly the same library of odd files. There are lots of other ways but Evernote is the one I chose to use.

This is a good point... You can definitely access all of your manuals on your iPad. Similar to SeaAyeOwe, I store all of my PDFs on Dropbox and I have access to all of my files using the Dropbox app for iPad.

 

Also btw - the is absolutely no way I could keep up with the escapades of you lot on CSR if I did not have my IPad in front of me every ten minutes I have free.

 

I get books from the istore - my wife uses the Kindle app on her ipad and downloads the kindle library - as well as the ebooks that are available from our local library.

My vote ( cause I am opinionated about this ) would be for an ipad. Although - something to be said for the android tablets.

If you get an iPad, get the one with cellular service since it includes the GPS chip. Even if you never turn on cellular - the GPS chip is there for boating apps.

Just my thoughts,

Mark

 

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Not to mention there's a robust and easy-to-use boating & maintenance log that's compatible with the iPad... (what am I, working alone here?!?!) :grin:

 

Finally! Someone picked up on it! I'm not a sponsor so I promised not to initiate any promotion of the amazing app that I link to in my signature. It's fair game if someone else brings it up though

 

Not to be a wet blanket, but if you read in the sunlight, you "MIGHT" have an issue with the iPad. My daughter loves her Kindle and reads in all light. She especially the push button page turn feature. She is a voracious reader and clicks that thing like a man with an empty head and a TV Remote. I don't know if the iPad has that feature.

 

If you get an Ipad... get the one with cellular in it so that it has an embedded GPS and your charts will work when you are offline or out of cell signal coverage.

 

With the iPad you also get a free cloud account that can be set to automatically back up photos, apps, emails, and documents. The iPad, like the iPhone, is sensitive to heat and is not the best display in bright sunlight. That being said I use mine on the boat for book reading, (it's also the boat's music library) and to have as a back up navigation device. Actually it works really well to give to some one when cruising to having to answer the "where are we?" question every ten minutes. My wife has the original Kindle and loves it, and only uses the iPad to play Solitaire.

Henry

 

I have an IPad, iPhone and a paperweight kindle. I don't prefer to read books on my iPad as the screen is impossible to read in direct sunlight. I fly every week and I usually leave my heavy (older generation) iPad at home and use my kindle and my iPhone for reading and web use. I carry a laptop for work but most of my internet "fun" boat stuff is read through apps like tapatalk. With my Dropbox account I can access my files from any of my apple devices or computer. I also use iBooks for storing PDFs if an Internet connection is a problem with my phone.


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I use iBooks to store PDFs on with my iPad. I love using it and have it with me all the time. I hate Apple but have grown to love the convenience of being able to sync my phone and the iPad up, especially for my business travel.

 

"Yes, Amazon has a Kindle app for the iPad and it works just like your Kindle" Thanks. That's exactly what I was hoping for.

"I use a storage tool called Evernote to store all my important pdf's" Is Evernote on your computer or is it a cloud app?

"If you get an iPad, get the one with cellular service since it includes the GPS chip. Even if you never turn on cellular - the GPS chip is there for boating apps." Good point.

"They're announcing the new phones and likely new iPads on Sept 9th. " Another good point. I'll wait.

" I store all of my PDFs on Dropbox " Is that an app on your computer or iPad or is it a cloud app?

" I also use iBooks for storing PDFs if an Internet connection is a problem with my phone. " Can you expand on that a little? Is iBooks on your iPad?

" It's fair game if someone else brings it up though " I'll take a look at it. Does this work on Androids as well as apple products?

Thanks to each of you for your comments and tips. It looks like I have quite a bit of research to do before I jump up and buy one. I didn't often read on the Kindle outside in sunlight
but I do like being able to do that. I'll pop back in here after I decide which way I want to go so you can know what I picked.

Confused GFC

 

Dropbox is a file hosting website- similar to the cloud. They offer a certain amount of space for free then they start charging. There is an iPhone/ iPad app that allows you to sync info between you main Dropbox Acc and your individual devices. Www.dropbox.com.
You can save a PDF to iBooks and you'll be able to read it offline. I am frequently in a work environment where I am unable to access a wifi or cellular signal and I keep several critical documents as PDF's in iBooks on my iPhone.


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Well this has been a week of unexpected surprises. A friend of mine told me that probably all I needed in the Kindle was a new battery. I went to Best Buy to their Geek Squad to see about and was told that the battery couldn't be changed because its as proprietary battery that Amazon doesn't sell separately.

He offered to put it on their charger to see if he could get it to do anything. After just 10 minutes or so on the charger the thing came alive and is now working fine. Go figure. I had left it on my charger overnight and couldn't get anything out of it. I'm thinking they must have some kind of a rapid charger that really zaps the juice to it.

So the first thing I did was copy all of the pdf files from the Kindle to my laptop in case the Kindle ever permanently goes toes up.

 

Maybe its YOUR charger?

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I have chargers all over the house so it's not just one charger. I'm going to have to stop in there and see what they're using because it sure "shocked" it back to life.