iPad
Apple's tablet, used here as the device the reading app runs on
Apple's tablet. As a reading device it runs the Kindle app and everything else, which is the trade against E ink: brighter, heavier, and one tap from every distraction on the internet. Prices start a few hundred dollars and climb steeply from there.
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- David SparksDoes it
Apple productivity writer · MacSparky
Nearly sold his 2018 iPad Pro back to Apple, then kept it as a second screen under the monitor. OmniFocus, Fantastical and MindNode are what stay open on it. A smaller 11-inch iPad Pro is the one that travels.
Source: MacSparky: Studio - Federico ViticciDoes it
Apple writer · founder of MacStories
Twelve years in, he says he can finally use the iPad for everything he does daily. Podcast recording included. It became his main computer in 2012, when he was in a hospital bed and could not use a laptop. What keeps him there is modularity rather than speed, he writes: the same slab becomes a laptop, a tablet or a games screen depending on what is attached to it.
Source: MacStories: iPad Pro for Everything“My iPad journey began in 2012 when I was undergoing cancer treatments. … the iPad was light, it featured built-in 3G, and it allowed me to stay in touch with the MacStories team from anywhere, at any time”
MacStories: Beyond the Tablet (opens in a new tab) · 21 May 2019 “I started using the iPad as my main computer 12 years ago. Today, I am finally able to say that I can use it for everything I do on a daily basis.”
MacStories: iPad Pro for Everything (opens in a new tab) · 18 Dec 2024 - Naval RavikantDoes it
Angel investor · AngelList and the Naval podcast
Most of his reading is on Kindle, he says, though not on a Kindle: it is the app running on an iPad. Books he really likes he buys in print as well, so a copy is in reach either way. He has spent money on books since before he had any, and counts it as investment rather than expense.
Source: The Knowledge Project #18 transcript: Naval Ravikant, The Angel Philosopher
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