I still have vivid memories of many such moments: clicking on my first Web hyperlink in 1994 and instantly transporting to a page hosted on a server in Australia; using Google Earth to zoom in from space directly to the satellite image of my house; watching my 14-month-old master the page-flipping gesture on the iPhone's touch interface. That's because the modern infosphere is both organized and navigated through hyperlinked pages of digital text, with the most-linked pages rising to the top of Google Inc.'s all-powerful search-results page
Kindle vs. Nook vs. iPad: Which e-book reader should you buy? - CNET
hardware: Which reading and app ecosystem offers the most flexibility?One of the advantages of having your reading collection "in the cloud" is that you can access your books on multiple devices, though some e-book vendors offer better cross-platform support than others.This is where terminology can get a bit confusing: the e-book stores can be available on different devices, including (in the case of Apple) those of rival e-book publishers -- the e-book equivalent of buying a can of Pepsi from a Coke vending machine.The iPad offers access to all major e-book stores via their respective apps. That said, if you're only interested in reading -- without taking notes, tweeting, or other text input -- that supercheap, superlight Kindle may well be all you need.How to choose So, which screen is better for reading: e-ink or LCD? We can't answer that question for you
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