Ray Hendon
An Article by Daniel Lyons in Newsweek, “Why the iPad hasn’t killed the Kindle” is the first I have seen that addresses some of the potential reasons the Kindle, and by 
implication, the Sony Readers and Nook, have continued to prosper in the face of the iPad’s success.Click here to read the full article.
The bottom line is that dedicated eReaders are easier on the eyes, lighter to hold, have longer battery life, and have a seamless integration with Amazon’s website.
Many observers of the eReading industry also see the need for Amazon and B&N to extend the usability and flexibility of their devices to allow for more of a multi-function existence. A better browser, for example, would go far in making the Kindle and Nook better competitors and would probably extend their life into the future. How they do that with the existing black and white E-Ink screen, though, is not any easy question to answer . No one has found the exact solution, yet.
For an interesting anti-Kindle survival, Wilson Rothman, writing for MSNBC, takes a different angle. Mr. Rothman insists that the iPad is so superior to the Kindle in multi-tasking, that it will be hard for eReaders to survive. I do find reading on the iPad much more rewarding when I want to look something up that is within the book I am reading. On a Kindle, it is not practicle. But the iPad, even without multitasking, makes research a joy while reading.
