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Originally Posted by Russic
There is no way to make this statement without sounding like a total wuss, but one of the biggest reasons I don't read a lot is that I get uncomfortable holding a book for too long. Perhaps my girlish arms can't handle the task, but if I read a book for any longer than 30 minutes I get into a never-ending cycle of rolling around in bed trying to find a comfortable position.
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I do the vast majority of my reading on the train and it's not long enough for my arms to get tired, so I am not too worried about the weight of the iPad. The iPad weighs about the same or less than a 400+ page hard cover. That is not unreasonable. Although it is harder to hold with a single hand for any length of time longer than a couple minutes. However one advantage I can see with the iPad is that the weight is disturbed evenly. It is much more comfortable to read a heavier book when you are in the middle half of the book and the pages are more or less equal on both sides. But When you are starting or finishing the weight isn't distributed evenly in both hands.
Perhaps the iPad will encourage you to read more. I don't think it'll effect me reading books, but I bet I will be reading more magazines if I pick up the iPad. It will be great if I am on the train and I can choose between reading a book, magazine, instapaper, playing a game or watching a video all on one device.
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I'm looking forward to seeing if I can read off an ipad while it's in a case. The more I read about it, the more I'm starting to think the case is a necessary expense. I love that it stands the ipad up in 2 different ways and I've heard (much like the ipod) it can feel "slippy" in your hands. I surely don't want to watch a 2 hour movie holding this thing the whole time.
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I think a case is a must. PC World did some stress testing on the iPad and dropping it on carpet put some lines in the LCD and face down on pavement did what you would expect and trashed the screen. Speaking from someone with a cracked iPhone screen it's not nearly as pretty with cracked glass.