ipod classic_iPod，而不是Kindle，可能是“电子书的iPod”

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In August we wondered if the iPhone could kill Amazon’s eBook reader juggernaut, the Kindle. We noted predictions from Citi analyst Mark Mahaney that the Kindle would sell just shy of 400,000 copies by year’s end, due to a strong 4th quarter where it is expected to garner “must-have” status on many a Christmas wish list. Mahaney guessed that the Kindle would be Amazon’s iPod — or in other words, it would do for eBooks what the iPod did for MP3s.

8月， 我们想知道 iPhone是否能杀死亚马逊的电子书阅读器巨头Kindle。 我们注意到花旗分析师马克·马哈尼(Mark Mahaney)的预测，由于到第四季度销售旺盛，预计Kindle将在许多圣诞节愿望清单上获得“必不可少”的地位，到年底时Kindle将售出40万本。 Mahaney猜测Kindle将是亚马逊的iPod，换句话说，它将对eBook起到iPod对MP3的作用。

Unfortunately for Amazon, it looks like it might actually the iPod (and iPhone) that will do for eBooks what the iPod did for MP3s.

不幸的是，对于Amazon来说，看起来像iPod(和iPhone)实际上可以像iPod对MP3一样对电子书起作用。

jkOnTheRun points to a report in Forbes that indicates that Stanza, a free eBook reader application for the iPhone and iPod Touch has already been downloaded over 395,000 times, and is getting 5,000 downloads per day. That would make the iPhone + Stanza the leader in electronic book reader market share — and consider that in our August story we mentioned two other iPhone eBook readers (the free eReader and the pay Bookshelf), so the number of book readers on the iPhone is likely higher.

jkOnTheRun指向 《福布斯》的一份报告，该报告指出，用于iPhone和iPod Touch的免费电子书阅读器应用程序Stanza已被下载超过395,000次，每天获得5,000次下载。 这将使iPhone + Stanza成为电子书阅读器市场份额的领导者，并考虑到在我们8月份的故事中，我们提到了另外两个iPhone电子书阅读器(免费的eReader和付费的书架 )，因此iPhone上的书阅读器数量为可能更高。

The iPhone + Stanza combination has some distinct advantages over the Kindle. First, the iPod Touch beats the Kindle on price — the cheapest iPod Touch (8GB) retails for $130 less than the Kindle. Second, the iPod has a full featured web browser, all those third-party applications, and is being touted as a next-gen handheld gaming device. Third, it’s also arguably better for audio books, since the Kindle can’t fit in your pocket. Fourth, the iPhone, of course, makes phone calls.

iPhone + Stanza组合比Kindle具有一些明显的优势。 首先，iPod Touch在价格上胜过Kindle-最便宜的iPod Touch(8GB)零售价比Kindle低130美元。 其次，iPod具有全功能的网络浏览器以及所有这些第三方应用程序，并且被吹捧为下一代手持游戏设备 。 第三，可以说它对于有声读物也更好，因为Kindle不能放在口袋里。 第四，iPhone当然可以拨打电话。

One of the biggest advantages that the Kindle has over the competition may be in danger of evaporating. Amazon’s biggest advantage over other eBook readers is the huge library of new releases that users have access to. The Kindle sales page notes that there are, “More than 180,000 books available, including more than 98 of 112 current New York Times® Best Sellers.” That’s something Stanza can’t offer, but according to Forbes, the company behind the iPhone app, Lexcycle, is working on deals with “several major publishers” to be announced at the beginning of next year.

Kindle在竞争中具有的最大优势之一可能是烟消云散。 与其他电子书阅读器相比，亚马逊的最大优势是用户可以访问的庞大的新版本库。 Kindle销售页面指出：“有超过180,000本书可供使用，其中包括112本书中的98本书是最新的《纽约时报》畅销书。” 这是Stanza无法提供的，但是据《福布斯》报道，iPhone应用程序背后的公司Lexcycle正在与“数家主要发行商”进行交易， 这项交易将于明年年初宣布。

And so far, it doesn’t seem like the public-domain only caveat is discouraging Stanza readers. Feedbook, the largest distributor of books for Stanza says users have downloaded more than 2 million titles — Amazon Kindle users, who also have access to Feedbooks, have swallowed up less than 40,000 by contrast. (And because Stanza supports just about every eBook format under the sun, theoretically, users could load up content for other eBook stores, like eBooks.com — though getting files onto the iPod can be tricky.)

到目前为止，似乎并非只有公有领域的警告会阻止Stanza读者。 Stanza的最大图书发行商Feedbook说，用户下载了超过200万本图书-可以访问Feedbook的Amazon Kindle用户相比之下吞下了不到40,000种图书。 (并且由于Stanza 在阳光下几乎支持每种电子书格式 ，因此从理论上讲，用户可以为其他电子书商店(例如eBooks.com)加载内容，尽管将文件存储到iPod上可能很棘手。)

So the only reason to choose the Kindle over the iPhone/iPod Touch really boils down to experience. If your goal is to read books, then which is better at just reading books? In August, readers here were split on the subject. The main selling point for the Amazon or Sony eBook readers seemed to be a superior screen and a more book-like form factor. But a large number of people thought that iPhone was a perfectly adequate reading device as well, and one that does a lot more than just read books.

因此，选择iPhone而不是iPhone / iPod Touch上的Kindle的真正原因就是体验。 如果您的目标是看书，那么哪个才是看书的更好呢？ 在八月，这里的读者对此话题有所分歧。 亚马逊或索尼电子书阅读器的主要卖点似乎是出色的屏幕和更像书的外形。 但是，许多人认为iPhone也是一种非常合适的阅读设备，并且它的功能远不止阅读书籍。

翻译自: https://www.sitepoint.com/the-ipod-not-the-kindle-may-be-the-ipod-of-ebooks/

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