The Dilemma!

June 17, 2010 by Yuval Brisker

So what is the dilemma you’re asking?

Well I think it’s actually a dilemma that a lot of people have right now…a seminal zeitgeist dilemma!…

I lost my kindle – my favorite ebook reader (see previous post) – And now what do I do?

Do I buy another kindle? Or do I splurge and get myself an iPad?
I mean it’s not like I have a deficit of devices… and I am kind of a contrarian…this post is being written on the android nexus one after all, not on an iPhone.

But there’s something very tempting about that  beautiful thing…that iPad…clearly that’s where Steve Jobs has it totally right: it’s all about desire not about need (wasn’t that the question everyone asked at the launch – ‘who needs this thing?’  – ‘what’s it good for?’).

Desire for beauty, desire for the new, desire for more, desire for change, desire for image…because in reality I don’t think I really need an ipad… I’ve got a great macbook pro;  I’ve got the nexus one;  I have a blackberry; I have a mac mini at home and I had a kindle… till Thursday…

How many devices does one man need?

All I need to do is replace my kindle…right?  And it’s a third of the price of the iPad…so in the battle between reasons and desire who will win?
So you tell me.. the heart or the mind? Form or function? Beauty or the beast? A kindle or an iPad?

You choose!