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Old 05-20-2010, 02:24 PM   #42
Maggie Leung
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Originally Posted by aagstn View Post
I would have arms like Popeye if I read 5 to 10 books a week on an iPad. I like the iPad screen, but that thing is just too heavy to hold for hours at a time. I guess you get used to bracing it or read looking down at it on a table. If the iPad becomes the top reader I am fine with it. There are millions of them and iPhones in the market and they could definitely drive a lot of ebook sales.
If iPad would give me arms like Popeye's maybe I would become an Apple fanatic, lol. I prop my iPad, as I do my Kindle. If I'm at a table, I have easels (same cheapo ones I used with Kindle). I usually read slumped in an easy chair, bed, hammock and such. For that, I prop devices on a pillow. I took a travel pillow, pulled out all the cotton batting and refilled it with rice. (I'm Chinese and buy rice in 50-pound bags, lol.) The rice makes the pillow more shaping-friendly for me.

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