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Old 09-15-2010, 09:26 AM   #48
Sischa
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Originally Posted by macminer View Post
I'm one of the "complicated" ones.

E-ink would be perfect if it wasn't so slow. Fast browsing through a book (or paging through it) is really not possible with E-ink and with academic books it is really a must - you're reading and you need to jump forward and back to remember what you were reading, to check cross-references etc.

All glowing screens are a compromise, but so far only the glowing ones can offer decent speed.
I have to agree in this point for the old screen technologie.

The new pear screen technologie like in the Kindle 3 is very fast and for me it is now fast enough to scroll and jump around in documents.
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