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VeggieCat · 01-31-2013, 10:35 AM

I don't own a Paperwhite, but I imagine if I did I probably wouldn't go back to a non-lit device. My personal belief is that as the lighting technology gets better and better there will come a day when all new e-ink devices will have built-in lighting and non-lit devices will be a thing of the past.

Honestly I would love to have a Paperwhite, but at this time I hardly ever read in conditions that require additional lighting, and on the rare times I do I just switch over to one of my tablets. I just can't justify the cost of an additional device right now.

Now when my Touch dies, all bets are off...

01-31-2013, 10:35 AM	#76
VeggieCat Bacon Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 559834 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Southwest USA Device: Kindle Fire 10, Kindle Voyage, iPod Nano 7th gen (for audiobooks)	I don't own a Paperwhite, but I imagine if I did I probably wouldn't go back to a non-lit device. My personal belief is that as the lighting technology gets better and better there will come a day when all new e-ink devices will have built-in lighting and non-lit devices will be a thing of the past. Honestly I would love to have a Paperwhite, but at this time I hardly ever read in conditions that require additional lighting, and on the rare times I do I just switch over to one of my tablets. I just can't justify the cost of an additional device right now. Now when my Touch dies, all bets are off...