07-13-2009, 08:49 PM | #46 |
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07-13-2009, 09:49 PM | #47 |
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I could see using a netbook for larger formats - like comics or technical manuals, but for the sake of reading fiction, I really do like the smaller format.
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07-14-2009, 12:40 AM | #48 |
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admit it, what we want is a powerhouse laptop at a netbook price!
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07-14-2009, 01:11 AM | #49 |
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07-14-2009, 03:32 AM | #50 | |
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A good novel-reading device (textbooks, reports, etc might have different requirements) shouldn't be much bigger than an average pocket. That's why I think UMPC's might be a better competition to dedicated e-readers than netbooks. |
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07-14-2009, 03:55 AM | #51 |
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Why not a netbook with a detachable keyboard as I have suggested earlier in this thread? Take it off = reader. Slap it on = computer. If you can live with the screen (I personally still love e-ink) then that is the best solution for someone who must have a multifunction device. Problem with UMPC's is they are much too expensive for what they offer, you could get a DR1000S and a netbook for the price of one of those.
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07-14-2009, 08:10 AM | #53 |
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Sounds good in theory --- until you have actually used one of those roll-up or fold up keyboards. I sometimes use a full size rollable USB keyboard with my phone (most phones can use bluetooth versions). Convenient to carry, but I doubt the rollable full size version is easier to use than a slighly undersized netbook keyboard. Since the keys are so soft they feel very awkward. The few fold up ones that are good are quite big and expensive 30-50 USD. Also tried one of those projector keyboards -- no key response and short battery life, I can get comfortable with them.
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07-14-2009, 02:19 PM | #56 | |
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Greetings and salutations, this is my first post.
If an e-book reader is too big to fig in a pocket and costs more the $300 then I would expect netbooks to mostly kill them off. Some people will insist on e-ink machines but I think they will be a minority. If anything the the designers try to make the e-readers too much like books. We should have automatic scroll with variable speed control. I use an Archos PMA400. http://www.lordpercy.com/archos_pma400_review.htm It is a Linux computer and I have downloaded the Justreader program into it. My only complaint about it is no automatic scroll. I have to press a button to change screens. But since it fits in a pocket it beats a netbook. It is smaller than a paperback book. It will also record sound and video if you plug in a camera or VCR. But I expect netbooks to kill most e-book readers. Of course the so called Smartbooks will come out next. Even smaller and $200. psik |
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Now that I have a netbook, I feel confident saying that as much as I love my netbook, I'd rather give that up than my Reader.
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Fast high-res games require a lot of processing power but all they really do is waste people's time. So if netbooks are 3 times as powerful as a mainframe that corporations were willing to pay $3,000,000 for in 1980 there is no way they cannot be REAL COMPUTERS. It is just a question of when people will refuse to buy PHONY SOFTWARE. BLOATED garbage like Vista that wastes the processing power of whatever computer you put it on. http://www.netbookation.com/netbkbnch.htm psik |
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