12-26-2012, 08:52 PM | #91 |
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Important to me
Which features are most important will vary from person to person, but I can answer this question for myself. I have just chosen a Sony T1 as my Christmas present.
I purchased a T1 for my wife for our anniversary a few months ago. I have been able to use it from time to time. I've been using my phone for my daily reading during my commute. The OLED screen set to white text on black is pretty easy on the eyes and good in anything but direct sun. However, for longer reading, E-ink is a must for me. I chose the T1 because Sony Canada is offering a great deal ( http://store.sony.ca/webapp/wcs/stor...52921666485877 ) on refurbished T1s at $79 with a one-year warranty plus a standard Sony cover (not the best, but free). There were several features not found on the T2 and not always found on other readers:
A light is not a big deal for me. If I really need to read in the dark, I'll bust out the phone. Maybe in a few years, when the technology is a bit better developed, less sensitive to scratches and such. As for things like games, no need. |
12-30-2012, 08:45 PM | #92 |
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E-readers has been a flop in Sweden, you almost never see them and very few stores sells them. But every kid has an iphone 4 and you see a lot of people with ipads, when netbooks where popular, almost everyone had them. So I think that e-book readers poor technology scares away potential swedes from getting one.
Another reason is that we pay 6% tax on paper books and 25% on e-books, when I bought Marilyn Mansons The long road out of hell the paperback costs about 3.90 euro and the e-book 9.90 euro. We are also a nation with a low population and lots of forest and we produce much paper. You can get paperback books everywhere, while few online stores sells e-books in swedish. Earlier people who read e-books mostly read book in english, but the libraries has started to let you download some books every week and they have an okey selection. 80% of the swedish e-books cames from the library, while it is the opposite when it comes to paper books. Only 1% of the read books in sweden are read digital. The main reason I have an e-reader is that I don't like to read on a lightning screen and that I've got one for free from SAS because I had a lot of eurobonus points. It also saves me a lot of paper when I have to read long documents for my work. |
12-31-2012, 01:15 AM | #93 |
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Hey Tacty
Very true that eBook readers are weak devices if hardware is concerned. For providing features that meetup with users' expectations we must use HTML5 as development platforms. It provides good options for developers and also the developed apps are lighter than those built using other frameworks. |
12-31-2012, 04:41 AM | #94 | |
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12-31-2012, 05:42 AM | #95 |
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12-31-2012, 01:21 PM | #96 |
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Well I came across the Marvin app thread in the Apple discussions and I'm totally at a loss to tell the truth with all the features. After all, what happened before ereaders? There was no magic done with a book in yesteryear to change the way it is presented so...
Maybe I could understand for fonts and lighting but I'm a novice with ereader apps and just the default settings for the first few pages I read with one of the books that accompanied the app seemed fine to me as do most reader apps! Not picking at all on the Marvin app per se but isn't the main focus with an ereader to have it instead of a book to begin with, not necessarily with bells and whistles associated with an app? Cannot do that with a book so I guess when there is a need, then an ereader comes into play BUT for what percenatge of folks that read? Last edited by robertc88; 12-31-2012 at 01:35 PM. |
01-01-2013, 09:37 PM | #97 |
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The problem may be that the ereader has the capabilities of providing those bells and whistles, so people expect them to be there. I have a 9.7" ereader for technical papers, but it doesn't have a touchscreen, so it's really only good for reading. I think it's great, and enjoy using it. People who have the touchscreen model with limited note-taking software on it often are disappointed, though. Their device is much better, but more disappointing! We humans are weird.
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01-02-2013, 10:38 AM | #98 |
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I just want to read on my Kindle. I don't even need the Wifi.
So, less stuff, more dictionaries, lower price. I'd buy a Wifi-less Kindle NT. |
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01-02-2013, 01:04 PM | #100 |
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I do like having wifi so I can buy books if I am away from my computer. It is also useful when the dictionary comes up blank.
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01-02-2013, 02:07 PM | #101 |
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I'd like the ability to borrow library books directly from eInk Kindles.
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01-02-2013, 02:17 PM | #102 |
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Do you mean having the browser hard-coded to big libraries like Philadelphia Free Library? hard on folks who don't have a card there. Or should we be able to point the browser to our local libraries? not sure how this would work...
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01-02-2013, 02:23 PM | #103 |
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I think he means instead of having them go through Amazon.
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01-02-2013, 02:27 PM | #104 |
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I figured that, just not sure how it would work. When you get epubs, do they download directly to your device?
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01-02-2013, 02:29 PM | #105 |
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Possibly. I always download to my desktop and then transfer.....
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