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03-02-2011, 03:40 AM | #32 | |
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I'm wondering about this :
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As an example, if I had to go with "Best, Very Good, ..." only, I would give the iPad/Stanza Best, a Nook Color Good, and all the others Fair. Please note that I haven't used that many devices. For me, this is one of the top things on my list when I go shopping for a reader, and it is hard to quantify. |
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03-02-2011, 12:53 PM | #34 |
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A few points, and yes I'm going to be defending devices I own, so take it for what it's worth.
1) The Nook Color does have an active developer community, in fact it has several. Both at Nookdevs and at XDA-developers. They've even got Android Honeycomb to run on it. 2) If you take a look at a high PPI LCD display you'll see the text is actually crisper than on EInk. My Motorola Droid has noticeably sharper text than either my Nook Color or my Sony 505 with Vizplex - largely because it has 266 PPI while the other two are both in the 160-170 PPI range. However, even at the same PPI density, LCD is usually crisper. It doesn't have the power advantages, and is backlit, but it can be very good for reading text - just not good for all users to look at for long periods. |
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I've added the number of font sizes factor. Let me know if you come to think of other factors related to this area that we can quantify and write pros and cons against. Thank you. Last edited by hughes; 03-02-2011 at 09:55 PM. Reason: URL fix: num-fonts -> num-font-sizes |
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03-03-2011, 08:12 AM | #36 |
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I think I would start with a table. Have entries for font selection, font size selection (User specifiable, fixed 8, fixed 6), serif / sans serif, margins, line spacing, paragraph spacing, ...
And the ease of doing this should be specified: through GUI, editing CSS, ... I'm only concerned about this for EPub, but some readers support multiple formats, so be sure to show which format applies. |
03-03-2011, 08:28 AM | #37 |
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I think some things are just too subjective. For example, with respect to reading experience, a large screen automatically gets rated as a better reading experience over a comparable smaller screen. This ignores the fact, that some people find it easier to read for long periods on the smaller lighter device.
It might be simply better if you rated things by screen sizes, screen technology, etc. -- Bill |
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Thanks, Lemurion, for the feedback:
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On the one hand, I'd like to help those most in need of assistence in deciding which ereader to buy, and newcomers will not be well served by too much cold objectivity and no subjective guidance. Product finders that list a plethora of hard, cold product stats don't cut it when we're totally new to an area -- we don't know what we want. A well-reasoned, editorial stance, subjectivity and all, is needed and appreciated to focus the search. On the other hand, most subjective aspects have valid counter arguments. As soon as a HowToDecide™ Quick Decide Guide™ takes a position that's disputable (and most positions beyond physical facts are disputable), there will be a contingent of users who do not agree with the position. In the long term, I have in mind additional mechanisms for expressing subjective aspects in Quick Decide Guides™. They will help guide those who believe or trust or just wish to explore, and they will be ignorable by those who do not. In the meantime, here's as close as I can think to get: I'll leave reading experience factor there for now, but I'll also add further objective factors such as weight and screen technology as independent factors. Any given factor can be used or ignored by users per their preference. Hopefully this will suffice until the new mechanisms are completed. I appreciate hearing feedback, as always. |
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Consider this note from blog.laptopmag.com: Quote:
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Because the nook books off of the SD Micro Card by default it makes bricking the nook virtually impossible. Also developers have created bootable images that auto root your device. It's called autonooter and the process is very easy to do. The hardest part is making a bootable images, and those instructions are in detail. The nook has proven to be a viable tablet and as such has gotten developers from the market to make updates to their apps to play nice with the nook. Also here is the dev community to the nook color http://nookdevs.com/Portal:NookColor You will see it is quite active, even more so than the cruz, and PocketBook. =X= |
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03-04-2011, 01:04 PM | #43 | |
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I was watching Android Atlas on Cnet last night and they made a quick refereance to how the nook color has been like this android community little dream like pet project ( I'm paraphrasing) it's got quite the cult following from the Android community |
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You need to put kobo on it
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03-04-2011, 06:14 PM | #45 |
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Great idea! I love watching the results pop up as I make or change choices.
Love my eReaders: I have a Sony PRS-900 (Daily Edition, but not as nice as the 950 with its pearl e-ink) and an Entourage Pocket Edge (which is an interesting device I'm still exploring). I agree with The_Terminator that Kobo needs to be on your list, and I think it might be important to distinguish between iterations of Sonys. Also, I would love to see the Entourage Edges in your comparison! They have 2 screens, one e-ink (Vizplex) and one LCD (Linux/Android), which work together for a pretty amazing reading experience. Keep up the good work! |
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