08-25-2014, 07:56 PM | #1 |
Junior Member
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Canada
Device: kobo aura hd, kobo touch, kindle dx
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Hello, hello
What can I say... I stumbled across this in a search, and of course I found I had an opinion!
Addicted to reading, with a leaning to science, history, technology, SF, and probably other things. Hard core techie at heart, sans details. Currently bouncing among laptop, tablet, and three e-readers depending on when/where/what. The fourth e-reader has yet to be charged and loaded (it was grabbed for a cheap experiment that never got done). I prefer real books most of the time, except in the dark, but don't want to have to carry them / make up my mind / not have a library with me. Laptops are OK, particularly when running two or three screens and you want a reference, but not convenient for normal reading. Tablets suck. Too heavy, too short a battery life, too many fiddling details. Small readers with e-paper screens are good for casual reading, not so good for .pdf files. Larger e-readers good for pdfs, and better for technical manuals if they don't have touchscreens (so you can run your fingers over figures, diagrams, flowcharts, and tables). Active e-readers: Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura HD, Kindle DX. |
08-25-2014, 10:09 PM | #2 |
Grand Sorcerer
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Location: Florida
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Sorry catlight, but we're not letting any more Canadians join MobileRead until you stop sending those damn Alberta clippers down here.
Shoot. I didn't think you'd fall for that one. Anyway, welcome to MobileRead. And that was a great intro,eh |
08-26-2014, 10:54 AM | #3 |
Member Retired
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A thorough intro if there ever was one.
Welcome to the forum |
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aura, e-paper, kindle, kobo, pdf |
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