07-15-2013, 06:48 PM | #46 |
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Looks like I still hold the title of having had the oldest portable device (when it was new!) with the Newton OMP. :-) The release of the OMP was almost the same time as the fist web browser was released... "What's the big deal... its' just gopher with pictures!" -- how stupid that sounds in retrospect.
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07-31-2013, 10:03 AM | #47 |
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I only started to really embrace e-books when I picked up an iPad a couple years back, so that was also my first non-PC e-book reader.
Very recently I bought a Kobo Glo as a dedicated e-book device because I wanted to cut down on the "oh, I need to check e-mail" and "I should finish this document I have on Google Drive" interruptions when reading books (making it less tempting to work, and to be less available, work-wise). Probably a little wasteful, and I suspect part of me just wanted a new toy, but oh well! I also got a TrekStor e-reader that I didn't really need (even more so than the Glo) and my only excuse is that I wanted it. At €30 it was super inexpensive anyway. |
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07-31-2013, 11:13 AM | #48 |
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I feel so inadequate:
A single 3rd generation Kindle. |
07-31-2013, 11:56 AM | #49 |
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I had completely forgotten that I had a Sony Clié back in the day, until I saw it in this thread. I used to read on it while waiting, and I got asked about what I was doing quite frequently. (The really sad thing is that I know exactly where it is, but forgot about it until I saw the device name.)
dedicated ereaders: Nook Color - gathering dust Nook Simple Touch Glo - gave to a friend due to niggling annoyances about home screen and font and concern about cats messing up the apparently fragile light diffusion layer Kobo Glo - primary reader Kobo Mini - on the go reader other devices: Sony Clié - long since dead Nexus 7 - only used for reading comics, not for novels or anything else. Great tablet, though. Various phones on occasion. This is why I got a Mini to carry around, though. |
08-01-2013, 06:17 PM | #50 |
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Wow I'm a baby at this! I bought a nook 1st edition and then two years later got the nook HD+ to read textbooks and medical research papers on (you can download many journal papers in the epub format now). But the battery on the nook 1E died a few months ago (it was still my primary ebook reader) and a new battery would cost around $20. A few days ago I saw a nook simple touch for $50 at Target. That was just $30 more than the battery so I bought the last one. It is so much easier on my eyes to read the epaper screen than the HD+ screen (beautiful though it is).
I feel bad that my trusty nook 1st edition is gathering dust but now that nook ST can be had for $50 it is obsolete. It is no longer worth the cost of the battery to make it workable. |
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08-01-2013, 07:02 PM | #51 |
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I just got a used Nook simple touch today and it is really nice! I am impressed! Text is much darker and sharper than my kobo mini.
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08-02-2013, 10:37 AM | #52 |
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I've only used a few portable devices, though the time span is rather long:
I used various PCs, including one notebook, to read ebooks for several year prior to getting the HP palmtop device, but their use was not primarily as a reading device. |
08-02-2013, 05:06 PM | #53 |
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I recently got a second Kindle 1, which brings my total up to 10. I'm thinking about getting another eReader soon, (with the money I made from selling a Kindle 4 that I "fixed" - the battery had been drained and the seller listed it as broken,) possibly a Jetbook Lite, or a Cybook Opus. However, I'm leaning a bit towards getting the Opus.
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08-03-2013, 08:47 AM | #54 |
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I am on my second EZReader Pocket Pro (AKA PEz).
I got the K4NT for my wife for most of the reasons that I did NOT want a Kindle: Very simple to use, Has the Amazon store and support locked in. I like the K4 hardware, Non-Touch, Pearl display and all. But for my next device I want non-Touch (for page turn, and it is optional, only when Menus become active), E-Ink, native EPUB and ADE (DRM) support are required. (PM suggestions welcome ) |
08-03-2013, 03:46 PM | #55 |
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My first e-reader was an Archos 70B. I was looking for a device I could use for more than just reading books. After this one, I got the reader I have now: Kobo Glo. I love it! It's so much better than the Archos.
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08-04-2013, 10:35 AM | #56 |
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Once upon a time, I was a gadget fiend with an e-reading habit. Now that I've had kids, the gadget lust is on the back burner, I'm just desperate to find time to read. Devices I still own in italics.
PDAs and phones - Palm Pilot IIIxe Handspring Visor Neo Blue Sony Clié PEG-T615C Palm Tungsten E Sony Clié TG55 Palm Tungsten X palmOneTreo 300 palm Treo 600 iPhone iPhone 3G iPhone 5c iPhone 6s+ iPhone XR iPhone 13 Pro (read most using Libby, plus iBooks apps and Calibre via iCloud) e-Ink Sony PRS-700 Sony PRS-600 NOOK WiFi Kindle 2 Kindle Keyboard Sony PRS-300 CyBook Opus - traded in to Sony for my T1, wish I would have kept it., it was so light Sony PRS-T1 Sony PRS-350 Sony PRS-T2 Kindle PW2 Kindle PW3 NOOK GlowLight 4 Kindle Oasis 3 Tablets NOOK Color iPad 1, 2 and 3 iPad Air 2 iPad Pro 11 2018 - Libby, PDFs, magazines, articles Last edited by simplyparticular; 12-04-2022 at 08:08 PM. |
08-05-2013, 02:44 PM | #57 |
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Just bought a Nook Color to replace my Kindle Fire that broke months ago. I'm curious to see how it compares.
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08-08-2013, 04:07 PM | #58 |
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Kindle Keyboard (still use)
Apple Itouch 4 (still use) Kindle 6" eink (2nd most used) Kindle Paperwhite (gave to Mom) Nook Simple Touch (Most used) Nook HD+ (currently using) I can tell you from my experiences of dropping devices on various surfaces that Nook is made stronger than Kindle. I don't like the HD (or other tablets) because they are too heavy to read from for long hours. |
08-17-2013, 12:03 PM | #59 |
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Use my nook hd+ constantly to read costantly and listen to audible books.
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08-17-2013, 03:55 PM | #60 |
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How do you use your Nook to listen to audible books, if I might ask? I tried to find a "Audible" app for the Nook, but I couldn't find one. I figured that it was because Audible was associated with Amazon.
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