Which one is best for me?

[DinoNYC]

Thanks for all the info guys. At this point I'll settle for a solid e-reader/e-ink that will allow me to easily download the New York Times every day, if need be, I'll settle for the Kindle Fire or a Kobo tablet if they support it.

[Hrafn]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

I simply wish to claim that multipurpose devices are tablets, and dedicated one-job-only devices meant for reading ebooks are ereaders.
The devices in question may put a focus on ereading, but that doesn't make them ereaders, any more than the Tab 4 Nook is an ereader.

Many (most?) non-Android eReaders also have a few ancillary applications (e.g. web browsers), so I think you'd have some difficulty in finding ones that are purely "one-job-only".

The glaring difference between an Android eInk eReader and your "Tab 4 Nook" is that you cannot watch a movie or play most games on the Android eInk eReader. You would also have problems (due to white-on-white) even getting many apps to work.

Penultimately, if it is explicitly sold as an "eReader", and explicitly listed on this site's "eBook Reader Matrix", as both the Boyue and Onyx-Boox are, then I have no qualms whatsoever calling it an "eReader".

Finally, they clearly fall within the ambit of what the OP was asking for in terms of an "eReader" (periodical-apps-wanted, tablets=color). So I'm not sure why you're playing the (misguided) Definition Police here.

[susan_cassidy]

The NYT is not available for Fires from Amazon, just eink Kindles.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

The NYT is not available for Fires from Amazon, just eink Kindles.

But you can, as I mentioned in an earlier post, get it via Calibre.

[DinoNYC]

Originally Posted by HarryT

But you can, as I mentioned in an earlier post, get it via Calibre.

Oh awesome, I mean I looked in Calibre before but wasn't sure if it would require me converting it via my computer everyday

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I would suggest that the terms are orthogonal: "tablet" refers to a physical form factor, but "eReader" to a usage.

eReader is an eBook format and also the name of the program used to display eReader format eBooks. eReader to mean electronic Reader is just plain wrong as that term was and is already taken to mean something else.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by DinoNYC

Oh awesome, I mean I looked in Calibre before but wasn't sure if it would require me converting it via my computer everyday

Some people download the news from several sites every day, making it more worth it.
Youcan also leave calibre running and have it email to your Kindle.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

eReader is an eBook format and also the name of the program used to display eReader format eBooks. eReader to mean electronic Reader is just plain wrong as that term was and is already taken to mean something else.

Perhaps it is the other way around...

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

eReader to mean electronic Reader is just plain wrong as that term was and is already taken to mean something else.

Give it up, Jon. The word has come to mean "book reader", whatever other use it once originally had. Given that the eReader format is now pining for the fjords, it's completely useless to keep going on about how "wrong" everyone is to use it.

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Give it up, Jon. The word has come to mean "book reader", whatever other use it once originally had. Given that the eReader format is now pining for the fjords, it's completely useless to keep going on about how "wrong" everyone is to use it.

And just to add to that. The eBook format John is referring to is now dead. There is no longer any possible confusion.

Dale

[susan_cassidy]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Given that the eReader format is now pining for the fjords

Love the Monty Python reference.

[iluvgadgets]

Originally Posted by DinoNYC

Thanks for all the info guys. At this point I'll settle for a solid e-reader/e-ink that will allow me to easily download the New York Times every day, if need be, I'll settle for the Kindle Fire or a Kobo tablet if they support it.

The fire or any other tablet will definitely have a glare, you won't really be able to read outside . The kindle is a great e-ink device. You can get both the basic kindle and the 6 in fire for around $200. Just watch for sales. My fire was$89, and the basic kindles have been as low as $59-$69. Then you have the bar of both worlds .