Why have you not chosen to use a tablet for reading?

[Teknikal]

Went on another search for a reader program after my complaint a few posts up, I'm trying mantano out and my first impressions are favourable the only bad thing I can really say about it is it doesn't seem to give you a font choice but everything else seems to click I may give tablet reading another try.

edit: Found the font choice was just hidden in with the theme stuff so my only complaint so far was down to me not figuring it out immediately, seems like I may have found my reader.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by Teknikal

Went on another search for a reader program after my complaint a few posts up, I'm trying mantano out and my first impressions are favourable the only bad thing I can really say about it is it doesn't seem to give you a font choice but everything else seems to click I may give tablet reading another try.

edit: Found the font choice was just hidden in with the theme stuff so my only complaint so far was down to me not figuring it out immediately, seems like I may have found my reader.

Definitely my ePub reader of choice. And I've tried pretty much all of them out there.

[Rbneader]

I actually do mostly use a tablet, but since I'm going to be away from electrical outlets for a while I'm looking into picking up an eInk reader. So I guess battery life and reading outdoors would be my reasons.

[jersysman]

I've had both a backlit device (Nook Color) plus eink devices. For me, it is much more comfortable to read on the eink device. It just became frustrating having to adjust the brightness on the Color to match the environment that I was using. I also believe that for me eyestrain is an issue with the LCD and I can read for longer on the eink.

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

The point is: the battery life on a lot of newer tablets is perfectly adequate for a large (and getting larger) subset of the reading public. (snip) It's not exactly the dealbreaker it used to be in choosing a reader.

It isn't exactly a deal breaker as far as I'm concerned either, measuring battery life in weeks instead of hours is certainly a very nice feature.

Very nice feature. One thing that you have to consider about battery life, at least for those of us who use the device day after day, is that good battery life is a major convenience feature. The 5 to 10 hours found in most tablets may be good most of the time, but if you use the device a lot on one day (or use power hungry features more, like the backlight or wireless) it does put a bit of a hitch into the works. Neglect to charge the device one night, perhaps because you were in a rush or fell asleep while reading, and it places an even bigger hitch into the works.

Shorter battery life at the outset also reduces the working life of the device. If a tablet's battery life drops by 50% over the course of a couple of years, it may last through a day of moderate use. If an ereader's battery life drops by 50% over a couple of years, you still have a good week's charge under heavy use.

Like I said, battery life isn't a deal breaker for me. I use a tablet regularly, and I use it for reading. From my experience, reading in sunlight is the biggest concern. The screen is the deal breaker. Yet I'm still going to treat it as one of the most significant features of an ereader, because it is such a wonderful thing to have.

[Katsunami]

When used in bright light, let alone sunlight, no device using an LCD-display is going to catch up to e-Ink. The LCD-display must overpower the ambient light in brightness to be seen. For the e-Ink display, it's just the other way around: the more ambient light there is, the better the display will be readable.

If I'd take my Kindle outside right now, and go sit in the sun, then the front light effectively does nothing, not even on setting 24. It just isn't bright enough to make a difference. The screen is easily readable though. In the same circumstances, I can't even read my phone or tablet on the highest brightness settings they have.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

ightness to be seen. For the e-Ink display, it's just the other way around: the more ambient light there is, the better the display will be readable.

If I'd take my Kindle outside right now, and go sit in the sun, then the front light effectively does nothing, not even on setting 24. It just isn't bright enough to make a difference. The screen is easily readable though. In the same circumstances, I can't even read my phone or tablet on the highest brightness settings they have.

My cats like to open my windows when I am reading on my PW and I love that I do not have to change the light setting while they are sunning. It's so adaptable. I leave mine on 8 at all times.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Teknikal

Went on another search for a reader program after my complaint a few posts up, I'm trying mantano out and my first impressions are favourable the only bad thing I can really say about it is it doesn't seem to give you a font choice but everything else seems to click I may give tablet reading another try.

edit: Found the font choice was just hidden in with the theme stuff so my only complaint so far was down to me not figuring it out immediately, seems like I may have found my reader.

Mantano is awesome! I've been using it for a couple years now. It's my preferred reading app for my tablets and phone. I even paid the extra for syncing my books.

[delph]

I had a Nook Color for over a year, then moved to a Nook Simple Touch Glow and finally to a Kobo Glo (which I love). I spend all day on a computer, and reading on an LCD was causing eyestrain if I read for more than just a few minutes. I love eInk for being far more comfortable for long stints of reading.

I do have a Nexus 7 tablet as well. I love it for the things I use it for, just not for reading.

[Namekuseijin]

Originally Posted by jbcohen

I'll start the discussion by saying that the primary reason that I chose not to use a tablet is the battery life. I can be out and about for some very long times with my ereader.

cool

plus, when you're in the middle of the Sahara there's a good chance an eInk screen would be more useful while you wait death


I have a 5" eInk reader but it's a hassle to carry it around with me. My smartphone is always on my pocket though and that's where most of my reading goes. Luckly, I always have electricity around, though it only really needs a charge at night. Just like me, when I go sleep...

[Namekuseijin]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Mantano is awesome! I've been using it for a couple years now. It's my preferred reading app for my tablets and phone. I even paid the extra for syncing my books.

Aldiko for me. don't know how they make any money off of such a great piece of software offered for free, but best wishes to them.

I also converted my Kindle books into epub and read them on it.

[Elfwreck]

Battery life, and size--tablets are too big for me. I loved reading on a PalmOS device, would've loved to switch to something similar when my Cliés finally died, but didn't want to have to stop reading in the middle of a book to recharge.

E-ink has spoiled me; I want at least 12 hours of solid reading time from a device, and ideally at least 30 hours. Also want pocket-size. Not interested in an iPad; can't easily read that standing up on the train.

I like e-ink better than backlit screens, but it's not very important to me. I'd prefer "read in dim/no light" over "read easily outdoors;" I don't spend a lot of time in direct sunlight.

[rdfry]

My phone can do everything a tablet can do.

[ucfgrad93]

Better battery life on my Kindle, I can read it outdoors, it weighs less.

[LovesMacs]

I find current tablets too heavy to comfortably hold one-handed for extended periods of time. Their screens usually wash out under bright lighting too.