06-14-2011, 10:32 AM | #61 |
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06-14-2011, 10:36 AM | #62 | |
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Lots of these are currently being dropped from the (sic) budget basement MP-3 players, and ones like Creative Zen (which had quite good build quality) have dropped open read firmware to have Apple-like lock-in firmware. Build quality is dropping across the non-Apple board... I don't want to plug in a tablet to my car just to play music while I drive... Last edited by Greg Anos; 06-14-2011 at 10:40 AM. |
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06-14-2011, 10:38 AM | #63 |
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that's pretty much it for me as well. Give me a cream/off-white background and faster processing (for menu navigation, not page turns), and I'm good to go. Maybe a tad sharper contrast and resolution for the heck of it. Actually I kinda like the gray, too.
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06-14-2011, 10:48 AM | #64 | |
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that's one of the reasons the SanDisk sansa lines have quite the cult following. They offer all those formats in a shrinking market. Best move I ever made for my ears was going from iPod to the sansa's . |
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06-14-2011, 11:04 AM | #65 | ||
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Yes, it would have to have a setting that allowed it to be toggled on and off, but I can see this being really useful for the sort of pdfs that I read (where there are multiple columns but also graphics or pull-out boxes that cross the page). Graham |
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06-14-2011, 11:23 AM | #66 | |
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That was the heck of it; total denial; and well, cell phones started coming with "decent" mp3 players (currently on a Nokia 5310) |
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06-14-2011, 02:22 PM | #67 | |
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06-14-2011, 11:07 PM | #69 | |
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06-14-2011, 11:19 PM | #70 |
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the 360 allows you to turn it on or off in case you lie down etc AND with a brilliant add on from a user you can even use it to change pages just by tilting it. you can even choose the degree of tilt needed for the page turn.
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06-14-2011, 11:25 PM | #71 | ||
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Polymer Vision just uploaded that video last month. and Harmon- you dont have to roll it. you could "just" fold it... |
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06-15-2011, 12:32 AM | #72 |
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06-15-2011, 12:43 AM | #73 | |
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http://www.nuance.com/for-business/b...izer/index.htm I would like to see Amazon sell some of these additional 'inflections'. I would definitely buy a few of them. |
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06-15-2011, 01:06 AM | #74 |
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My 505 had a hardware button for that, too (an extra long hold on the size button). A great feature, I agree. I would probably keep my G-sensor off, too. I usually lock on my orientation on my iPad, I really don't like the shifting landscape either.
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06-15-2011, 01:09 AM | #75 |
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Quite frankly ereader technology really should plateau at some point, for environmental reasons. It's a device dedicated to recreate a non-digital experience; it doesn't need keep advancing to infinity like personal computing hardware. Despite our referring to paper as 'dead tree books,' ereaders have little, if any, ecological high ground to stand on. The amount of chemicals, water, non-renewable metals and fossil fuels ultimately used to create an ereader is significant. Top that off with yet another electronic device and its battery filling up landfills.
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