09-04-2009, 08:13 AM | #1 |
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Kindle (And Ereaders) Advantage on the Subway
From an article on reading habits on the subway:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/ny...06reading.html "These days, among the tattered covers may be the occasional Kindle, but since most trains are still devoid of Internet access and cellphone reception, the subway ride remains a rare low-tech interlude in a city of inveterate multitasking workaholics." This is one area where iPhone apps and netbooks lose the advantage to eReaders (of course there are only Kindles in NY apparently). And - this article is a wonderful rebuttal to those critics loudly declaiming "People don't really read anymore do they?" Last edited by poohbear_nc; 09-04-2009 at 08:20 AM. |
09-04-2009, 08:47 AM | #2 |
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But wasn't the internet connection the advantage of the Kindle? Then why is it good you are in a subway if you don't have a connection there?
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09-04-2009, 08:55 AM | #3 |
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B/c you already have your books downloaded on your K before you board the subway. And don't need an active connection to continue reading, as you do with an iPhone.
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09-04-2009, 09:21 AM | #4 |
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Doesn't the iphone store the books on the device then, the mobipocket reader for things like the blackberry stores the books just like a normal ereader.
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I think the article's author was thinking about accessing a new book while on the subway - while without connectivity.
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Ah, maybe that was it, but it does seem a slightly odd conclusion to reach when the reality is probably much simpler and that is that there are a lot less ereaders out there than ordinary books.
I have to say that since I got my sony, its very rare indeed for me to have it with me if I go out during the day, on a crowded train the form factor is even more convenient than a paperback and with my tendency to lose a bookmark if I put it in a book, jumping straight to where you left off when you switched it off just makes it so much easier to fit in a few more pages here and there that wouldn't be otherwise possible. |
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If I ever ride a NY subway I won't have my attention on an ereader, more like making sure I don't get mugged
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The subway isn't all that crime ridden.
Personally I like that with an e-reader, no one knows what I'm reading. There are a lot of loud mouths who think they're entitled to comment on the cover of every book I have open. |
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The iphone and Kindle work in exactly the same way with regards to storing and reading a book. you download it/them when you have a connection and you read them once on the device even when you have no connection. I don't know where you got the impression that an iphone needed an active connection to be able to read a book but it's a false one I'm afraid. |
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Another possibility for what the author meant with that bit, the main use of an ereader doesn't need a net connection, whereas the main uses of a phone such as sms/mms, calls, browsing or email all need a signal.
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