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Originally Posted by simplyparticular
Although, now that I've got an e-Ink device, i rarely read on my iPhone anymore, since the e-Ink screen is easier on my eyes. I can get 2-3x the reading done on an e-Ink with a clip light before my eyes start to water.
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I'd mostly agree with that, although I do find that there are certain kinds of publications I think would work much better on an Ipad - even a smaller Ipad - and those are comics, art books and non-fiction titles, particularly the kind with lots of pictures or illustrations. Plus, as a writer, if I've got books on my 505 I'm using for reference when I'm working, I can't just flick through them the same way I could with an Ipad.
Essentially, what I'm saying is that 505's, Kindles etc are great for long periods of sequential reading, but Ipads (and by extension, I guess, laptops and regular pc's) are great for browsing or scanning long text items for particular chunks of material. Whenever I do get an Ipad - and I suspect it's 'when' - a fair chunk of its lifespan will be spent propped up beside my macbook, being used as a stand-in for all my physical reference materials when I'm writing.
Let's imagine, then, that Apple have taken a look at the demographics for the people who've already bought Ipads and found there's a substantial chunk of people who want the same device, but smaller and cheaper, enough so to make it worthwhile manufacturing this smaller device. That would be my guess.