I regularly use my iPad on the beach here in Malibu. Here is what I found.
1) At first, I thought iPad is useless in direct sunlight. So I got Kindle 3. Well, it does not work well with PDF ebooks and not useable with color PDF files at all. I need those color information. 99% of my ebooks are in PDF format. So I returned my Kindle.
2) I figure out how to use the iPad in direct sunlight (mostly on the beach). Below is how. Basically, I use white on black mode, max brightness, polarizied sunglasses. To cool it down, I take it off my leather case and place the aluminum back on top a cool dry rock. No overheating at all!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NksXmYdji1A
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Originally Posted by JMikeD
Normally. But then I read the reports of the people who have one of the new Kindles and have the display fade out and /or page turns slowing down after being in bright light. Not necessarily in the heat of the sunlight, but in bright indoor light (they claim).
That's very puzzling to me. I can’t think of mechanism to account for that.
BTW, my Kindle 3 doesn't display these symptoms. But then my iPad doesn’t overheat and shut down when used in the sunlight.
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