Quote:
Originally Posted by BaenSidhe
PDAs were portable and made pretty good ereaders. I used mine for 5 years before it died and I got a prs-500.
|
You are a rare case though. Most people did not use PDAs for reading, only a small portion of us did. RCA and ebookwise helped push along ebook readers, but eink was the first widely adopted device for reading and this is why everyone assumes it is better when it is not. Over the last few years the eye strain myth has continued to snowball until it got out of hand. Now we have articles on CNET setting the record straight. We have iPads and tablets proving sales of larger hand-held LCD devices are valid, and we have in large part Apple to thank for the fact that BN is making a read-centered device in LCD. Like said above though, different strokes for different folks, and I think there is room in the market for both screen types.