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leaston · 11-14-2010, 11:16 AM

Hi again,

Thank you for the further replies. These, along with several hours spent on this forum have now caused me to waver if I'm being honest. HarryT has posted a very good question. I do most of my reading in light that's suitable for a paper book and perhaps 30 minutes in bed each night. Couple that with the thread in the Android forum where I learned yesterday that the Kindle can sync with the Android app on my mobile and I'm now questioning my need for a backlit reader! It's almost as bad as one of those Government U-turns, isn't it? Sorry

cfrizz - I will use the reader every day for a few hours at a time. Keeping up with the latest and greatest isn't important, so I'd probably keep the reader for 1-2yrs before thinking of upgrading, and only then if new models are worth it.

I've had this bee in my bonnet about the reader I get being backlit, probably because of how useful that is to me when I read on my phone. However, reading in the dark is only a fraction of the time.

As the Kindle can sync, I'm teetering! I'm thinking I can use a Kindle during the day and just continue reading in the dark on my mobile without having to mess around with trying to manually keep track of which books I'm reading and what page I'm on. The Kindle will do it for me. That's a real selling point for me.

Cheers,
Leaston

11-14-2010, 11:16 AM	#13
leaston Addict Posts: 265 Karma: 1135030 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: England Device: Boox Go Color 7, Kobo Forma, Kindle Keyboard	Hi again, Thank you for the further replies. These, along with several hours spent on this forum have now caused me to waver if I'm being honest. HarryT has posted a very good question. I do most of my reading in light that's suitable for a paper book and perhaps 30 minutes in bed each night. Couple that with the thread in the Android forum where I learned yesterday that the Kindle can sync with the Android app on my mobile and I'm now questioning my need for a backlit reader! It's almost as bad as one of those Government U-turns, isn't it? Sorry cfrizz - I will use the reader every day for a few hours at a time. Keeping up with the latest and greatest isn't important, so I'd probably keep the reader for 1-2yrs before thinking of upgrading, and only then if new models are worth it. I've had this bee in my bonnet about the reader I get being backlit, probably because of how useful that is to me when I read on my phone. However, reading in the dark is only a fraction of the time. As the Kindle can sync, I'm teetering! I'm thinking I can use a Kindle during the day and just continue reading in the dark on my mobile without having to mess around with trying to manually keep track of which books I'm reading and what page I'm on. The Kindle will do it for me. That's a real selling point for me. Cheers, Leaston Last edited by leaston; 11-14-2010 at 01:03 PM.